Oriental Redneck
| Might want to take off the grip panel and give the contact area a little grease? Other than that, you probably will need to keep flipping it.
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| Since the 210 is clearly geared towards a target pistol and not a self defense firearm, I don't see a problem that the pistol is a little harder (may take adjustment of grip or two hands) to put the safety on. |
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| Funny I much prefer a stiff safety and that is one of the reasons I actually like the new 210. I have shot some guns in the past that had weak safeties and it always felt like they could activate too easily when shooting or worse yet perhaps, come off when you want them to stay on. I agree there is a sweet spot though. If it can’t be activated without a great deal of pressure then that’s aggravating. |
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| The safety lever of my P226 X5 Comp is excellent. Very positive detents, yet easy to flip to either position without shifting my grip. Its detent mechanism is a spring tensioned cam. I’ve often wondered if the P210A had a similar safety detent mechanism. Apparently not. Q’s photo pretty much confirms that it doesn’t.
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| My P220 SAO safety was pretty hard to manipulate too. I worked it over and over a few thousand times while sitting and watching TV. Works fine now.
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| I've found that to one-hand my P210's safety on, I have to shift my grip considerably for my thumb to bring enough force to bear. I'd hoped that, after a few range sessions, a few clean & lubes, and operating it every time I do a dry-fire session it would become a bit easier. Nope. It disengages easily. Just right. Has from Day One. I don't have this problem with any of my three 1911s.
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| I am wondering if a tweaked/slightly cut/lighter spring for the detent would work. It and the detent are retained in the safety by a roll pin.
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| Posts: 165 | Location: Hendersonville, NC | Registered: November 05, 2003 |
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| I just tested my P210A, and have no trouble snicking the safety both ways as fast as my thumb will swipe. I do have the armory craft G10 grips, and it's possible they are slightly more narrow at the very top near the safety, giving my thumb more room to engage (but not completely sure if this is the explanation).
Interestingly, almost everyone also complained about the safety on the original P210. But I never had trouble with that one, either -- my fingers are longer than average, and my thumb easily made it to that forward-mounted safety. Not quite as fast as the P210A, but still very respectable. On the other hand, long fingers also means that the HK P7 can never be a practical pistol for me -- I tried for a long time, but the geometry just doesn't work. |
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| I too am running the Armory Craft G-10 grips. Still doesn't help. Neither does my short thumb.
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| Posts: 165 | Location: Hendersonville, NC | Registered: November 05, 2003 |
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