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Ambi safety or single side for gun games?

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 12:58 PM

My 1911 is with the smith for a little tweaking. I asked for other suggestions, he suggested replacing the current ambi safety with a better designed/quality ambi or a single side safety. I intend to use this gun in IDPA and USPSA single stack. Should I stick with the ambi or...

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 01:02 PM

Ambi for those draw and transfer to weak hand situations. They're rare but they do occur.
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Posted 12 November 2009 - 01:03 PM

View Postchickenfried, on Nov 12 2009, 01:58 PM, said:

My 1911 is with the smith for a little tweaking. I asked for other suggestions, he suggested replacing the current ambi safety with a better /designed quality ambi or a single side safety. I intend to use this gun in IDPA and USPSA single stack. Should I stick with the ambi or...

Depending on the safety, I have inadvertently pushed on the "ambi" side ... not enough to engage it ... but enough to make me wonder if I did ... at which, my preference is to not have one.

The only exception would be if I were drawing weak-hand.

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 03:23 PM

There's no such thing as a weak hand draw in USPSA or IDPA.

If you ride your shooting hand thumb on top of the safety lever - and you should - there's no worry of having accidentally engaged the safety.

I prefer an ambi safety on a 1911 period. AAMOF I only own one 1911 that doesn't have an ambi, and that's only because I haven't gotten around to changing it. I want to be able to off-Safe the gun with my left hand so I don't have to take off the safety before doing the transfer, as I would with a single-side unit. I want to be able to hold down the offside lever when shooting left hand only, to absolutely ensure the safety is (1) off, (2) stays that way. To have a safety lever only on one side of the gun just strikes me as basically a bad idea.
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Posted 12 November 2009 - 03:30 PM

I like having an ambi on my competition 1911. I do not on my 1911 carry gun
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Posted 12 November 2009 - 03:32 PM

Hello: Get a single sided safety fitted for a spare so when the ambi breaks/bends you can install the single sided one :cheers: I have seen the ambi safeties bend from use, then they don't work correctly. Thanks, Eric

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 03:36 PM

That's a great idea! Why didn't I think of that duh. Sounds like the right route to take.

View PostAircooled6racer, on Nov 12 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

Hello: Get a single sided safety fitted for a spare so when the ambi breaks/bends you can install the single sided one :cheers: I have seen the ambi safeties bend from use, then they don't work correctly. Thanks, Eric

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 04:34 PM

View PostDuane Thomas, on Nov 12 2009, 04:23 PM, said:

There's no such thing as a weak hand draw in USPSA or IDPA.

that was my point

sorry ... "worry" was a poor choice of words ... as my hand is constantly rubbing it, it's distracting ... particularly when I do a mag change

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 05:51 PM

Been thinking of swaping my ambis to singlesided for a while now.

Just cant bring myself to do it, mostly for the very reasons Duane stated.
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Posted 12 November 2009 - 08:46 PM

View PostLoose Brass, on Nov 12 2009, 03:30 PM, said:

I like having an ambi on my competition 1911. I do not on my 1911 carry gun


I would have to agree.
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