[Mark]

Gruss Gott,Chris!

I did indeed take the new Aimco to the range this

past Friday afternoon.As I already mentioned it'extremely particular about the mags.Beyond that,

I had a couple of minor start-up gliches on the first few rounds(didn't want to feed,probably due

to my lack of serious handling of the toggle).When

I put it in hold open mode and let the spring take

it from there,it fed fine for that introductory

round.I think I was just "coddling" it.

I did experience a couple more jams into the back of ramp/chamber after the initial loading,but

the problem became less apparent the more rds. I put

through it.All in all,I was favorably impressed

with its function.I do have to add that this is undoubtably influeced by the fact that the "Mitchell

Arms",which was the first stainless I purchased a

couple of years ago,didn't work at all out of the

box.The striker wouldn't set and after the gunsmith

at Mandall's fixed that problem there were others

which cropped up down the "pike".This one did perform fairly well.When not distacted by the misfeed problem at the outset of shooting,this pistol was quite accurate(better than the others of this stripe!) even for a man with my ever encroaching vision disturbances.

We tried to remove some of the height of the

mag release/retainer latch on Sat. to see if it

could be made to accept Mecgar mags,but the attempt

proved a failure.Now I have to get back and see if the modifications tried affect the retention of the

"house" mags.If so,I guess the whole process starts

all over.I'll drop a note as to the results of that

test if anyone is interested.

Now that I have once again written a book on this

site,I shall calm my fingers and browse the wisdom

which has appeared in my abscense.


Tschuss! Mark