Dave,

I like your treatise on the safety. Good gouge and good pics. I'm one of the ones who like a considerable amount of purchase on the safety. I like to carry the guns with the safety on.

I have been able to find the out-of-print Ed Brown #850-series of extended safeties. When I grip the gun, I curl my shooting thumb and use the inside of the thumb nail to flick the safety into the fire position. The Ed Brown permits me to do it very quickly and substantially.

I realize of course that there are many who:

1.) Have no issues whatsoever with the stock safety
2.) Use the safety as a decocker only
3.) Wish that the safety was thinner

I think (for my uses) that a wide safety is the way to go. I wish I could have a couple of these safeties, as they seem to bridge the gap between my and others' views.

I guess that it wouldn't be too hard to have a decent 'smith' to make the current safety the same as the one pictured. I have kept the pics in my archival file, should I need them.

Many thanks for the great reads.


-Greg