How to fix a sloppy safety?

Olle · 06-16-2016, 05:57 PM

Got a 1900 with a sloppy safety, and I have been eyeballing it trying to determine what to do with it. I would think that the lever should be bent slightly, but I don't know how that would affect the engagement with the grip safety. It appears like somebody has already been tinkering with it, so I don't want to push my luck by bending it back and forth "just to see if it works". With my luck, it would promptly break in two.

Any ideas? Heat and bend the lever a bit, then reharden and temper?

06-16-2016, 05:57 PM	#1
Olle User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,149 Thanks: 159 Thanked 664 Times in 318 Posts	How to fix a sloppy safety? Got a 1900 with a sloppy safety, and I have been eyeballing it trying to determine what to do with it. I would think that the lever should be bent slightly, but I don't know how that would affect the engagement with the grip safety. It appears like somebody has already been tinkering with it, so I don't want to push my luck by bending it back and forth "just to see if it works". With my luck, it would promptly break in two. Any ideas? Heat and bend the lever a bit, then reharden and temper? __________________ Deer Hollow Enterprises, LLC Gun repair and restoration