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Has anyone done a custom on a HP with the SFS? My dad bought a FNHP 40 with the SFS and loves it. I have played with it some and cant see its shortcomings other than being a bit unconventional. Safety operation has a bit of a spongy feel compared to my standard HP's. Does it affect trigger tuning? Operation is pretty much the same as carrying cocked and locked. I have an extra 9mm FN with SFS in inventory and have thought about using it as my next project base. I would like to hear the pros and cons from the guys who build them.

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Gary Eastridge
http://www.randgfirearms.com

It's wrong. Just plain wrong.

If the gun was intended to be operated in a politically correct manner, JMB would have included it in the original design.

I guess I'm still on the fence

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Is that your final answer........

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Gary Eastridge
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Gary, I've done a couple of the SFS guns, and customers seem to either like it or hate it (sorta like Glocks). I think the whole thing is visual for the most part, as one is not seen carrying a cocked (gasp!!) gun, and I had one LEO who wasn't allowed to carry a single action gun on duty, so figured he could get away with the SFS as - you guessed it - the gun wasn't carried cocked. I've not heard of any problems with them, and the kit being sold is the same as the parts installed in the factory guns. The manual of arms differs a bit in that you load the gun and then push the hammer down, but on the draw, it's the same as the standard SA weapon; i.e., draw, flip off safe and fire.

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Don Williams
http://www.theactionworks.com
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Greetings,
Ted has 2 new HPs from me for full-house builds. I had my dealer order them from CDNN, but he made a mistake and the pistols came in as SFS HPs.
Ted knows what to do with those SFS components

ktmhk53

Does the SFS system have a negative impact on trigger, or any other function? Or is the dislike because it is deemed an unneeded design change.

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Gary Eastridge
http://www.randgfirearms.com

The SFS is simply a great fix for a non-existant problem! More stuff this gun was not designed to have in it. Ted took the FP safety out of my slide..and I am happy about it . The KISS principle works.

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Thanks to everyone who has responded. But short of personal opinion, none have given me a negative to the SFS system. As most are aware JMB was the most brilliant gunsmith/designer of all time. But unless I am wrong he designed the P35 to have a mag safety, which we routinely dismantle, and an internal extractor, which is no longer used. So his design can be improved upon (not to imply the SFS is an improvement). My question is, does the SFS system have a negative impact on trigger or other control/function features. I have 3 HP's, all in normal configuration and think the SFS would be a nice departure (other than that godawful looking hammer!!).

Don do you have any pictures of the SFS guns you reworked?

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Gary Eastridge
http://www.randgfirearms.com

Gary, Somewhere I do, of 1 of them anyway. Let me see if I can dig it up and e-mail it to you. As to your question about trigger, the SFS guns/kits seem to suffer from the same problems as other HP's in this regard. Some are better than others, but few could be considered good without some labor involved.

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Don Williams
http://www.theactionworks.com
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