Springfield P9/EAA/tanfoglio Safety Issues PIC HEAVY

[Workingspy]

Hello so I have a Springfield P9 and the safety detent plunger and spring are missing, the safety just flopps around. The Springfield P9 and EAA's are Tanfoglio made clones of the CZ75. So first I ordered a CZ75 safety detent plunger and spring because I read they would work, well it didnt. It turns out Springfield used two styles of safety detents threw out the P9's short life. The first style is the CZ75 design, this is frame mounted on the inside on the left side of the frame. The second style is the Tanfoglio design, this design has the detent plunger and spring staked into the safety shaft right behind the inside of the thunb rest. This is the style I have.

I am just looking to see if people have any experiance with this type of safety, specifically if you have experiance with the P9 itself. I am trying to buy the detent and spring, if I cant find that I will need to buy a complete Tanfoglio safety which comes with the dentent installed.

I cant see how this would work though as there is nothing on the frame where the detent would contact when the safety is put on or off, its smooth with no bump or point. I have heard this style is a very mushy design, but I cant imagine the detent pressure is enough to hold it on. Ive heard that the Tanfoglios have a heart shaped safety cutout to work with the detent. There is a pic of the heart shaped one below, my gun has just a round hole.

My Gun

Tanfoglio with detent plunger installed

This Tanfoglio has the heart shaped cutout.

CZ75 style safety for reference (this is the wronc one for my gun)

Cheers,
Evan

 

[Workingspy]

So after hours of calling and emailing places here and in the states and scouring the net I finally identified the exact safety I need. Well not by paty number but in picture at least. This is the first of three safety designs they used. So now the long hunt to find the parts.

Cheers,
Evan

 

[enefgee]

Have you tried Numrich?

 

[Workingspy]

Yah ive spoken with them and I'm waiting for a response from my detailed email. That was before I identified the part, ill update them on Tuesday with the new info and hopefully it will be easier for them to find one.

Cheers,
Evan

Have you tried Numrich?

 

[Workingspy]

Numrich has a flat style detent and spring listed and they wilk ship it up here, i think if thats it im buying two for sure and probanly some other parts as well.

Cheers,
Evan

Have you tried Numrich?

 

[Workingspy]

I didnt even wait for there email responce I just ordered two plungers and springs, hopefully they are the right parts lol. Ill update with pics when the stuff gets in.

Cheers,
Evan

 

[Workingspy]

I got the parts from Numrich yesterday and installed themtoday. They went in with out an issue and worked perfect right away. Only this time I decided to install it in a clear plastic bag just in case my finger slipped and the thing went flying, that would suck but thats why I bought two of each.

Cheers,
Evan

 

[Markus]

I got the parts from Numrich yesterday and installed themtoday. They went in with out an issue and worked perfect right away. Only this time I decided to install it in a clear plastic bag just in case my finger slipped and the thing went flying, that would suck but thats why I bought two of each.

Cheers,
Evan

That's simply brilliant. I'll be stealing that technique from you in the future.