Grip Safety, Govt. (B) by JOHN MASEN
Replaced a modified grip safety to bring a Rock Island 1911 back to the original way it was. Dropped in with no fitment issues.
great bang for the buck
replaced a worn remington r1 grip safety. took all five minutes to replace. above average finish as you can see in the picture.
Decent Gear
Used as a replacement on a basic 1911, this did the job without much hassle. It's also inexpensive enough that if you have to do any work on it yourself and you do screw it up, you're not out much money. Installed pretty easily and was easy to work with. Decent piece of gear. - Be sure to test-fit parts before installing them, as this won't work with some modern rounded hammers that meant for beavertails that have an indention/hammer recess cut. This is meant for GI-style hammer spurs. Make sure you test fit it before you start putting pins in, or you'll have to fight to disassemble it.
good product
plenty of meat in the trigger bar, good fit, finish.
Works
Functions as a safety but does not have a good finish and casting edges. Can't beat the cost though.
Not the best
The item I got had a very long arm that needed more than a little trimming, just to fit in the receiver. The receiver is an ATI - maybe suspect - but several old Colt safeties fit (and work) just fine. Well folks, by the time I carefully fit the LENGTH of the arm, it became evident that the width of the arm (top to bottom) was insufficient to actually do anything. That is to say, the little nub at the end of the arm didn't swing down enough to intersect the back of the trigger bow. Bummer. My first thought was that the hooks that intersect the top of the mainspring housing need adjustment to allow the safety to swing further. But this turned out not to be the case. Instead, after close comparison with the ATI grip safety and the old Colt grip safeties, its quite evident that this safety quite a bit "out of spec". Its like... its bent? Cant unbend it, but I can weld up the arm and recut the entire piece. However, if I wanted to resort to that, I could have just done that to the original (which did block the hammer somewhat, but allowed too much rearward travel, allowing the sear to partially disengage... nice, right from ATI that way, but heck its a $300 1911....!!!) Sorry, this one's a dud.
Horrible finish
Unless your going to re-blue the part, don't bother. Their idea of blued finish looks like a rust brown. I was refinishing the gun anyway and bluing it but for a drop in, you would be seriously disappointed in the finish. Heavy casting and grind marks in the one I got too. I ending up bead blasting and sanding the finish smooth before I blued it. More effort than what I was looking for.
Believe the bad reviews...
Horrible quality. Way out of spec.... has pitting.
Wished I had seen that review.
His review nails it.Except the paw on mine was short.As a working grip safety it will not function. There is not enuf surface on the paw to engage the trigger well.It's also shorter above the mainspring housing. So it's not as good as military spec. If you want the look of the grip safety but not have to to use it, this may be for you. This is money down the drain. It may be possible to add some more surface on the end to engage the trigger by building up with some weld. It's stainless steel. So unless can be done for free, you are going further in the hole.I am sorry to say but I would drop this item til the manufacturer can guarantee it's up to snuff. God no, I would not recommend it to anyone. You can get scrap metal for free on the side of the road. Yep, this is money thrown away. AWFUL WASTE ! It's minus a few stars. The one star is: I didn't want to take a chance of not posting any stars as my msge may get deleted.So it's NO STARS from me and then minus a few. Hope the next guy sees these reviews b4 buying.
Avoid
The finish was better than expected, but when installed the arm did not contact the trigger stirrup. When compared to a surplus GI grip safety, the trigger block arm was significantly higher on the Masen part. Called technical support for advice and was told I should've bought a better quality grip safety.
