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Unread 06-17-2016, 10:58 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Olle View Post

I actually had another idea yesterday: It would be fairly easy to mill the nub off, drill a hole and then loctite a new nub in place. If you want to get fancy, you could even make it spring loaded, like on the Erma LA-22. It would probably take carbide tools to do this, but I figure it would be a pretty elegant solution. I might actually try this on a spare safety lever and see how it works.
Your idea gave me another "more elegant" idea. Drill your blind hold where the nub used to be and either peen or Loctite an appropriately sized ball bearing into the hole with enough sticking out to perform the job of the original nub.
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