Seems like it may be a little tricky to rack the slide with the thumb guard covering the serrations. Will be interesting to see if you find the builder label somewhere on it.
Seems like it may be a little tricky to rack the slide with the thumb guard covering the serrations. Will be interesting to see if you find the builder label somewhere on it.
That's a great point, and the source of a real "Catch 22" for me.
My first proclivity would be to take off that thumb guard, install a flat trigger, replace the MSH with a Stan Chen SI magwell, and put on a set of fully checkered grips.
Of course I will need to evaluate how it shoots first and how good the trigger is. This will be my very first gun with a Kart barrel, so I am extremely excited and curious.
The downside is that if this build CAN be attributed to a famous smith, dare I do anything to it at all?
Your thoughts? Anyone have an opinion of value knowing what we know now? That might impact what I do with it.
Too many decisions, too little information. It should be here early next week.
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