M1917 Safety installation

[JOHN42768]

Hi All, Looking for some help in getting the safety installed. Once you set the spring and plunger in the opening and hold compressed with a very small screwdriver blade, the safety is suppose to be pushed into place. The end goes in fine, but there is no longer room for blade or a pin to keep the spring compressed for the safety to go into place. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, John

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[browningautorifle]

Use a smaller screw driver or jewlers set to push the plunger in. Then when the shaft of the safety lock is pushed in it has room to pass the plunger.

[Chuckindenver]

to remove the safety..remove the bolt.,rotate the safety down all the way,
with a good pair of needle nose locking plires, grab the end of the lock thats sticking into the bolt way.
pull the saftey out.
to install, with a small screwdriver, or punch, push the spring loaded lock all the way foward, grab the lock again with the plires, install the new safety, remove the plires.

[RBruce]

Slick!