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Not sure if your questions related to the HK45 or Elite.
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Grats on your HK45
1. To some degree, however the springs are designed to be somewhat stiff since you are shooting .45s
2. I did the conversion for my HK45c in bout 2 hours(mostly because I dont have a third hand growing out of me) but it wasnt too bad. I used the instructions on HKPRO though the scanned pictures were a tad dark
3. I believe your standard SSE for HK45 is V1 so the safety is on the left side of the frame for right handed shooters so you shouldnt encounter that issue, unless of course you specifically ordered the ambi version
4. To some the safety just gets in the way or they have no need of it once converting to LEM, havent really heard of anyone getting rid of the safety and keeping it DA/SA(dont even think thats possible)
5. Yes. No safety lever, no decocking function for the HK45. If you convert to LEM then it will either be in LEM mode with hammer half cocked or full DAO with hammer down
6. Its possible to install LEM while keeping the safety lever but not sure on what you will need, believe there is a thread on how to do that in the reference library thread
1. To some degree, however the springs are designed to be somewhat stiff since you are shooting .45s
2. I did the conversion for my HK45c in bout 2 hours(mostly because I dont have a third hand growing out of me) but it wasnt too bad. I used the instructions on HKPRO though the scanned pictures were a tad dark
3. I believe your standard SSE for HK45 is V1 so the safety is on the left side of the frame for right handed shooters so you shouldnt encounter that issue, unless of course you specifically ordered the ambi version
4. To some the safety just gets in the way or they have no need of it once converting to LEM, havent really heard of anyone getting rid of the safety and keeping it DA/SA(dont even think thats possible)
5. Yes. No safety lever, no decocking function for the HK45. If you convert to LEM then it will either be in LEM mode with hammer half cocked or full DAO with hammer down
6. Its possible to install LEM while keeping the safety lever but not sure on what you will need, believe there is a thread on how to do that in the reference library thread
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If you want to keep the safety, keep the detent plate, slide plate, slide compression spring, safety lever, and hammer axle.
This LEM thread (by Big Bore) shows you exactly how to do that.
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Should be. And if you haven't bought the LEM kit yet, get the Universal one; it's cheaper than the HK45 specific kit, and you'll get an extra hammer spring. :wink:
If you buy the LEM kit from HKParts, it comes with an extra Light TRS in addition to the heavy TRS. If you buy from TopGunSupply, there's only one heavy TRS.
Cool, yes I already have the universal one from HKParts, along with a couple extra mags 
Looks like it's going to take some reading to figure out which of the dozen configurations I want. Probably the best path forward is to "just shoot the dang thing" and see how I like it, though I already know the trigger pull is way-heavy.
Also, regarding my earlier comments about how stiff the slide is, the HK45 I checked in the store was much heavier than my Elite, which is also a 45. Just wondering what's with the big difference. Both are virtually new, so it's not a wear-in issue.
Looks like it's going to take some reading to figure out which of the dozen configurations I want. Probably the best path forward is to "just shoot the dang thing" and see how I like it, though I already know the trigger pull is way-heavy.
Also, regarding my earlier comments about how stiff the slide is, the HK45 I checked in the store was much heavier than my Elite, which is also a 45. Just wondering what's with the big difference. Both are virtually new, so it's not a wear-in issue.
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