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Old_Me

Old_Me

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the other day, i went to insert my magazines (1 at a time of course) into my Girsan MC Regard, the Beretta 92 FS clone.

i'll be darned if the would not insert easily. then each one was "locked in" the magwell..!!

for the life of me, i could not get them to drop out..

now, on that gun, i had replaced the grips, with GUUUN grips.... and with the Torx screws as well

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now, i have installed grips on many of my guns so far, and never this issue......what i had to do was "back off" a bit on the grip screws, and the mags fell out like they should.

i should also mention, the are ALL MecGar mags, i bought from Girsan..the 1 original was "stuck" as well as the other 3..??

like WTF..??

those grip screws were not "cranked down", or over torqued. (as a former mechanic) i can "feel" tightness in tightening...just like when i used "feeler gauges", once you acquire that "feel" it's second nature.

they were "hand tightened" and carefully, cuz i know the threads are very thin in the bushings. (as well as the screws themselves)

so what say you..???

was it possible that the grips were "squeezing" the frame to prevent the mags from dropping?

and this by the way, i have shot that gun, with the new grip installed..!! and NO issues on ejecting the mags then...!!

all i do with my mags, is wipe them down when they arrive in the mail, or take them home from the store, and after each range visit...
 
Annihilator said:
I can’t see wood grips squeezing the metal frame, my thoughts are maybe the screws are to long, maybe due to the holes in the grips may be deeper then the factory ones, in turn the screws are now a tad to long
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actually, they are G10 plastic grips

i did in fact check the inside of the magwell, and no screw protrudes into the well. i did think of that, and looked and also there are no scratches on any of the mags.

the new Torx screws are the same size as the OEM slotted screws.
 
Ok, one last thought, the grips by any chance are not interfering with the magazine catch in any way, either with the mag catch or on the opposite side where the catch comes through the frame
 
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