I've been agonizing over this for some time. Decided to do it myself regardless of looks. Took a 5.7x28 spent cartridge and cut the neck off and then cut it to .280 inches deep. The interior space of the cartridge was about .02 inches wider than the Ruger safety. It went on not quite solid so I put some gorilla glue in the brass cup and put it on and turned it safety side down for the glue to dry. Didn't want the gorilla glue running into the innards. I wanted a temporary bonding so if I have to get it off to tinker around in there some more I'll be able to do that. I was told that adhesive silicone would be better but I didn't have any on hand and I wanted to get the project done. Doesn't look as nice as I'd like but it works... so far! Couple of pics attached, I hope.
Bud
Extended safety for Mk II 22/45 (homemade)
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I cut off the tops of Bic ball-point pens with a razor blade about 1/4" longer than the Ruger safety button. Add a little super glue gel to the inside of the pen top with a toothpick; wait about ten seconds; slowly press the top over the safety button with the gun on it's left side so that no gel runs down into the works.
Have used this idea for years and never had one come off during competition. Wife can't understand what happened to all of the pen tops!
Have used this idea for years and never had one come off during competition. Wife can't understand what happened to all of the pen tops!