Firing Pin Block question

[andrewjs18]

How do you guys feel as far as removing the firing pin block from firearms?

Apparently 1 of the only ways to shorten the reset on my CZ-85B is to remove the firing pin block.

I spoke to a smith from czcustomshop.com (ghost products) and he said they removed a FPB and dropped the gun onto their cement floor at about 9 feet up and it didn't go off as well as beating the hammer with a hammer and it also didn't go off.

[stephpd]

I'm usually not a big fan of some of the safety items on a gun but the firing pin block is not in that group. Just because one person or company says they were unable to get the gun to fire by dropping is not a good enough reason to me. Of all the safety devices that would be the last item I would ever think of removing.

I'd either look towards another gun or learn to deal with the trigger on the gun.

[andrewjs18]

I'm usually not a big fan of some of the safety items on a gun but the firing pin block is not in that group. Just because one person or company says they were unable to get the gun to fire by dropping is not a good enough reason to me. Of all the safety devices that would be the last item I would ever think of removing.

I'd either look towards another gun or learn to deal with the trigger on the gun.

I love the gun, I just wanted to shorten the reset...I'm not going to sell and/or replace the gun....

[Xringshooter]

I wouldn't remove it, it is a safety feature and I don't like messing with safety features. You said you won't be selling/getting rid of the gun. What happens if you have to use it to defend yourself? It will be impounded and the lawyer for the person you shot (or their family) will have it examined and they will find that the gun has been modified (especially with a safety feature disabled/removed) and you probably will not win the case.

[Lycanthrope]

I tore the Series II safety out of my Kimber. I broke two of them....


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[andrewjs18]

I tore the Series II safety out of my Kimber. I broke two of them....


Lycansolutiontoanonproblemthrope

what are you saying here? you took fpb because you got tired of replacing it?

[andrewjs18]

I wouldn't remove it, it is a safety feature and I don't like messing with safety features. You said you won't be selling/getting rid of the gun. What happens if you have to use it to defend yourself? It will be impounded and the lawyer for the person you shot (or their family) will have it examined and they will find that the gun has been modified (especially with a safety feature disabled/removed) and you probably will not win the case.

how would me modifying my gun, by removing the fpb, be any different from shooting someone, god forbid with a manual safety? I'm not sure I understand your argument.

[Lycanthrope]

what are you saying here? you took fpb because you got tired of replacing it?

Yeah, I dry fire a lot and I broke two of them.....rendering the gun inoperable.


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[andrewjs18]

Yeah, I dry fire a lot and I broke two of them.....rendering the gun inoperable.


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being a gunsmith, is having the fpb block out too unsafe to carry cocked/locked with a manual safety? is that how the manual safety work; with the fpb?

just looking for options to shorten up that reset.

[Warpt762x39]

how would me modifying my gun, by removing the fpb, be any different from shooting someone, god forbid with a manual safety? I'm not sure I understand your argument.

It doesn't matter how different it really is. All the other persons lawyer will have to say is that you removed a safety system from your gun. That's it. Nothing else. That little tidbit will cost you dearly. I almost got a Browning High Power a couple years ago that I wanted to carry but could not stand the magazine disconnect safety. I was going to remove it and replace it with the SFS kit which adds another safety. I figured replacing the one I remove would be fine. After thinking about it though I decided it was a stupid idea to remove any of the safeties that the gun came with and ended up not buying it. What's worse? A longer reset? Or years of your life and thousands of your dollars going into a defense you will probably lose?