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Section 8: Handguns Subject: GSG 1911 .22 Msg# 1063239
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That's the very pistol I came close to buying about seven years ago. I had the serious hots for one and a pocket full of poker winnings to pay for it but elected to upgrade my NRA membership instead. Looking back, I think I made the wrong decision. 
Hope you're having fun with it, Mark - have you shot it much? I'm glad the SIG magazines worked but have to caution people here that it isn't always just a name change when two companies sell guns from the same source. I have a Montgomery-Ward Western Field 550 shotgun that I thought was just a renamed Mossberg 500. Back when I first bought it, in the 1960s, I ordered a Mossberg deer barrel for it, only to find out that it wouldn't fit! Had to take the barrel in to work and mill a clearance cut on the barrel extension to make them go together - on the opening day of deer season! Stu |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Everyone: This pistol had a magazine disconnector built into the mainspring housing. I removed it from my own pistol as I believe it to be superfluous. It now works perfectly without said mag disconnector. No, I don't need it as a "safety." It is a range toy, nothing more. It is already a Series 80 design and I am somewhat experienced with 1911 pistols, so I find it quite safe without this moderately annoying feature. By the way, I was able to get several extra magazines in SIG-SAUER packaging when my son's store had an overstock sale. (As noted before the SIG .22 is simply a GSG with SIG markings, so the magazines are obviously identical). I must have at least six for it now. This is a nice pistol. Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: photos  |
