hey guys i have been though all this junk with the eaa gold because i also got a sweet deal and the guy who bought it new thought he could shoot standard walmart 9mm though it ,it won"t work but i knew this when i purchased it iam a pro shooter and my gun smith is the best because not only is he a shooter he and todd jarrett started out shooting together and he is a master machinists ,well he already had a gold so i knew what i had to do right off he just purchased a eaa 38 super barrel ,theaded it built me a nice comp ,problem solved check it out on www.jimjoycecustom.com and the 9mm mags can have the inside spacer drilled out and install grams followers and use 38super comp brass and this puppy is a tac driver i love this gun ,it is 10 times the gun that i spent $3500.00 on the sti grand master that i bought from dawson it was in 9 major biggest piece of junk i have ever had .by the way i can get 25rds in each 140 using grams followers and a modified base pad from caspian .it is so nice to have a gun that runs so that i can just have fun .for anyone who owns a eaa gold or any gun check out jim joyce customs this guy builds guns like he is building them for hisself