Beretta: G vs lo-Profile

[librarian45]

i dug around and couldn't find anything.

i've got G conversions, they're dandy, but i wish the levers were low-profile, it'd be great to eliminate the right side entirely.
On occasion i default back to thumbs up shooting and the safety whacks me.
I never use the decocker either, USPSA pinch-the-hammer technique dies hard.

Wilson does makes a one-sided G safety.
https://shopwilsoncombat.com/DE-COCKER-BERETTA-92_96-F_FS-G-SERIES-SINGLE-LEVER/productinfo/637/

AND

a low profile not-G safety.
https://shopwilsoncombat.com/SAFETY_DE-COCKER-BERETTA-92_96-F_FS-LO-PROFILE-SINGLE-LEVER/productinfo/636/


apparently a lo-profile one sided G lever isn't a thing.

Should I:
-just deal with the chunky G.
-De-G it and go to the low profile.
-Get the wilson one-sider and file it down?

thanks

[Jim Watson]

File to fit.

[HeavyDuty]

I’ve wondered the same. The comment on the Wilson page “Minor Fitting Required when Installing on a Current G Model” makes me curious, but I figure if it was that easy it would be common knowledge. (I have current LTT Elites.)

[AdioSS]

Just put a D slide on it. No more levers!

[librarian45]

I’ve wondered the same. The comment on the Wilson page “Minor Fitting Required when Installing on a Current G Model” makes me curious, but I figure if it was that easy it would be common knowledge. (I have current LTT Elites.)

I found an old thread on here saying that they wilson lever is actually for an older "G" slide and the part won't work in an LTT without Wilson milling a new hole in the slide.
https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?45583-LTT-92-compact-single-sided-decocker

[HeavyDuty]

I found an old thread on here saying that they wilson lever is actually for an older "G" slide and the part won't work in an LTT without Wilson milling a new hole in the slide.
https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?45583-LTT-92-compact-single-sided-decocker

And that is that. Thanks for finding that thread!

Maybe a better contoured right side lever would be a thing, because while the lever isn’t really wide a lot of people don’t care for the shape. It’s only been a subject of mild curiosity for me, I doubt I’d change mine.

[CraigS]

To add some detail for anyone who comes across this thread. These are the old on the right and new on the left safeties/decockers.
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The old one can knock out the 2 small pins and remove the right side lever completely. Then just figure out a bit of grinding to smooth/recontour the shape of the remaining slotted shaft. The new one could have the right side lever ground away completely. But the 'barrel' section needs to remain because that is where the tiny clock spring resides. It might be able to be reduced slightly but not removed. Because the left side levers are solid on both, they can be ground down some to make them less obnoxious. BTW, although the new one looks wider, if you caliper them outside edges of the levers, the new one is actually a slight bit narrower.
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[librarian45]

It’s it exceedingly annoying to pull the ambi-G out and convert it back to pre-G with the Wilson low-pro?

[TicTacticalTimmy]

It’s it exceedingly annoying to pull the ambi-G out and convert it back to pre-G with the Wilson low-pro?

The Wilson from the first link in OP is for G slides. Vertec slides and, AFAIK, all other current production Beretta slides are NOT G slides, they are basically F slides converted to G. The actual G slide was designed from the ground up to be G and that allows for a lower profile lever on right side, compared to a converted F slide.

I dont think there is any way to convert a modern slide to use the product from the first link in OP, would be interested in being corrected on this.

If you really dont care about functionality of the decockers then grinding down the legs seems like a solution.

[03RN]

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The single sided safety is effectively the width of the slide. 1.119

[librarian45]

The Wilson from the first link in OP is for G slides. Vertec slides and, AFAIK, all other current production Beretta slides are NOT G slides, they are basically F slides converted to G. The actual G slide was designed from the ground up to be G and that allows for a lower profile lever on right side, compared to a converted F slide.

I dont think there is any way to convert a modern slide to use the product from the first link in OP, would be interested in being corrected on this.

If you really dont care about functionality of the decockers then grinding down the legs seems like a solution.

The Wilson lo-pro is for modern slides not “G” slides.
It would replace the modern decocker only ambi setup

[librarian45]

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The single sided safety is effectively the width of the slide. 1.119

I think that’s what I want.
Of course I dawdled and missed 20% off At WC