Stuck thumb safety

[Linea_de_Fuego]

What would make the non-ambi thumb safety impossible to pull out without taking off the MSH? The function checks seem to be normal. What could be putting pressure on it to not allow removal?

[Lazarus]

You did remember to cock the hammer before trying to remove the thumb safety, didn't you? If the hammer is not cocked, you can't move the safety to its mid-point. I imagine that after the MSH is removed, the hammer flops backward naturally, in effect going into the cocked position.

-L

[Linea_de_Fuego]

:) I think they need a little icon for 'I feel so stupid'. I was thinking about the hammer being forward for the MSH and forgot about the hammer being cocked for the safety. Thanks for the heads up.

[John]

Next to the "Why isn't the slide coming out?" question (answer: Remove the magazine first, dummy), this is the thing that frustrated me the most, when I was younger (and less experienced). I believe there is not a single 1911 shooter who hasn't had that brain-collapse once in his life-time. So don't worry about it.

[1911Tuner]

Next to the "Why isn't the slide coming out?" question (answer: Remove the magazine first, dummy), this is the thing that frustrated me the most, when I was younger (and less experienced). I believe there is not a single 1911 shooter who hasn't had that brain-collapse once in his life-time. So don't worry about it.

I did that just the other day...:rolleyes:

Haste will be my downfall,I fear.

[Linea_de_Fuego]

I'm afraid that I did that too, but at least I figured out what was wrong on that one.