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Posted: 5/5/2021 4:08:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/5/2021 4:32:53 PM EDT
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If you are patient it is not that hard. It is easier if using a magwell but I have some pics of a 33 I did and smoothed out the bottom and looked fine. Here is my 17 that takes 19 mags:
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Posted: 5/10/2021 6:44:00 AM EDT
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I’ve done a shitload of ‘em over the years.
If you just want to cut it down it’s not difficult at all. This a Gen5 I did. 
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Posted: 5/10/2021 9:21:33 AM EDT
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Easy peasy.......
19 TO 26  17 TO 19  Works on Sig frames also.  My Favorite, which I don't have a picture of right now, is chopping the grip and while leaving the backstrap flush with the bottom of the magazine. This is a G19 with extended backstrap, but it looks the same when done on a 17 to 19 chop with extended backstrap.  TXPO |
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Posted: 5/10/2021 3:42:49 PM EDT
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What do you use to cut them and how do you measure the amount to cut off? Use the mag catch as a datum point?
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Posted: 5/10/2021 3:46:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What do you use to cut them and how do you measure the amount to cut off? Use the mag catch as a datum point? Thanks, Bronc |
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Posted: 5/11/2021 3:13:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What do you use to cut them and how do you measure the amount to cut off? Use the mag catch as a datum point? Thanks, Bronc I have templates for the initial cuts, then everything is fitted and finished by hand. When your cutting up your own pistol, you may not care all that much, function over form and all that. When your cutting a customers 500$ Glock you make sure and get it right the first time. :) TXPO |
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Posted: 5/13/2021 1:02:32 PM EDT
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I am reluctant to chop the length of my frame because I don’t want to preclude the use of the beavertail backstrap, of which I am quite fond.
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Posted: 5/13/2021 10:42:22 PM EDT
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I just lay a 19 magazine on the frame with the mag catch lined up with the notch in the mag.
Cut it a little long with a small hand saw and then sand it down with sandpaper on a flat surface. I cut the half-moon notch in the inside of the back of the magwell by hand with a knife and sand it smooth. That notch keeps from popping rounds out of the mag during reloads and gives your thumb a place to grip the mag if you need to rip it out. |
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