Mag Safety Removal (How To W/Pics)

[jhs27275]

The first method is quick and easy and can be reversed in a couple of minutes.

You don't need to disassemble the pistol.

Just unload it.

Remove the slide.

Get a stiff, sharp object like a small jeweler's straight-blade screwdriver.

The mag safety spring is being pointed to in this picture:

It has already been "modified."

It was moved from its stock position in its little slot to the position in the picture; sitting on top of that small block of plastic (see pink arrow), rather than sitting in the slot below the plastic block.

I did this with a stiff, pointed object and some force; I pried it away from the side of the magazine well and put it on top of the small plastic block. Maybe 5 seconds.

In the stock position, the spring pushes down on the tail of the trigger bar and disconnects the action. When a magazine is inserted, the spring pressure is released (and actually pushed upwards) allowing the triggerbar to contact the sear and the gun to work.

When the spring is put into the position demonstrated in the above picture, the triggerbar has some upward force to it, positively indexing it in the firing position.






Method two is a little more complicated.

First, remove the pin located second to the rear on the frame. It comes out right to left, and it may be necessary to hold the slide release spring up to remove the pin. Little force is required on the pin. Then lift out the rear housing which contains the hammer, sear, slide rails, ect.

Next, tap the trigger pin in just far enough to clear the mag safety. Again right to left.

Third, wiggle the trigger assembly around a little bit to free it from the mag safety and let it fold up and over. With a small screwdriver push the mag safety lever away from the frame just far enough to free it from the plastic blocks that hold it in place, then slid it up and out.

From this point the mag safety lifts right out, and would probably fall out if upended.

[Buffman]

so in the second modification do you remove the entire mag safety lever or does it just get moved out of the way? I'd like to competely remove mine.

[jhs27275]

so in the second modification do you remove the entire mag safety lever or does it just get moved out of the way? I'd like to competely remove mine.

In method #2 when you get to the last pic it will just about fall out on it's on. It's completely removed. You can reverse this process too but you'll have to take it apart again and do it in reverse.

To just move it out of the way and deactivated it, method #1.

[Buffman]

and completely removing it has no ill effects on the extra space the trigger assembly now has on that pin the mag safety came off from?

[jhs27275]

and completely removing it has no ill effects on the extra space the trigger assembly now has on that pin the mag safety came off from?

None.

[acmeraptor]

That magwell is quite filthy, sir. Don't you ever clean that thing?

[tqtran]

Thank You J

[jhs27275]

That magwell is quite filthy, sir. Don't you ever clean that thing?

It gets a lot of use.

[jhs27275]

Thank You J

You're welcome.

[Buffman]

and completely removing it has no ill effects on the extra space the trigger assembly now has on that pin the mag safety came off from?

None.

Sounds good. I was always curious about removing it. I'd rather completely remove it, rather than just move it out of the way, and have it by some weird chance cause the gun to malfunctio when I needed it.