Got my GSG-16 today what a pile of

[GerardSamija]

Unscrew the plate on the bottom of the grip and have a look inside.

Okay, you got me to get the thing out and remove the bottom of the grip. And? Was I supposed to find a pound of steel in there? Was there such a thing inside yours? I see no trace of anything ever having resided there, besides the bolt fixing the grip to the rest of the gun or whatever it does.

[Curtton]

Unscrew the plate on the bottom of the grip and have a look inside.

You are about a month early to pull an April fool prank. Lol.

I owned four of these and none came with anything inside the grip.

Maybe you bought yours used and the previous owner put some weight in.

[randyhub]

Mine either.

[Gummo]

You are about a month early to pull an April fool prank. Lol.

I owned four of these and none came with anything inside the grip.

Maybe you bought yours used and the previous owner put some weight in.

That would be a great April Fool’s joke, but I’m serious that mine had a cylindrical black chunk of steel in the grip. Bought new from a dealer. It’s the BlueLine import. It weighs 1lb.

[Gummo]

… If you look back in the thread there is about a 1lb discrepancy in the spec from the earlier model (assuming) to the later model (assuming).

[GerardSamija]

That would be a great April Fool’s joke, but I’m serious that mine had a cylindrical black chunk of steel in the grip. Bought new from a dealer. It’s the BlueLine import. It weighs 1lb.

What an odd thing to do. Well I suppose the dealer must have had a reason for putting that there. To make the gun feel more 'real' perhaps? But what a clunky thing. I happen to like how light my GSG-16 feels, and have never had the slightest worry about it looking or feeling 'real' whatever that means. As in real steel? It's a plastic fun plinker in .22lr, why would it need to be heavier?

[Thorsbear]

What an odd thing to do. Well I suppose the dealer must have had a reason for putting that there. To make the gun feel more 'real' perhaps? But what a clunky thing. I happen to like how light my GSG-16 feels, and have never had the slightest worry about it looking or feeling 'real' whatever that means. As in real steel? It's a plastic fun plinker in .22lr, why would it need to be heavier?

All Cabela.ca versions come with that chunk of steel.

[Gummo]

What an odd thing to do. Well I suppose the dealer must have had a reason for putting that there. To make the gun feel more 'real' perhaps? But what a clunky thing. I happen to like how light my GSG-16 feels, and have never had the slightest worry about it looking or feeling 'real' whatever that means. As in real steel? It's a plastic fun plinker in .22lr, why would it need to be heavier?

I highly doubt the dealer added the weight… It’s a well-machined, blued piece of steel, most likely from the manufacturer…

[338LAPMAG]

I need one of these

[FranksPop]

I picked up a 9in. barrelled version the 17th. from Cabelas. No steel plug in the grip, btw...may have been a Cabelas thing in past, but not now. Seems to be a decent little plinker, although the shorter barrel is no fond of lower velocity ammo. CCI stingers work great, but I ran some older ammo at 1250fps, and had a FTE every 5-7 rounds.