Bobbed grip safety and hammer?

[leam]

I still get chewed up by the top of the grip safety; the webbing of my hand bleeds early on in each match, even after rounding the contour a bit. I know a beavertail would be one way to solve the problem but Boopsie has a nice retro look and if I can keep that I'd prefer it.

So can I just remove the rear protrusion of the grip safety, the part that rolls into my bleeding hand? It'd probably require bobbing the hammer a bit as well, to make sure I didn't trade one problem for another.

Thoughts?

Leam

[niemi24s]

If you just gotta have that retro look then you just gotta think of the blood as being part of it. But...

...are you aware there a some BTGS's which do not require alteration of the receiver tang?

Regards

[leam]

Yeah, BTs are fine for most things and I may head that way. Just trying to be different, I guess.

Leam

[berkbw]

Well, since I preferred the commander (burr) hammer to the standard (spur) hammer, I replaced the orig with commander parts. Worked just great. The blood usually comes from the hammer bite. This was back in 1968.
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[doctruptwn]

I bobbed the GS tang on mine here is what it looks like:
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll161/doctruptwn/DSC00051.jpg

[Rick McC.]

I have read, but niemi24s would know; that the "bite is actually often caused by the bottom corners (edges) of the tang, and that lightly breaking those edges makes it much more comfortable to shoot.

Rick

[leam]

Bobtailed Boopsie on the left, with some of my lifeblood still on the hammer. Maggie on the right, for comparison.
http://reuel.net/boopsie_bobtail.jpg

Leam