S&W 39 Magazine safety

[redshooter]

I've been doing some action shooting at the local club and I've run into a slight problem. It involves clearing my gun. I need to "fire" my pistol on an empty chamber to show clear, hard to do with a magazine safety. I'd just keep an empty mag for the task, but I only have five and with an 8 shooter I need all five for some of the scenarios on the odd occasion. It would be much simpler to just remove it if it's not going to cause any problems with the way the gun functions. Can anyone walk me through removing it, and how will it effect my trigger pull?

 

[Tex Critter]

If you have a padded bench vice, put the slide portion in the padded portion tightening it secure so the slide doesn't move, and with a round punch type tool (small enough to fit in the groove in the front of the sight blade by the ejection port, or with a very thin fillister head screw driver, carefully lift up the leaf portion of the sight just enough to clear the sight blade relief cut on the top of the slide. I have seen the leaf portion of the sight break by lifting it too high upward so be careful. Carefully swing the leaf portion towards the rear of the slide, until you line up the back portion of the sight blade base so that it will come right up/out of it's slide cut. The spring and plunger under the back of the sight blade base is the magazine disconnect. Remove them and reassemble your pistol. If you oil around the sight blade base you should be able to avoid much blue loss, and if there is some, cold blue on a Q-tip will take care of any blue loss. Save the spring and plunger in case you decide to sell the pistol in original form.
I've done both of my 39-2s.

 

[redshooter]

Thanks!