Does anyone know for sure if the newer cylinder release thumb latch
can be retrofitted to 90's-era j-frames with the older latch?
Asking, because: infamous thumb knuckle cuts and blood on the hump of my new-to-me 640 centennial with +P shooting. Sort of getting old, considering that I don't have the same issue with my 642.
Can I just buy a newer latch and pop it on?
Thanks in advance, folks.
Pretty sure they are interchangeable. Older flat latch doesn’t interchange.
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Why not try fit the one from the 642?
Bluntly, because A) someone here already has, B) I generally don't like to unscrew factory things on 2 wheelies until I have to. Combine that with bone-laziness, and you get my question. If nobody has the answer, I'll certainly try it myself, but I'd be surprised if someone here hasn't already gone down this particular path.Originally Posted by Duelist
They do interchange. I have swapped mine out.
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I rounded the bottom edge of my 442's latch ( the new type) and hit it with a few doses of cold blue. I've posted a picture somewhere here before. I used a bench grinder to take off the meat, and then smoothed things out on a diamond stone by hand before bluing. I did touch up some of the checkering with a small needle file too.
My problem was mostly grip related ( 442/=Glock), but between changing my grip of the gun, and rounding the latch, I have not been bit again since.
I have both types and have rounded all of them for comfort. And I also put a band aid on my thumb if I am going to fire more than a few rounds.
Or, take a mill file and round off the bottom edges of the latch. Then touch it up with some cold blue.
(That's what I did to my Model 29.)
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