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That's awesome! I love seeing the quality mods that others have come up with. :thumb:

Did they finally change the design? After I had taken mine apart, I saw no reason that it shouldn't have been 90 degrees from the factory.

Hi! I'm Steve. I live in Southeastern PA. I like long walks down the 100 yard range, the smell of burned gunpowder on my hands mixing with the aroma of a freshly opened bottle of #9, and hate sunsets. Oh, and I'm a Taurus, although I don't own any. I have a number of different calibers (mostly handguns), but .22s are always fun and my Colt/Umarex M-16 brought me here. I joined yesterday to post information about a new 90 degree safety I made. I guess this Introductions category would have been the logical choice for a first post, but it's too late for that. So, anyone else from my area? -Steve

I'd like to sell it as a kit, but it doesn't make sense until I CNC my machines, and I don't have a timeline on that yet. Even if I devalued my machine time to $20/hour, it would cost more than half the gun.

Hi all! I just joined the forum, but have lurked a little in the past. I really like my M-16, but the 180 degree safety was disturbing to no end. Having recently acquired a Sherline mill and lathe, I decided to try my hand at re-engineering the whole safety mechanism. I didn't keep track of working time, but I'd have to figure I spent at least 12 hours on this. I have a few pics posted here, but I have the complete set up on Flikr. If you go to full screen for the slide show and click 'show info', you can see a short description of each picture. I don't particularly like the polished look, but until I decide to get an anodizing setup, it will have to stay shiny. It sure beats a 180 degree throw. -Steve