Roger that. I appreciate the insight. I may look into filing the plastic down a little just to make it harder to engage, but other than that we shall see. I prefer the safety, I do have little ones at the house, but it’s stays in my beside safe for nowThat's what I meant. I'm agreeing with you about likeing/using safeties.
Just saying that something about your grip or the recoil, or even how easy the safety moves is causing you a problem. One of my 1.0's, don't remember if it was the 9MM or the .40 had a thumb safety that was way to easy to move. Here (years ago on this forum) other people commented about having a similar issue and some of them had removed the thumb safety and filed the notches the detent in the sear block catches in to hold the safety in position a little deeper and also made the transition "point" or hump a little sharper. Both actions make moving the safety require more force/effort. You'd have to be careful not to go too deep or file on the wrong side to change that angle, but it worked for me (took two tries if I remember correctly, but that was about 14 or 15 years ago.
Not suggesting you do it to keep the safety. Just mentioning you're not the only one and sometimes it's the way the safety lever/metal and the detent engage that can make the movement of the safety easier on some pistols.
On a "safety" note (no pun intended) I've had two of mine (the 1.0 9MM came with the safety from the factory) and the 9MM PC (did not have the safety - but I installed one) had problems with the safety to trigger bar engagement. The 1.0 I bought first was okay for a couple years and then had the problem. The 9MM PC had it from the moment I added the safety, spring and detent.
The problem was with the safety in the SAFE position if you pulled the trigger the trigger bar would bump up against the safety arm on the right side of the frame and then twist up and go over it, allowing the sear to release the striker. I discovered it, on the firsts 1.0 after a cleaning session. I always clean them up, lube them, put them together and test the function of the safety, trigger and slide release (goes back to the 1911 days/ways). One day, the old 1.0 9MM released the striker when the safety was on. Surprised and scared me because I wasn't sure just how long I'd used it/carried it since the last cleaning and after cleaning function test. Had to bend the right side safety lever arm upwards a bit to get it high enough that the trigger bar would no longer ride up over it and release the striker. On the 9MM PC pistol I found it right away after installation. Had to bend the safety lever arm on it, too, but not quite so much as the older pistol.
You can bet I'll keep an eye on the new 2.0 .40 PC. Oh, the 2.0 9MM and the 2.0 .45 have not had any issues like that.
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I mentioned the failure to lock the slide back issues on the 9MM 17 round mags with the +2 bases awhile back.
Got those new Wolf +10% power mag. springs and put them in the 5 mags. with the +2 bases.
Removed the first 3 original mag. springs and laid them out to compare to a new spring. Not much difference, not as much as I saw with the 9MM springs.
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One of the five had a really "strong" twist to it. Does it mean the spring was weak? Does it mean the spring was twisted when it was put in at the factory? Can't help but believe it also caused some extra friction as it rubbed the inside of the magazine when loaded and when pushing rounds up to the top of the magazine.
Spring on the left. Bottoms are aligned, top of that one is twisted almost 90 degrees around. I don't recall ever seeing a mag. spring twisted like that.
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Got those new Wolf +10% power mag. springs and put them in the 5 mags. with the +2 bases.
Removed the first 3 original mag. springs and laid them out to compare to a new spring. Not much difference, not as much as I saw with the 9MM springs.
One of the five had a really "strong" twist to it. Does it mean the spring was weak? Does it mean the spring was twisted when it was put in at the factory? Can't help but believe it also caused some extra friction as it rubbed the inside of the magazine when loaded and when pushing rounds up to the top of the magazine.
Spring on the left. Bottoms are aligned, top of that one is twisted almost 90 degrees around. I don't recall ever seeing a mag. spring twisted like that.
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Ordered an IWB holster for it.
Blackhawk (nope, not buttons to release the pistol from the holster. Uses the indentions in the kydex that lock into the front of the trigger guard to hold the pistol in place. Also has a magazine pouch that can be attached to the front of the holster with a second belt hook.
I was afraid, after looking at the mag. pouch it might not be real comfortable. I put it on the belt, put the pistol and holster in it (seems easy to get the mag. in/out of the pouch and the holster is easier to get the pistol back into than some of my other IWB holsters. Big issue is my regular gun belt is slightly wider than 1.5" so I've ordered a slightly narrower (1.5" wide) gun belt.
It's on the old belt and locked into place and I do mean locked. Couldn't slide it either way on the belt without just spinning the belt in the belt loops.
This is the box/name.
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Picture of it from the outside of the pants.
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Picture of it from the inside of the pants.
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After a couple more range sessions with the new M&P I'll carry it some to see how this works after a few hours. Sitting on the couch or at the kitchen table isn't a real test.
Blackhawk (nope, not buttons to release the pistol from the holster. Uses the indentions in the kydex that lock into the front of the trigger guard to hold the pistol in place. Also has a magazine pouch that can be attached to the front of the holster with a second belt hook.
I was afraid, after looking at the mag. pouch it might not be real comfortable. I put it on the belt, put the pistol and holster in it (seems easy to get the mag. in/out of the pouch and the holster is easier to get the pistol back into than some of my other IWB holsters. Big issue is my regular gun belt is slightly wider than 1.5" so I've ordered a slightly narrower (1.5" wide) gun belt.
It's on the old belt and locked into place and I do mean locked. Couldn't slide it either way on the belt without just spinning the belt in the belt loops.
This is the box/name.
Picture of it from the outside of the pants.
Picture of it from the inside of the pants.
After a couple more range sessions with the new M&P I'll carry it some to see how this works after a few hours. Sitting on the couch or at the kitchen table isn't a real test.
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