Ed Brown thumb safety, etc

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nwgunman

New member
I have been working on an old Sprinfield Armory 1911 and went to fit a new Brown thumb safety. Having fitted a couple in the past (a Wilson and a Kings), I was prepared to doing a little filing on the stud to fit it but whoa! The stud on the new Brown unit is HUGE in all directions. Is this usual for Ed Brown thumb safeties or is this one a boo-boo? Also, anybody play around with staking on a Trijicon front sight? How's working with that little tube of radioactive gas...do they handle the bangin around? Don't wanna end up like those Hanford ants! Thanks for the input.
 
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George Stringer

Staff Alumnus
nwgunman, it is normal. Brown safeties that I've installed have all seemed to be a little bigger than some others. For the sight, you either need to get one of the staking jigs for nightsights or like me make one from aluminum. You need a slot wide enough to allow the sight to go down into it and deep enough so the bottom does not touch. That way you're only staking against the bottom plate. I milled a slot 1/4" deep and 1/8" wide then opened the witdth up by .010. So far it's handled every night sight I've tried to stake on. George
 
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