Hello everybody. I think this is my first post, so welcome me with open arms.
I recently purchased an m&p22 as my first handgun. I think I bought it early this month a week after buying a 15-22. .22lr is such a fun round to shoot all day.
I'll be using the .22 to train and get comfortable with a handgun before I make the purchase and upgrade to a 9mm.
I've probably put about 1000 rounds through it within these first 3 weeks of owning it. The first thing I did though after cleaning was remove the thumb safeties. I wasn't happy with them at all, and they continued to get in my way.
After removing them I noticed **** getting into that newly opened spaced in the frame and quickly wanted to fill it with some sort of plug.
I disassembled the gun and removed the safety in it's entirety and jigged a replacement rod for it so the gun continued to function.
With my 3D printer, I printed up plastic plugs in PLA plastic to fill the hole. I am really happy with the results, and although the plastic is still white, I will be painting it to match the frame after I decide if I am going to be customizing the gun further than this.
Here are some photos of the finished product. I might sand the plugs a bit to make them perfectly flush, but for now, I am happy. If enough people are interested, I'll make a video or something explaining the entire process and what you'll need to do to remove the safety (not just the wings) and I can print out some plugs for others and send em out.
Anyways, expect to see more from me as I can not put this gun down (or my 15-22).
UPDATED
Here is the video that shows how to remove the safety from the gun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFdAnir9iYM&
I recently purchased an m&p22 as my first handgun. I think I bought it early this month a week after buying a 15-22. .22lr is such a fun round to shoot all day.
I'll be using the .22 to train and get comfortable with a handgun before I make the purchase and upgrade to a 9mm.
I've probably put about 1000 rounds through it within these first 3 weeks of owning it. The first thing I did though after cleaning was remove the thumb safeties. I wasn't happy with them at all, and they continued to get in my way.
After removing them I noticed **** getting into that newly opened spaced in the frame and quickly wanted to fill it with some sort of plug.
I disassembled the gun and removed the safety in it's entirety and jigged a replacement rod for it so the gun continued to function.
With my 3D printer, I printed up plastic plugs in PLA plastic to fill the hole. I am really happy with the results, and although the plastic is still white, I will be painting it to match the frame after I decide if I am going to be customizing the gun further than this.
Here are some photos of the finished product. I might sand the plugs a bit to make them perfectly flush, but for now, I am happy. If enough people are interested, I'll make a video or something explaining the entire process and what you'll need to do to remove the safety (not just the wings) and I can print out some plugs for others and send em out.
Anyways, expect to see more from me as I can not put this gun down (or my 15-22).
UPDATED
Here is the video that shows how to remove the safety from the gun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFdAnir9iYM&
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