After a little snafu by the USPS, and USA TAC being amazing and sending replacement safety levers to me, I was finally able to install them.
For those who may not know, for some reason CZ created the worst safety levers ever. They do work, and there is nothing wrong with them switching on or off. The problem is with how they sit on the pistol.
If you zoom in on the photo above, you will notice that the safety lever bulges at the bottom and sits quite low. This causes your trigger finger to rub against it when you get a proper shooting grip. The recoil of the gun creates an added bonus of pain and dread.
It's quite possible that CZ never shot these as pistols, and that's why this issue is here in the U.S. Since they can have SBR's over there it may not be an issue. I've heard that once the Scorpion is SBR'd, people don't have an issue with the levers. :dunno:
Either way, whoever designed them would be good at making torture devices.
The new Apex levers sit up higher and keep away from your finger. They are MUCH better than the stock levers. I watched a video to make sure they would be installed correctly. The video was very short and made it look super easy. Maybe some are super easy to install, or should be. The levers I received were a bit tight and took some extra love to get them to go on properly and allow the set screws to go in. No big deal.
Once installed, I did a function check to make sure everything still worked as it should. It did. They are easy to switch on and off, and they are comfortable as well. They are made of aluminum instead of the plastic originals.
Here are a few pics.
Before:
After:
You can buy a safety delete, which puts a flat plate where one of the levers is. Right handed shooters would put it on the right side, getting rid of the issue. I decided to get both levers in case a lefty shoots it, or we wanted to shoot it lefty for fun, or for training.
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For those who may not know, for some reason CZ created the worst safety levers ever. They do work, and there is nothing wrong with them switching on or off. The problem is with how they sit on the pistol.
If you zoom in on the photo above, you will notice that the safety lever bulges at the bottom and sits quite low. This causes your trigger finger to rub against it when you get a proper shooting grip. The recoil of the gun creates an added bonus of pain and dread.
It's quite possible that CZ never shot these as pistols, and that's why this issue is here in the U.S. Since they can have SBR's over there it may not be an issue. I've heard that once the Scorpion is SBR'd, people don't have an issue with the levers. :dunno:
Either way, whoever designed them would be good at making torture devices.
The new Apex levers sit up higher and keep away from your finger. They are MUCH better than the stock levers. I watched a video to make sure they would be installed correctly. The video was very short and made it look super easy. Maybe some are super easy to install, or should be. The levers I received were a bit tight and took some extra love to get them to go on properly and allow the set screws to go in. No big deal.
Once installed, I did a function check to make sure everything still worked as it should. It did. They are easy to switch on and off, and they are comfortable as well. They are made of aluminum instead of the plastic originals.
Here are a few pics.
Before:
After:
You can buy a safety delete, which puts a flat plate where one of the levers is. Right handed shooters would put it on the right side, getting rid of the issue. I decided to get both levers in case a lefty shoots it, or we wanted to shoot it lefty for fun, or for training.
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