Broken Grip Safety Spring

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Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Tom Heller (Lugerdoc) usually has them. They are easy to replace...just push the old one out with the proper size punch and put in a new one. Rarely will you have to do any filing on the part that goes in the frame to make it fit. It is just a press in fit.

Ok, but is there a way to take the grip safety off without prying it off and possibly bending it? It looks to me like the safety switch should somehow come off first.