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Originally Posted by GrumbleandGrunt
Great price and a great piece of memorabilia that is functional. I really like mine. The thing groups well and is very reliable. I only have two problems with it:
1. The factory MAGs stink. They don't seat well and they seem to encourage an occasional malfunction in the 14th and 13th round if I use it in a 14+1 load. I could go down to 12+1 and be fine, that being said, I want my other two rounds. Rather than sending away and having my mags retooled has anyone found any aftermarket ones that I can just buy?
2. Since the magazine well is so fat it is a little big for me in a weaver or modified weaver grip. I think this is giving me a tendency to group a little low and left. Has anyone installed or used any slimmer aftermarket grips? It doesn't look like the pistol has a lot of room to play with but any bit might help.
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Contact the factory about the mags. Mine hold the indicated number of rounds and feed just fine, but I have not numbered them and ran through all of them a bunch of times yet.
The size of the frame is the same now as when you purchased it. The grip panels themselves are very thin and do not allow for much reduction, short of grinding off the grip screw escutcheons and checkering the frame itself. The original frames were even larger and more squared on the corners. There are a couple of companies that reduce the frame by grinding off material and checker the frontstrap, I have one and it feels good, but I am not sure I would do that to a special piece like this.
Still shooting Weaver? I hear that there is a new thing called Isoceles. 
TR
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