IHAVEGAS Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I think I want one but I am worried about how things fit together, any looseness between gun and magwell would make me crazy. It looks like things are held in position by a friction fit between the aluminum magwell and the steel frame. If you have had one for a while, do they stay put well, particularly after having been taken on and off a few times for cleaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) mainspring plug pin will hold in place. Have magwell on two guns, tight fit, no shifting. some fitting may be needed. but pretty easy to install. no screw in plug to loosen up, etc. Edited October 23, 2016 by eerw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 That answers that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastlane604 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) I have one on a 75 Shadow. It works great. I did grind down the pin on the mainspring plug to where it is more of a nub than a pin. It still holds the magwell tightly in place, but it is much easier to get on and off. Edited October 24, 2016 by fastlane604 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 22 minutes ago, fastlane604 said: I have one on a 75 Shadow. It works great. I did grind down the pin on the mainspring plug to where it is more of a nub than a pin. It still holds the magwell tightly in place, but it is much easier to get on and off. Does it effect the feel of your grip much? Will be going back and forth between a USPSA production gun (75 frame no magwell) and an IDPA gun (cz 85 either set up for esp or ssp). If I thought the magwell would change the way my hands feel on the gun a lot I would probably pass on it and just shoot ssp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastlane604 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 48 minutes ago, IHAVEGAS said: Does it effect the feel of your grip much? Will be going back and forth between a USPSA production gun (75 frame no magwell) and an IDPA gun (cz 85 either set up for esp or ssp). If I thought the magwell would change the way my hands feel on the gun a lot I would probably pass on it and just shoot ssp. I have an SP-01 without a magwell and a 75 Shadow with the magwell. I really don't notice much difference. My hands are medium sized and I get a full grip on the magwell gun without overlapping the magwell. You will need compact grip panels or cut down your full size grip panels to accommodate the magwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridlock Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Just put mine on this week very tight fit love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoKimberDave Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 The CGW magwell is supposed to be out very soon. Might be worth a look. No fitting required. Can be seen on their facebook page. After watching a friend put the CZC magwell on I am going to avoid it. Took a ton of fitting. Mostly, it only seems to accept the 18 round SP-01 mags with the CZC basepads. That is a deal killer for me as I have a ton of 16 round factory and 17/19 mecgars. Not a knock on CZC, love their stuff, but found the expense of this to be huge, when considering the whole shebang. Magwell, fitting, grips, new mags, new basepads, man it adds up quick. His is very very sweet now that it is on though. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I like the magwell as it helps position my hand higher on the gun. on one of my open guns,and a limited minor gun I shot for short time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastlane604 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) Wow, Stuart. Those pics could be framed and hung on the wall. Is that a stock safety on the Shadow? Edited October 24, 2016 by fastlane604 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 4 hours ago, fastlane604 said: Wow, Stuart. Those pics could be framed and hung on the wall. Is that a stock safety on the Shadow? Thanks The safety on the Shadow is a welded up version done by Jim Milks at Innovative Custom Guns. He did this a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastlane604 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 31 minutes ago, eerw said: Thanks The safety on the Shadow is a welded up version done by Jim Milks at Innovative Custom Guns. He did this a few years ago. I so surmised. One would hope that CZ takes a cue, sooner rather than later, from some of the safety mods that have been done by their customers and make the stock safety a little wider and long enough that we all could activate it from single action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 10 hours ago, NoKimberDave said: Not a knock on CZC, love their stuff, but found the expense of this to be huge, when considering the whole shebang. Magwell, fitting, grips, new mags, new basepads, man it adds up quick. His is very very sweet now that it is on though. Just my opinion. It is amazing how easy it is to end up with more $'s in aftermarket goodies than what you paid for your gun. Sometimes it is better to just start buying stuff and not think about it . Sort of like making sure that you do not ever know how much of your money was spent on your daughters wedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoKimberDave Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 14 hours ago, IHAVEGAS said: It is amazing how easy it is to end up with more $'s in aftermarket goodies than what you paid for your gun. Sometimes it is better to just start buying stuff and not think about it . Sort of like making sure that you do not ever know how much of your money was spent on your daughters wedding. Indeed! I do the "not thinking about it" part, lol. Dang, Stuart, those guns are spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Anybody made el-cheapo roll your own mag extensions so you could use your existing base plates with a magwell? Seems like it ought to be easy to figure out a way to superglue a piece of material in place and end up with something that looked good and worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArrDave Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 On 10/24/2016 at 11:04 AM, NoKimberDave said: The CGW magwell is supposed to be out very soon. Might be worth a look. No fitting required. Can be seen on their facebook page. After watching a friend put the CZC magwell on I am going to avoid it. Took a ton of fitting. Mostly, it only seems to accept the 18 round SP-01 mags with the CZC basepads. That is a deal killer for me as I have a ton of 16 round factory and 17/19 mecgars. Not a knock on CZC, love their stuff, but found the expense of this to be huge, when considering the whole shebang. Magwell, fitting, grips, new mags, new basepads, man it adds up quick. His is very very sweet now that it is on though. Just my opinion. That magwell appears for sale on the Springer Precision site for $75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsCZas123 Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I like the magwell as it helps position my hand higher on the gun. on one of my open guns,and a limited minor gun I shot for short time. Stuart,How much is an open gun like that cost? It is cool looking...could that be duplicated as a new build?ThanksSent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoKimberDave Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 On 11/3/2016 at 0:06 PM, ArrDave said: That magwell appears for sale on the Springer Precision site for $75. Yeah, I saw them on there. They seem to work only with their basepads and the 17 round macgars. If they can make a base for the 16 rounders that extands capacity and works with it I would buy it right now! But the CZ Custom unit does look a lot better, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 16 hours ago, ItsCZas123 said: Stuart, How much is an open gun like that cost? It is cool looking...could that be duplicated as a new build? Thanks Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk this pistol was built by Jimmy Vidanes of 1911 Speed Shop out in California. He would be best source of pricing. The base gun was a CZ 75B SA 9mm pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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