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Posted: 7/3/2005 9:03:02 PM EDT
Well boys, here it is. The texture is THE SHIT.
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Posted: 7/3/2005 9:05:09 PM EDT
[#1]
very cool. It's next on my list. Looks like the texture is made of " little Magpul logos"..
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Posted: 7/3/2005 10:54:15 PM EDT
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They are.
That's pretty badass! I know us pre-prod folks can swap out for the new ones, but I kind of like having the "limited edition" ones... 
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Posted: 7/5/2005 9:55:40 AM EDT
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where do we send 'em in?
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Posted: 7/5/2005 10:53:12 AM EDT
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Im not quite sold on them yet, but they look awesome!
i just dont know if i can give up the rubbery tackiness of my hogue. |
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Posted: 7/5/2005 1:24:30 PM EDT
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I felt the same way. I tried all the grips and always went back to Houge's on my most used guns. Until I tried the MIAD with the grip tape on it. Tty it, if you are anything like me, you'll trade the gritty tape feel more than the soft rubber feel. I took the Houges off my most used guns and put the MIADs with grip tape on. They're great! |
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Posted: 7/5/2005 1:50:33 PM EDT
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Are these on the market yet? I'm thinking at least one is worth a try. But I'm afraid I might like it, then I'll have to buy seven more.
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Posted: 7/5/2005 2:55:13 PM EDT
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they are definitely fun if you like to constantly move shit around from gun to gun or parts bin to gun and back and forth- not that the grip ever comes off, it's fun to add and replace parts all day long.
I was in the group buy last fall, sat through the whole "design committee" thing and waited and waited. Got my set of parts in December. Still fiddle a little bit here and there with frontstraps, backstraps and what I want to shove up inside the grip:) Supposedly we can exchange our pre-buy textured versions in for this new finalized type. mmm... I might want to hold onto them until they become little collector's items or status symbols for the Gucci Gear Club! Oh how I love to say "I was there first!!" |
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Posted: 7/5/2005 3:37:58 PM EDT
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If my memory serves me correctly.. I had heard something about a gap between the main body and the backstrap pinching some peoples hand. Has that been fixed on this finalized version?
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Posted: 7/5/2005 7:23:01 PM EDT
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those were babies. you don't want to listen to babies, do you?
really though, it was the gucci gear gals getting too worked up over what they thought their idea of perfection should be. |
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Posted: 7/5/2005 8:29:14 PM EDT
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Now that's just f*cking SLICK!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 7/6/2005 12:49:16 AM EDT
[#11]
The grip looks nice. By the way who made the lower on the rifle, it has the pictogram markings.
Jason |
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Posted: 7/7/2005 7:42:30 PM EDT
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What optic is that in front of your Eotech
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Posted: 7/7/2005 8:21:34 PM EDT
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The lower is a RRA. Not sure what the pictagrams are that you speak of. Are you talking about the FIRE, SAFE and the RRA logo? If so, just a little red and white crayon.
It's a PVS-14 night vision IFO the EOTech. 
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Posted: 7/10/2005 1:41:50 PM EDT
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Nice, I hope the texture is aggressive. I'm almost ready to try to swap the pre-production textured set from the GB for a recessed. Or maybe I'll just use some abrasive bedliner instead...
My first set of skater tape is ready for a redo after a Rogers class. |
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Posted: 7/10/2005 1:58:48 PM EDT
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Mine does not have the tecture in the shape of the Magpul symbol. I didn't think mine was that old, but maybe I am wrong.....Also, is it really worth switching out to get the "current" production?
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Posted: 7/10/2005 9:10:38 PM EDT
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What happened? |
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Posted: 7/10/2005 11:18:09 PM EDT
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3 days x umpteen hundred repetitions of mounting and transitioning the carbine = smooth, shiny skateboard tape  Funny, it lasted for months of low round count range use and static fondling
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Posted: 7/11/2005 2:38:16 AM EDT
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Wassup wih dah??
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Posted: 7/13/2005 3:58:56 PM EDT
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It appears that these just hit the market this week, and I can't wait to trade in my pre-production set for the new ones. The old ones felt "brittle" to me, with very little"tackiness". IMHO. Just got an Email from Rich Fitzpatrick @ Magpul, and he said that I could swap out the pre-production for the new ones by dropping by the factory here in Colorado and they'll do the swap. Tack |
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Posted: 7/15/2005 1:54:54 AM EDT
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x2 |
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Posted: 7/15/2005 8:04:47 AM EDT
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I so need to upgrade my working gun......................... |
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Posted: 7/16/2005 4:05:44 AM EDT
[#23]
Nice Blaster! |
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Posted: 7/16/2005 4:48:45 PM EDT
[#24]
Oh hey, it's been cold and then hot and then the overtime... My range options are short at the moment, but improving
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Posted: 7/17/2005 10:46:14 AM EDT
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We had some two tone version go out the door before we caught them. We are running a set of backstraps to match the bodies for the OD and Coyote this coming week so give me a call on Wensday or so and I will get matching panels to you (althought I think the two tone looks good). We are going to have the material color mixed at the factory as soon as we can so we can avoid issues like this. |
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Posted: 7/17/2005 11:10:43 AM EDT
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Anyone know if you can fit a cam pin with the spare bolt/fp core? If so, does it rattle and is there a way to quiet it?
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Posted: 7/17/2005 7:21:30 PM EDT
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I was just going to ask about the two tone mine came that way. I will give you a call later in the week.
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Posted: 7/17/2005 8:31:56 PM EDT
[#28]
The bolt and firing pin core is going to be going under a redesign so it will fit the Cam Pin. The current can be modified to hold the cam pin by drilling a hole large enough for the cam pin body in the front of the core. Some small material will also have to be removed from the inside of the front strap to allow the installed cam pin to clear. When using this insert I found it best to use hose tape (the kind that bonds together) to hold everything in place quietly. |
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Posted: 7/17/2005 8:42:57 PM EDT
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Thank you for the help Richard. Any idea when the redesign will take place?
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Posted: 7/18/2005 3:04:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/18/2005 11:22:12 AM EDT
[#31]
Any reason for the 2 tone on the grip?
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Posted: 7/18/2005 11:58:00 AM EDT
[#32]
That's the way it came, as I posted above. Also note that Magpul offered to send me matching pieces. |
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Posted: 7/30/2005 1:46:05 PM EDT
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Is this or the Tango Down grip better for small handed shooters? I've got no way of testing either one out, unfortunently.
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Posted: 7/30/2005 1:50:24 PM EDT
[#34]
I like the MIAD cause I can tailor the fit to my liking. Danny
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Posted: 7/30/2005 2:00:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/30/2005 4:42:25 PM EDT
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+1 I've tried several different grips for the AR-15, and this is the ONLY one that even comes close to fitting my hand  . A BIG thumbs up for Magpul!!!  Magpul |
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Posted: 7/30/2005 5:53:22 PM EDT
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Mongo-
Is your grip going to match the rifle or NOT match the rifle? Is the correct color the color of the body or the front and back panels? |
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Posted: 7/30/2005 10:13:37 PM EDT
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I have had great success with other Magpul products, and like the concept of the MIAD grip. I have two and the texture is great.
Now the bad part, seems that not all receivers are made the same. Using backstrap #1, on my RRA lower, there is a 1mm horizontal gap from the top of the grip to the lower receiver. And it's installed correctly. I'm just anal and can't stand the gap. I tried to put in the roll pin, and my trusty Craftsman punch snapped in two putting a gouge in the MIAD body.  Called Magpul and asked for price on replacement body. They offered to send it for free for my bad luck. No fault of theirs. Like I said, GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.I have now switched to backstrap #2 and like it more. Plus it hides the gap. Received my second MIAD and tried to tighten it down last night and heard a crack from the grip.  Took it apart, there is a hair line crack that goes all the way through. What luck.
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Posted: 7/31/2005 7:28:42 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/31/2005 7:36:14 AM EDT
[#40]
Thanks, Rich, I'll stick with the two tone. It doesn't bother me at all. |
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Posted: 7/31/2005 10:05:36 AM EDT
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I'd quit before I made an ass out of myself. I tightened one grip too hard early on and cracked it. Sent it in for a replacement after I was told the plastic wasn't up to their standards. I didn't go on to break anymore, but it's America, so feel free. where is this 1mm that everyone is complaining about? my grips have a separation in between every major piece as a modul "anything" should have. |
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Posted: 7/31/2005 5:56:19 PM EDT
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Anyone know where I could pick up a basic black kit? EE seems fresh out.
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Posted: 7/31/2005 6:06:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/2/2005 2:10:33 AM EDT
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Called Magpul, seems I'm not the only one with a cracked MIAD. They said that some else also brought in one. After examining it, a batch of them were pulled from the molds when they were still hot and didn't cool properly. They'll send out a replacement.
Another thumbs up for Magpul.
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Posted: 9/6/2005 2:13:58 PM EDT
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I got my MIAD today. I like the grip a lot. Any way I can tell the difference between a production model and a pre-production?
There is a slight color difference between the body and the backstrap.   |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 3:55:23 PM EDT
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That is a production model you can tell by the texture. As for the color matching, email your address and I will send a better one out. The balck color is premixed so usally is perfect. It looks like that one had some left over green in the piston during molding. We just finished re molding the coyote fore and backstraps to match now too. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 4:24:43 PM EDT
[#47]
Thanks Richard.
Funny you should say green. My first thought was it was an OD grip that didn't quite take the color. On a similar note, what was part F3 designed to fit / do? |
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Posted: 9/7/2005 6:22:15 AM EDT
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F3 is the part that makes the front of the grip solid with no slot, right? It's made to fit on an A.R.M.S. mount and to be used as a forward grip like the one on all of the ZM Weapons models...
Richard- I've got a ton of grip inserts and front and rear backstraps. Should I send them all in for new production versions? All of them are from the pre-buy. Is the polymer changed or is it just the textured parts I should swap?? |
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Posted: 9/7/2005 8:24:27 AM EDT
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Correct, the F3 strap was designed to allow the grip to be used on other devices than a M16/AR15. For example, we have had inquires to OEM the grip for oa hand held explosive detection device. The polymer on the grip has changed so the body, front and back straps should be swapped out. The battery cores are just fine and do not need to be exchanged. |
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Posted: 9/8/2005 3:54:48 AM EDT
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Anyone know?
When you use the roll pin to fix the backstrap in place, what size punch do you need to push the pin out again? None of the punches in my toolbox fit. And the one thing it needs (IMHO) Smoothe frontstrap with integral trigger guard This can be duplicated with the stand alone enhanced trigger guard, but the one piece option would be a more elegant solution. And can we get a built in pencil sharpener? |
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