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Old 12-04-2016, 08:52 PM
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Default New Shoes For An Old Horse

Got these Sambar Stag grips a while back off of fleabay, but they were too thick. I've been working on thinning them and finally got them down to a comfortable thickness. After also replacing the magazines, mag release, mainspring, recoil spring, barrel, bushing, extractor, ejector, rear sights, mainspring housing and restaking the plunger tube, it almost shoots like a pony again...

Picture doesn't do justice...



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Congrats, looks perty.
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If pictures don't do it justice then it's a really sweet looking pistola! Congrats on getting the grips thin enough to mount.
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Beautiful i love stag and ivory grips. Just classic looking. Really like them.
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Those are nice!
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