Originally Posted by
Pappabear
taking that gun to the next level.
One thing I've discovered is that something is wrong with the grip. As mentioned earlier, the gun works fine with Atlas mags and feeds fine (but doesn't always lock open) with Dura Mags. It doesn't work with factory Staccato mags or the handgul of squeezed and tuned Checkmate mags. These won't either latch in or stay latched in and are very loose inside the grip.
I had initially figured the mag catch itself was a little short and replaced the catch with a new one from Dawson Precision. This did nothing. The problem seems to be that the mag catch itself doesn't protrude far enough into the grip to properly catch the mag.
Something else I note is that the small retaining tab on the right side of the thumb safety isn't long enough to fully sit inside the retention groove in the frame. It is fine when the safety is off but is exposed when the safety is on. What's saving things now is that the joint between the right and left paddles is crazy tight. But I don't want to rely on this to keep things together over the long haul.
So in addition to a new grip the gun also needs a new safety. I guess while I'm at it it needs a tighter barrel bushing. These are all things EAA needs to identify and clean up in production.
It will be interesting to see how the Tisas/MAC shakes out but I'm pretty confident in saying that it will be the better gun.
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