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Offline Beamy85

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How do you convert a small frame Tanfoglio to SAO
« on: January 14, 2022, 01:50:24 PM »
What is involved in converting a small frame Tanfoglio Combat to SAO?
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Offline Bret

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Re: How do you convert a small frame Tanfoglio to SAO
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2022, 04:24:46 PM »
I'm not trying to be a smart aleck, but my answer is that you don't because there would be no point.  The pistol is effectively single action.  Once loaded, the only way to get a double action pull is to thumb down the hammer while pulling the trigger.  Just don't do that and it operates the same as if it was SAO.


Offline Fred Friendly

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Re: How do you convert a small frame Tanfoglio to SAO
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2022, 04:38:44 AM »
Very little. Effectively all that is mechanically required to do is literally change the trigger to a single action only trigger. It will have dimensions that will not allow it to come far enough forward for the trigger bar to reset to the double action position. That's all. Just the one part.

This can be accomplished very easily. You don't even need to disassemble the sear cage. Really the only part you may find challenging is reinstalling the trigger return spring but even that is easily rendered simple with a Cajun Gun Works 2.5mm floating trigger pin (SKU is 75920, originally it was made for the SP-01 Phantom) to replace the factory trigger pin, which is a roll pin. That comes with a slave pin that really simplifies installation.

An aside, you can certainly do whatever you want to your own gun, but I echo Bret. Why do this? I have never ever understood why many want to do this. I can discern no advantage other than a different shape to the trigger but numerous double action triggers exist that still change the shape without losing double action function. Reset is not inherently improved, trigger pull weight is not affected, single action break is not changed, you could still carry it cocked and locked with the DA trigger. All that I see is the loss of double strike capability.

Offline erwos

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Re: How do you convert a small frame Tanfoglio to SAO
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2022, 07:50:52 AM »
There are some competition scenarios where having an SAO gun is better than an SA/DA gun. I wouldn't do it for something I was going to defend my life with, but if I thought I could swap the gun to SAO to avoid starting in DA (depending on division), sure, I'd do that.

Offline himurax13

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Re: How do you convert a small frame Tanfoglio to SAO
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2022, 12:00:46 PM »
There are some competition scenarios where having an SAO gun is better than an SA/DA gun. I wouldn't do it for something I was going to defend my life with, but if I thought I could swap the gun to SAO to avoid starting in DA (depending on division), sure, I'd do that.

That could be debated, but all of the Tanfo DA/SA guns can be operated in single action.

But to answer the OP, the easiest and cheapest way to achieve SAO is to remove the disconector from the hammer. Installing a SAO specific trigger would be more advantageous if it had pre and post travel adjustments available.