STI detailed disassembly???

[jcmios]

I am far from being new to 1911's but the STI has me stumped. How do you remove the ambi safety so you can disassemble the gun? I removed the grip frame and still could not see how the right sided safert lever is removed to continue with the disassembly.

Thanks
Jim

[John]

If the right side of the thumb safety has a tongue that goes under the right grip panel, all you have to do to remove it is to jiggle it out. Use a flat plastic knife or something, under the right part of the safety and pry it our.

If the safety does not have a tongue, then most probably it is secured to the right side via a pin, either the sear pin or the hammer pin. In that case, you have to move the right side of the safety up, to clear the pin.

[jcmios]

If the right side of the thumb safety has a tongue that goes under the right grip panel, all you have to do to remove it is to jiggle it out. Use a flat plastic knife or something, under the right part of the safety and pry it our.

If the safety does not have a tongue, then most probably it is secured to the right side via a pin, either the sear pin or the hammer pin. In that case, you have to move the right side of the safety up, to clear the pin.

John:
Thats just what I needed to know. Thank you very much.

Jim