Rick O'Shea
Member
Howdy folks,
I've just put a Smith & Alexander mainspring housing magwell on my Springer GI, and am generally very pleased.
I must say this: when I ordered my matching grips over the phone from S&A, they could not have been more friendly, and went above and beyond to make me happy. Really a quality organization.
The problem?
The magwell is a hair short of the bottom of the frame. Maybe 1/32". Magazines load smoothly (after some minor blending), and part of me says leave well enough alone.
But...
You can hold the gun up and see a crack of light between the magwell and the frame, and you can see the slight gap at the area where the two should blend together.
This bugs me.
So what to do?
The only two things I can think of are to fabricate a spacer/shim to put in the gap, or... ( ) try to redrill and shim the mainspring housing retaining pin hole to move the whole unit up the proper amount.
(Caveat: I am a kitchen-table gunsmith at best; I am not a machinist and do not have anything resembling precision drilling/milling tools.)
Anyone have any better ideas?
Before you mention it, I have read BlindHogg's tutorial on fitting these magwells, but the angle on mine is perfect - the gap is absolutely uniform. I do not see the situation being resolved by his method.
I am open to any and all suggestions, however.
Help me THR gun gurus!
Thanks in advance,
Rick
I've just put a Smith & Alexander mainspring housing magwell on my Springer GI, and am generally very pleased.
I must say this: when I ordered my matching grips over the phone from S&A, they could not have been more friendly, and went above and beyond to make me happy. Really a quality organization.
The problem?
The magwell is a hair short of the bottom of the frame. Maybe 1/32". Magazines load smoothly (after some minor blending), and part of me says leave well enough alone.
But...
You can hold the gun up and see a crack of light between the magwell and the frame, and you can see the slight gap at the area where the two should blend together.
This bugs me.
So what to do?
The only two things I can think of are to fabricate a spacer/shim to put in the gap, or... ( ) try to redrill and shim the mainspring housing retaining pin hole to move the whole unit up the proper amount.
(Caveat: I am a kitchen-table gunsmith at best; I am not a machinist and do not have anything resembling precision drilling/milling tools.)
Anyone have any better ideas?
Before you mention it, I have read BlindHogg's tutorial on fitting these magwells, but the angle on mine is perfect - the gap is absolutely uniform. I do not see the situation being resolved by his method.
I am open to any and all suggestions, however.
Help me THR gun gurus!
Thanks in advance,
Rick