Got this piece today, and as usual couldnt wait to get it installed. So here I am examining the product, well machined, nice finish and claims to drop-in.
The only thing drop-in with this unit is the price, I dropped in too much money into it.
I knew I'd have some mods to do to the unit since my beavertail safety is pinned but other than that, I firmly believed it would drop in. And so it didn't. 3 major things:
1: inner lower part is too fat, had to grind
2: the hole into the main spring housing that allows pin to pin MSH into frame didnt fit frame's pin hole
3: magwell is too tight, I'll have to open the mouth a bit but haven't figured how I'd do that.
Also, my mags need to be slapped in and won't come out unless I pull em. The whole magwell advantage is disabled by this. (Had a problem before with 2 of my mags, well now all of them don't fit smoothly) I'm suspecting sear's spring is the culprit here
I know my 1911 isnt a genuine colt, but every other part I switched so far fits perfectly. I didn't expect much from a part so-called drop-in, but comon, my ambi safety had a clear warning that said gunsmithing was required and it turned out to be drop-in. This however, nothing close to drop-in.
However, I do take the blame for installing it myself. It's a good looking piece of steel but definitely not drop-in nor maxi-welling
The only thing drop-in with this unit is the price, I dropped in too much money into it.
I knew I'd have some mods to do to the unit since my beavertail safety is pinned but other than that, I firmly believed it would drop in. And so it didn't. 3 major things:
1: inner lower part is too fat, had to grind
2: the hole into the main spring housing that allows pin to pin MSH into frame didnt fit frame's pin hole
3: magwell is too tight, I'll have to open the mouth a bit but haven't figured how I'd do that.
Also, my mags need to be slapped in and won't come out unless I pull em. The whole magwell advantage is disabled by this. (Had a problem before with 2 of my mags, well now all of them don't fit smoothly) I'm suspecting sear's spring is the culprit here
I know my 1911 isnt a genuine colt, but every other part I switched so far fits perfectly. I didn't expect much from a part so-called drop-in, but comon, my ambi safety had a clear warning that said gunsmithing was required and it turned out to be drop-in. This however, nothing close to drop-in.
However, I do take the blame for installing it myself. It's a good looking piece of steel but definitely not drop-in nor maxi-welling
Kazimier
