Fitting Thin Safety?

[gary2232]

Want to change to the Thin Safety Sets for my Shadow SP-01.  Keep rolling on the safety with the wide one I have now. The CZ site says has to be fitted? How tough a job. Got so basic gun smithing skills, can a rookie take this on?  hate to have gun at Custom Shop this time of year?

[Stuart]

Not tough.
Fit LHS into RHS lever. Then fit pad to sear arm.

[gary2232]

Ok thanks.,,,,

[Tok36]

Want to change to the Thin Safety Sets for my Shadow SP-01.  Keep rolling on the safety with the wide one I have now. The CZ site says has to be fitted? How tough a job. Got so basic gun smithing skills, can a rookie take this on?  hate to have gun at Custom Shop this time of year?

Great reference picture Stuart, i will save it for future use.

I recently fitted a "D" style paddle safety for my SP-01. It required that i remove a bit from the flat of the "D" and it needed the ledge where the "D" transitions to round backed up a bit so it could be fully inserted into the right side.

Although i do not consider it a hard or complicated task it can take some time. If you decide to take on the job yourself and run into trouble, make a post in the Gunsmithing section, i am sure allot of other folks around here have fitted them.

The main thing to remember is to go slowly bit by bit with testing in-between. While taking metal off is easy, putting it back on can be tough.

[gary2232]

The pictures with the red lines Stuart posts are a great help. Started a binder the keep them for future refrence. Slow and slower good advice tok36. Thanks. What problems will I see if I need to take some off of the pad for sear?

[Tok36]

The pictures with the red lines Stuart posts are a great help. Started a binder the keep them for future refrence. Slow and slower good advice tok36. Thanks. What problems will I see if I need to take some off of the pad for sear?

Your safety will not engage. There is a little arm that comes off of the sear (the safety leg of the sear). It needs to be able to clear the raised pad of the safety lever shaft but still be tight enough to stop the sear from raising up and dropping the hammer. As the part of the sear that catches the hammer goes up the safety leg of the sear goes down, like a seesaw.

[twowheels]

Another fitting option is a CGW adjustable sear, which has a small allen head bolt that you turn until it properly engages the safety pad.  When the level of engagement is right, you loctite the bolt in place and you are done.

I've fitted safeties with the CGW sear and a standard CZ sear.  The CGW sear makes the job without question easier.

[bigdave24]

Is there a reason people don't ride the safety on CZ's?  I find it much easier and you always know the safety is off.  Not arguing, truly curious.

[Stuart]

From customers I have talked to, many are coming over from non safety pistols vs 1911 style pistols where that is part of the technique.

[gary2232]

With my grip it would not be comfortable to ride safety and I think I am pushing it on during reload. I have the adjustable sear so that will help with the fitting..