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 12-21-2009, 11:48 PM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Georgia Posts: 132 |  Ambi-safety on Kimber
Hey guys,
Got a quick question for ya'll 1911 guys, I have a Kimber Ultra Carry II and I'm a southpaw. So I was wondering if ya'll think that I would be able to install a ambi safety on it or should I take it to the gunsmith?. I don't have any gunsmithing experience. How difficult would you rate it? 1-10 | 
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| 12-23-2009, 03:57 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 861 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
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The job is about a five out of ten if you understand how the 1911 works and are mildly mechanically competent and have some basic gunsmith tools like punches and such. Remember you will have to relieve the inside of the grip panel on the off side.
I had the same thing done to my original UltraCarry so my wife could carry it (actually it is now her gun, she's a lefty too). Even though I can do the job myself rather easily I just sent it in to Kimber's custom shop. It was reasonable with a swift turnaround and it did not void my warantee. | |
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| 12-26-2009, 02:36 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 1,126 |
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Originally Posted by Wambli
Remember you will have to relieve the inside of the grip panel on the off side.
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| 12-26-2009, 04:07 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 861 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
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Originally Posted by Highpower
Why? 10 characters.
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Because that thin tab you see extending to the front on the right side needs to run freely under the right side slab. | |
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| 12-26-2009, 05:15 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: North Georgia Posts: 132 |
oh, also it has crimson trace grips on it. Not sure if that changes much, but I'm pretty sure it will have to be a bobbed safety instead of extended. | |
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| 12-27-2009, 02:13 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 1,126 |
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Originally Posted by Wambli
Because that thin tab you see extending to the front on the right side needs to run freely under the right side slab.
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Not if he uses a KIMBER safety. 
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What is this 100m you speak of?! Here in AMERICA we shoot in YARDS boy, a meter is something I use to measure voltage with.
-- Dillinger
Wer anderen etwas vorgedacht, wird jahrelang nur ausgelacht.
Begreift man die Entdeckung endlich, so nennt sie jeder selbstverständlich.
-- Wilhelm Busch
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| 01-04-2010, 03:32 PM | #7 | I'm always 10-8 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 150 miles NE of Sloppy Joe's Bar, in the "GunShine" State Posts: 19,200 Liked 7 Times on 6 Posts
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