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For others that may be looking into a three position safety, I thought I should post as to my recent purchase. I purchased one of Ed LaPour's three position safeties. I have to say that I have never seen such a fine safety, and I mean ever. The safety is perfectly machined and the clicks when you move the safety are precise and make a nice metallic sound at each indent. Actually, they have the same character as a fine Swiss watch. Just my observations and for what it is worth. | ||
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Thanks, good to hear. I was thinking of ordering one for a 1917. What action was it for? -Don | |||
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I have one on my CZ550, one on my Banner Mauser, and one on my Mexican. I think that they work great. Butch | |||
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Anyone that has worked on a Dakota, Gentry or Ed Lapour safety, (me) knows that the ONLY way to go is with Ed's. They flat out work and don't need a buch of work to get to work correctly. Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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Thanks Jim, you made my decision for me. -Don | |||
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They might work well. No argument with that. But nobody should think that there isn't a bit of work in installing every single brand of 3 position safety out there. You still have to bevel the cocking piece and you still have to very precisely drill a half hole in the bolt for the 3rd position locking rod (or whatever else you want to call it.) I have owned a rifle that had a PM safety and one with a Dakota safety and both worked very well indeed. There are those who will say that this safety or that safety are no good becasue they are hard to fit. I have been told by a very prominent riflesmith that many times its just because of the variation in the threads as made by the different companies that made mausers. | |||
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True, even the fitting insturtions that come with lapour's safeties say you may have to lap the threads an show where you have to grind, stone and/or drill deending on the model. Has anyone used his 1917 kit? -Don -Don | |||
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Thomas told you that did he? You want the thread to be oversized so you can fit them. The tighter the fit the better the safety works. The shroud should turn freely when properly fitted but no so as to have slop. | |||
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One other thing you have to be careful with and that is that sometimes they turn on farther than the military one. Its just a couple thousands or so, but its enough to screw up your bolt stroke. I don't know how to fix that. Poleax No, it wasn't Thomas. Maybe it was you. I have a couple of the safeties that Jeffe was selling here and they screw right one to a 1909 action with no fitting whatsoever but they are not sloppy and I am sure they would work well after the grinding and drilling gets done. | |||
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I have three of Jeff's also. And I am assuming one more on its way? The one that I have had installed works flawlessly. Who made those by the way? | |||
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I always thought Jeffe made them.  | |||
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I figured he stole them! | |||
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Sure he stole them! Butch | |||
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I just got my CZ 416 Rigby back, I had Ed install the 3 position saftey. Looks great, works very nicely, a nice upgrade. | |||
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Head Trauma, Did you have him re-do the bolt handle at the same time? LD  | |||
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Sorry Wes, I have some compromising pictures of Jeffe, so he decided to send it to me instead. I have it on good authority that those safeties were made by "some guy." LD | |||
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Well you must be getting someone else's. I have comprimising pictures of some of his work.  "some guy" the poster or "some guy" | |||
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Lawndart Wes isn't getting that safety from Jeffe. He is getting it from me. But I have three more if anybody needs one. | |||
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Schrodinger - thanks for sharing your experiences. I have been looking at these and had planned to give one a try. BTW - The individual Poleax refers to also indicated to me that they were the currently the best offering on the market. BB | |||
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Lawndart, the rifle already had a M70 bolt handle on it before I sent it to Ed. What kind of CZ bolt handle upgrades does he offer? | |||
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Send him a picture of what you want and he'll weld it up that way. When I have him fit a safety to my CZ, I'll have him weld on a straight handle. By that time though, I'll probably just hack away at the job myself. LD Ed certainly has "the eye" for design and proportion. Jeffe has "the fingers" for slipping a boxcar load of safeties out of there to Tejas. He is the "Schindler" of safeties. | |||
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