Irish Pat Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 how do you remove the lever safety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Spade Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Not advised to do this because it could result in an out of battery discharge. To remove you have to remove the butt stock,remove the side plates and disassemble the internals, remove the lever, remove the two side screws at the back of the receiver and remove the hammer/trigger assembly. From there you remove the hammer spring and push out the pin that holds the lever safety spring. You then push out the pin that hold the trigger and lever safety in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-eye, SASS#45097 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 My first ‘73 was a used gun with the safety removed. After an out of battery discharge resulting in a bent lever I sent it to a smith and had the safety put back in. I don’t sense any difference in speed of operation with or without the safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equanimous Phil Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Just replace the stock spring with a light aftermarket spring and you won't notice the safety anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Big Tree Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 30 minutes ago, Equanimous Phil said: Just replace the stock spring with a light aftermarket spring and you won't notice the safety anymore What he said. ^^^^ T.O.'s really don't want to be standing beside a shooter with an out of battery either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mongo, SASS #61450 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 As Equanimous Phil already stated, the lever safety can be tuned so it functions, but you'll never know it's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 If you do remove them I am interested in your old Parts. Somebody removed them from my rifle before I purchased it and I would like to put them back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom, SASS #54973 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 In todays world...why would anyone take out the lever safety? Oy... Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
July Smith Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Not sure if it's still listed, but I saw a 1873 carbine on Gunbroker with the safety removed and the seller listed that as a "worthless" feature that was best removed anyways. As others have pointed out, it's best to leave that trigger safety in. Though I proved to myself it won't prevent an out of battery it will help in the event you trip the trigger early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Some Lustrum ago, there was a great and oft heated debate about the wiseness/dumbness of removing the Trigger Block Safety on the Uberti 1873. The reasoning for removal was the Spring. That spring was best used as an overload spring on a pick-up truck. Then the Major manufacturers jumped in and made after-market springs so you don't know the safety is there. Taking out the safety as opposed to a 8 or 10 dollar spring seems . . . silly. PLUS ONE for Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howlin Mad Murdock SASS #4037 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Also remember, the safety was put in the original 1873 design for a reason, and it wasn't because of lawyers. Change the spring, all good then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Why anyone would invite a face full of pissed off brass and powder mystifies me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Get the light spring kit. Just installed one. About $13 shipped. 10 minutes to install using their instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 My first '73 carbine had the safety spring break over 20 years ago. Now the safety works by gravity, and seems to function fine! Of course, if I try to shoot it upside down the safety won't work properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Long story short, I have one of the early Navy Arms 66's with a 73 style lever safety. A previous owner removed it. I had it put back. And it gives me no trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Meadows,SASS#28485L Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 I've picked brass out of a shooters nose because the lever safety had been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Jackson Turner Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Don't do it. Put in a lighter spring, and you won't even notice it. But, don't take it out. Please. Cheers, FJT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Jake Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 The '66 doesn't have the trigger block safety. Does that cause problems? (FWIW, I used a '66 for a few months and sold it, partly because of no trigger block safety.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom, SASS #54973 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, Diamond Jake said: The '66 doesn't have the trigger block safety. Does that cause problems? (FWIW, I used a '66 for a few months and sold it, partly because of no trigger block safety.) It can...but it's kind of a Strawman. Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Diamond Jake said: The '66 doesn't have the trigger block safety. Does that cause problems? (FWIW, I used a '66 for a few months and sold it, partly because of no trigger block safety.) My current backup is a 66. I've had two out of batteries with it. Don't really notice it until you start going faster. Then you have the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lead Monger Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 You can have an out of battery discharge with a 73 carbine even when it has the trigger block safety in place and functioning. I have seen it happen once. A 357 cartridge with a deformed bullet did not fully chamber and that darn thing slamfired. Bent the lever and upset the action timing. This kind of OB discharge was demonstrated a few years ago in the Chronicle also. Don’t fear the 66. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 My Navy Arms 66 has the safety just like the 73. I'm happy it does . I have three 73's and one of them the previous owner removed the safety when they did the short stroke to it . I want to put the parts back in this one . So if anyone has a complet setup they removed from there rifle . I am interested in the parts you took out . Rooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 i just loosened the screw under the lever and took some tension off the main spring and trigger pull is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 I like the looks of the 66. Have one, shot it all the time. Until an OOB discharge. Did not care for the face full of hot gas and brass shrapnel. Gun was not damaged. But, I rarely shoot it anymore. Prolly havnt had it out of the safe in 4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 11/14/2023 at 2:26 PM, Abilene, SASS # 27489 said: My first '73 carbine had the safety spring break over 20 years ago. Now the safety works by gravity, and seems to function fine! Of course, if I try to shoot it upside down the safety won't work properly. Sadly I cannot stand on my head long enough to work lever and align sights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728 Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Kind of reminds of the idiots back in the 70's and 80's who pinned the grip safety, so it didn't work, and removed the Colt Series 80 firing pin block system, and then carried their 1911 with a round in the chamber, hammer cocked, and slide safety not engaged. Definitely stayed far away from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 11/16/2023 at 3:54 PM, Hoss said: I like the looks of the 66. Have one, shot it all the time. Until an OOB discharge. Did not care for the face full of hot gas and brass shrapnel. Gun was not damaged. But, I rarely shoot it anymore. Prolly havnt had it out of the safe in 4 years. Thankfully my 66 has the 73 safety on it . I'm glad it does . Two of the Three 73's I have still has the safety on them . I will eventually by the parts for my other one and put them back in it . Rooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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