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Home Handgun Parts Safety Parts Safeties HARRISON DESIGN & CONSULTING 1911 EXTREME SERVICE RETRO THUMB SAFETY Support
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Upgrade your 1911 with the H-D Retro Thumb Safety! 🛡️ Ergonomic, rugged, and designed for reliability. Perfect for classic enthusiasts!

HARRISON DESIGN & CONSULTING 1911 EXTREME SERVICE RETRO THUMB SAFETY - HARRISON DESIGN & CONSULTING 1911 EXTREME SERVICE RETRO THUMB SAFETY SS

100022959

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Upgrade your 1911 with the H-D Retro Thumb Safety! 🛡️ Ergonomic, rugged, and designed for reliability. Perfect for classic enthusiasts!
HARRISON DESIGN & CONSULTING 1911 EXTREME SERVICE RETRO THUMB SAFETY SS
119.9 GBP 3 £119.90 *
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Finish: Stainless Steel Product no.: 100022959
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Upgrade your 1911 with the H-D Retro Thumb Safety! 🛡️ Ergonomic design ensures comfort and reliability for your firearm. Perfect for classic enthusiasts!
HARRISON DESIGN & CONSULTING 1911 EXTREME SERVICE RETRO THUMB SAFETY BLUED
114.9 GBP 0 £114.90 *
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Finish: Black Product no.: 100022960
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Product no.: 100022959

Mfr. No.: HD-456

The H-D Retro thumb safety family is the result of years of design and testing to develop a thumb safety that is ergonomically comfortable, rugged in construction and offers unique features that solve many of the problems with existing designs. The Retro thumb safety was developed to answer customer requests for a version of our original thumb safety with a small shelf that looked appropriate on a Classic or Retro 1911.The positioning of the thumb shelf also helps keep the palm of your hand in deeper, more solid contact with the grip safety, so it's less likely that you'll have a failure to get the grip safety depressed and then keep it depressed, which could render your pistol unfireable at the worst time. The plate is made thicker than most other brands and is configured so that the safety plunger bears fully on the front of the plate, eliminating side thrust loading from being exerted against your plunger tube which can eventually loosen the tube’s mounting, allowing the plunger pin to climb over the safety's plate, potentially rendering the gun unfireable. An ample detent pocket and radius give a positive "click" as you move the safety on and off. The pivot shaft joins the plate with a generous radius which is crucial to prevent stress breakage of the plate/shaft joint as found on other brands. The blocking lug has an extra fitting pad on the rear of the lug allowing the gunsmith to regulate how far down the thumb safety can swing, which keeps the safety's plate from overhanging the edge of the frame. An industry first! The rear edge of the plate is beveled and blended where it meets the back edge of the frame, a feature lacking on other brands.
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Variations:

Upgrade your 1911 with the H-D Retro Thumb Safety! 🛡️ Ergonomic, rugged, and designed for reliability. Perfect for classic enthusiasts!
HARRISON DESIGN & CONSULTING 1911 EXTREME SERVICE RETRO THUMB SAFETY SS
119.9 GBP 3 £119.90 *
In stock
Finish: Stainless Steel Product no.: 100022959
In stock
119.9 GBP 3 £119.90 *
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Upgrade your 1911 with the H-D Retro Thumb Safety! 🛡️ Ergonomic design ensures comfort and reliability for your firearm. Perfect for classic enthusiasts!
HARRISON DESIGN & CONSULTING 1911 EXTREME SERVICE RETRO THUMB SAFETY BLUED
114.9 GBP 0 £114.90 *
Backorderable
Finish: Black Product no.: 100022960
Backorderable
114.9 GBP 0 £114.90 *
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Description:

The H-D Retro thumb safety family is the result of years of design and testing to develop a thumb safety that is ergonomically comfortable, rugged in construction and offers unique features that solve many of the problems with existing designs. The Retro thumb safety was developed to answer customer requests for a version of our original thumb safety with a small shelf that looked appropriate on a Classic or Retro 1911.The positioning of the thumb shelf also helps keep the palm of your hand in deeper, more solid contact with the grip safety, so it's less likely that you'll have a failure to get the grip safety depressed and then keep it depressed, which could render your pistol unfireable at the worst time. The plate is made thicker than most other brands and is configured so that the safety plunger bears fully on the front of the plate, eliminating side thrust loading from being exerted against your plunger tube which can eventually loosen the tube’s mounting, allowing the plunger pin to climb over the safety's plate, potentially rendering the gun unfireable. An ample detent pocket and radius give a positive "click" as you move the safety on and off. The pivot shaft joins the plate with a generous radius which is crucial to prevent stress breakage of the plate/shaft joint as found on other brands. The blocking lug has an extra fitting pad on the rear of the lug allowing the gunsmith to regulate how far down the thumb safety can swing, which keeps the safety's plate from overhanging the edge of the frame. An industry first! The rear edge of the plate is beveled and blended where it meets the back edge of the frame, a feature lacking on other brands.

Top takeaways

  1. The H-D Retro thumb safety features an ergonomic design, rugged construction, and a small shelf that enhances grip safety engagement.
  2. Its thick plate design and full plunger bearing prevent side thrust loading, reducing the risk of plunger tube loosening and firearm malfunction.
  3. The safety includes unique elements like a generous pivot shaft radius and an extra fitting pad to prevent over-travel and ensure a positive user experience.

Attributes

  • Finish: Stainless Steel
  • Style: Retro
  • Weapon type: 1911
  • Delivery weight: 0.016kg
  • Shipping height: 25mm
  • Shipping width: 89mm
  • Shipping length: 152mm

Item details

Made in USA
US export classification: 0A501.x

Customers reviews

Customer ratings (1)

5 / 5
Definitely recommended

Brownells USA Worth every cent. 19/03/2017

A well made part. Oversized in all the right places. It is by far the highest quality safety that I have ever worked with. The shape is strange and it looks odd from the pictures. But The feel is something else. It Feels as the 1911 was designed for this type of clipped safety. The leverage achieved from the angle of the lever is just amazing.

I would say it is a far cry from the name retro, it would be better explained as the modern 21 century representation of the original. Worth ever cent. I am looking forward to working with more parts from harrison design.

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