5906 safety question

[stuart9534]

Hello everyone. I have a question, I am looking to buy a 5906 for a range/plinking gun, and I am not a big fan of safeties on my firearms, and I was wondering if I could remove the safety levers, and replace them with a firing pin retainer from a 5946 DAO model that is available from MidwayUSA. I would just buy an LEO trade in 5946, but I prefer a traditional DA/SA semi auto.

Thanks,
Stuart

 

[handgunner356]

And what TDA gun comes without safeties? You don't have to use them if you don't want, but it does make it easier to decock with them.

 

[stuart9534]

And what TDA gun comes without safeties? You don't have to use them if you don't want, but it does make it easier to decock with them.

My CZ75 came with safeties, but no longer has them, and the only decocker I use is my thumb.

 

[WR Moore]

With all due respect, hammer dropping safeties are on firearms because they're far less likely to cause an unintentional discharge than depending upon human dexterity. The history of firearms safety validates this.

It's also an extremely bad idea to remove/deactivate safety devices from a liability standpoint.

 

[Big Lou]

With all due respect, hammer dropping safeties are on firearms because they're far less likely to cause an unintentional discharge than depending upon human dexterity. The history of firearms safety validates this.

It's also an extremely bad idea to remove/deactivate safety devices from a liability standpoint.

+1..........Very wise advice.

 

[tpd223]

My CZ75 came with safeties, but no longer has them, and the only decocker I use is my thumb.

This is a bad idea, seriously, a really bad idea.

 

[mikeruns]

I don't think it is such a bad idea to decock with your thumb, but they never designed a s&w tda without levers, dao-yes.
Yes... it could act just like a double action rev where you could decock ala "thumb decockerizer", but they just never did make them sans levers. You could get a sig and that would get rid of the lever on the slide, but then you'd have that little decocker on the frame that works so well and is pretty much "ad/nd" proof and where's the glory in decocking with your thumb when again that little convenient lever is there.... oh so superfluous the options for safety these days

 

[tocohillsguy]

The CZ75 never had a decocker. It has to be hand decocked if you want to use it in DA/SA mode. That's the way it was designed, and it is intended to be decocked by hand. The safety was there for when the hammer is cocked, so it could be locked, much like a 1911. Guess the OP decided he would never use the 1911 functionality and removed the safety. I wouldn't have done it, but it's easier to understand on a CZ trigger group. With a S&W you would be disabling the decocker and the ability to engage a safety with the hammer down.

 

[5906fan]

that's one reason I favor the 5906, the slide mounted fireing pin block/decocker.
I do disconnect the mag safetys though.

 

[safearm]

Stuart,
I imagine you can do the modification you want, but they question is why? Just leave the safety in the up, or fire, position and shoot away. If you want to decock by hand, you can do so, or use the safety to decock. I think a better modification would be to make the safety a decocker only, i.e., spring loaded to the fire position.

 

[hobby-gunsmith]

The decocker was placed there by Smith & Wesson. If you remove the device, it may become a liability issue if the gun is used. Many Police Officers, myself included, leave the gun on safety. Many of their lives were saved when the gun was taken away, for some unknown issue, from the officer and tried to use it on them. The assailant does not have time to look if the gun is on safe. Most of them are not familiar with the many firearms out there. So, it gives the officer or user, time to draw his secondary gun and eliminate the threat. The department, since retiring used the 5906 for transporting prisoners and other security measures when it was warrented. Leave the decocker on and practice when drawing, decock the lever so it is in the firing position. It is simple but can save your life.
Nick

 

[epj]

My 4566TSW is a decocker only model. I sort of prefer that configuration, though my other gen3's are all traditional decock/safety models. Very simple to just push the safety back up after decocking. I don't want to leave one with the safety on because I've used a 1911 for so many decades that I am afraid that is a stressful situation my thumb will want to travel in the wrong direction. In the condition of a loaded chamber and the safety off, the gun is basically as safe as a DA revolver. Once fired, it reverts to SA, which the revolver of course doesn't do.
I know some models of Beretta can be pretty easily converted to decocker only. Not sure about the Smiths.

 

[gboling]

During their classes on the use, care and feeding of the 5906, the LAPD instructors chastised anyone using the word, safety, when referring to the de-cocking lever. Their position was that a safety was a prophylactic. The lever on either side of the 5906 was a de-cocking lever or de-cocker. The only thing that made the gun safe was the operator, if the operator was competent.

 

[pharmer]

I carry a 6906 since '94. The only time I use the safety is after reassembly, to chamber a round. Never found the safety a problem except that after a half dozen years it will wear a hole in my nylon IWB holster. That would improve if I could lose 10-15 lbs. Joe

 

[Oaklands]

The decocker was placed there by Smith & Wesson. If you remove the device, it may become a liability issue if the gun is used. Many Police Officers, myself included, leave the gun on safety. Many of their lives were saved when the gun was taken away, for some unknown issue, from the officer and tried to use it on them. The assailant does not have time to look if the gun is on safe. Most of them are not familiar with the many firearms out there. So, it gives the officer or user, time to draw his secondary gun and eliminate the threat. The department, since retiring used the 5906 for transporting prisoners and other security measures when it was warrented. Leave the decocker on and practice when drawing, decock the lever so it is in the firing position. It is simple but can save your life.
Nick

While I am not a LEO, this sounds like the best advice. I carry my 5906 on occasion and rotate it with my various 1911's. It is very easy to turn off the safety as you are drawing.