Happiness is a new gun 2

[Bawanna]

I think your onto it, it's just a matter of getting the proper detent and the right contour to get there.
Personally now that your an expert at 1911 safeties I've never been fond of ambi safeties unless your one of the 3% of the population that is left handed.
You can toss the ambi and purchase a regular single side safety and if you get a good one the detents and contours should be right where they belong.
Many prefer the ambi especially if they are doing shooting games where they have to weak hand etc.
And if you get yours where you want it, it's perfect, forget everything I said above.
Speaking of 1911's, I just swapped out some too thick grips I made on my Wilson for some super thin grips I made years ago, had to swap to the short bushings which went fine which I was thankful for. Whole new gun, feels so incredibly much better, my day is complete and it's not even noon yet.

[dao]

Actually Colonel I was searching specifically for an ambi model. Last year I had a weird thing happen with my right forearm and I had to start shooting with my left hand. I didn't carry on that side but did buy several holsters, including one for 1911 Commanders that will allow me to if it happens again. I'm ambidextrous myself on some things, shooting being one of them. I don't yet have the muscle memory needed to be comfortable, much less proficient to handle and carry a gun on that side but with practice, carrying around the house and holstering/unholstering, clearing etc I could get to the point where I wouldn't be a danger to myself or others pretty quickly. Fortunately the muscle issue resolved itself and hasn't come back but I'm prepared from an equipment perspective if it does.

I'll probably work on making a better detent on my safety tomorrow. Though I might not be able to do what I have in mind if removing any material will then prevent the edge of the safety from retaining the plunger. I've seen that sometimes they can become so thin that they allow the plunger to push out farther than it should. I don't want to end up in that situation. But I'm gonna look closely at it to see if there's enough material there to allow me to relieve just a bit of it. Expert I'm not, and will never be.

[Barth]

[dao]

I sure wish the VP9 came with a manual safety. I love my P30's. HK makes fine guns. Other than Kahrs though I don't carry a striker fired gun without a manual safety.

[dao]

Well I have tuned my thumb safety to have the same positive detent going both up and down. It took me two tries to get the detent for the up position as firm and positve as the off detent but with my dremel and a very fine abrasive bit was able to grind just enough of the lever away to let the plunger come out just a hair further and rest in its own relief when it is in the up/on position. Unlike the safeties on my DW's this one is not chamfered along the leading edge so there was little risk of having the plunger slide over the edge after trimming.

After I get the gun to the range and hopefully successfully break it in I'll be able to carry it with confidence that the safety will stay up and on while in the holster.

[BirdsThaWord]

Congrats on getting it just so. Nothing funner than taking one that isn’t quite right and making it just right!

[dao]

Thanks Bird. This one weighs 38oz empty and 44oz loaded so I'm anticipating it being a nice smooth shooter.

[eddiememphis]

...one of the 3% of the population that is left handed.

C'mon man, we are 10%. Actually anyone who was truly left handed was likely Darwined out of existence long ago.

As a lefty in a right handed world, we are forced to become ambidextrous just to survive.

It's not easy manipulating magazine and slide releases with an index or middle finger. Some decock levers are unusable.

[Bawanna]

Oh I know, I feel for you folks, I really do. I can't even pick my nose with my left hand so it has to be tough.

I was shocked how many officers at my old department were right handed but left eye dominant. That's tough too, especially with rifle where they had to learn to shoot left handed.

It's a great life if you don't weaken.

[dao]

Sometimes I think I'm not ambi, but confused. I shoot pistols right handed but am left eye dominant. I can't even blink with my left eye. So I shoot rifles left. I throw a ball with my left. I write right and eat right. But I can pick my nose with either hand.