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ZM Stainless Mainspring housing


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FYI, Dawson's is now making the ZM's. Given the lack of other Dawson products in the Brownells catalog, I wouldn't expect them soon.

Has anybody ever worn out or broken a MSH?

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I have three of the ZM arched ones..from years ago..one is on my open, one is on my STI 9mm and the other will go on my limited gun...never have had a problem with them...glad someone is making them again..

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It's more of a pointability thing. The more arch you have in the MSH, the more "nose up" the muzzle will be when you grip it.

You can see this issue with shooters that switch between a gun with a "flat" MSH (many 1911's are setup this way) and guns with an arched grip (like a Glock). If the shooters don't do a ton of live/dry fire practice when shitching, then they tend to point the gun either too high or too low (depending on which grip they are on and which gun they are used to).

The ZM arched MSH is only special in that it fits the double wide, S_I guns.

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At the time it orginally came out..it was the only metal MSH for the STI/SV framed guns...and that came out with arched, wedge or flat... the only thing available was the flat factory polymer MSH...there wasn't even a heavy magwell yet...

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1* in addition to ergonomics, there is a slight weight increase which would help tame some recoil. I would put money into a heavy magwell first if I wanted to try to diminish the recoil pulse, there is a lot more weight to be gained.

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OK... someone had posted a link to a site that listed SV's individual products for sale. The thread was about steel mainspring housings, but I can't find it.

If SV's goes for $40 while the ones Dawson is manufacturing go for $60, it's a no-brainer, IMO.

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