Fitting a Mag. Release

First thing I'd do is try a few different releases. These days, parts come in all sizes, SAAMi be damned, apparently.

Maybe if you can find someone who makes them oversize, and then, mill it so size.

The depth would be based on where the Mag Release Pin is located. Maybe, if you open the slot in the frame up, toward's the outside of the frame, you can move it out, if you're only looking to move it .010" or so...

Eagle's Law: Work on the cheapest part first! Who's part? Who's reciever? and who built a gun with that problem? Most people try to turn that mag catch screw out without pushing it out to the right spot first. This can mess up the little slot in the reciever that it rides in. I like to use Ed Browns Hex Head part. I've never really heard of this problem before. I always fit them to the gun like I do every other part. I wouldn't touch anything on the reciever for any reason unless there was no other way .

Dave, you asked:
Who's part? Who's reciever? and who built a gun with that problem? . . . . . I like to use Ed Browns Hex Head part.

Here is one that is not exactly flush. Its not really too bad looking, but as someone once said, "God is in the details". Looks like an Ed Browns Hex Head part. See http://www.1911forum.com/ubb/Forum8/HTML/001997.html

I am reworking a SA mil-spec for my brother and dropped in an Ed Brown mag release. It is not too bad looking, but it is below flush with the frame about .001". When you fit the MR, what do you do to make it flush?

[This message has been edited by Slo cat (edited 09-06-2001).]