Ruger No. 1 Safety smoothing

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Bored bored bored..

I dismantled my experiment gun again to see if I could do anything about the trigger and the safety. The safety was extremely hard to engage and disengaged and the trigger was less than pleasing. The trigger was not replaced, but I removed all the rough casting, smoothed all the pivot points and adjusted the two screws. I do not have a gauge, but to my finger, the trigger is better now..

The safety..... First I smoothed and polished where the roll pins slide (along with the roll pins), then I put a radius on the leading edge of the part pictured below. This by no means effects the safety while engaged, the spring is what keeps the safety engaged. All the radius did was make sliding the safety past the corner a little smoother.

It is MUCH better now..... I do not have before pictures, but I did do some after pics...

 

[Aitch]

Good stuff, thanks for posting the pictures. I was looking at doing the same thing with my project No 1.
When I looked at it, I noticed I am missing the pin that the spring rides on, (shown in your picture just left of "radius here") and the spring is now resting against the roll pin.
I can't imagine why it would be loose or missing. I bought the barreled action as a project and have not yet done anything with it.
I think I have a dowel or roll pin that I can press into place but curious about the design intent. Does this pin have a grove for the spring to ride in? Is it loose by design?
Thanks,
Aitch

 

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The pin in the safety itself has a recess in it for the spring to ride in when the safety is moved. I would check Numrick for the part

 

[Aitch]

Hi, found the pin at Brownells, then called Ruger customer service, they are sending me a pin at no charge. Good on them!

I may get ambitious and attempt to recess the safety so the ejected cases don't catch on it. But that may prove a chore above my skill level.

Thanks again!

 

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removing the safety isn't that big of a deal, but it does require removing more of the inner workings than just the roll pins and that spring.

You'll see what I mean with you start tearing it down... It's just like anything else, just keep taking it apart until the part you're after is in your hand..lol..


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