EGW Beavertail Grip Safeties are manufactured from stainless steel in a machined finish, offering a premium upgrade for 1911 platform pistols. Machined from a solid piece of barstock, the EGW 1911 Beavertail Grip Safety ships with slightly oversized dimensions in critical areas, enabling homebuilders and gunsmiths to achieve a perfect, custom fit on their 1911 pistol frame.
The straight safety arm requires no forming and is pre-notched making it unnecessary to remove the mainspring housing in order to remove the safety. Extra material in critical areas adds strength and allows for close fitting to tight tolerances. This model is compatible with frames cut for a .250″ radius, like STI or Brown, making it ideal for a wide range of modern 1911 builds.
EGW’s design improvements include a beavertail wider than the frame at .770 (allowing you to blend the beavertail to the frame), a pin hole reamed to .158 (improving fit and ambi’s function), a lower bottom grip surface, a longer bottom (less gap between beavertail and main spring housing), a wider bottom to fill the frame better (around .617), and no pits since the part is machined from bar stock. Installation requires fitting by a qualified gunsmith.
