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Unread 05-16-2014, 03:54 PM   #1
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The Interarms version is a nice pistol, but I find that gun's version of the grip safety makes the gun feel much wider and bulky in my hand. I prefer the older models without the grip safety.
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The Interarms version is a nice pistol, but I find that gun's version of the grip safety makes the gun feel much wider and bulky in my hand. I prefer the older models without the grip safety.
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I agree but for another reason. If you look at the Interarms' grips they are square at the edges and not tapered down to fit the human hand like the originals were.

Also, for me, the grip safety spring in the Interarms models is too strong, making you feel like you have to grip the pistol too strongly to get it to shoot.

Both of these obvious "redesign" flaws are easily cured, though.


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Hi,

I agree but for another reason. If you look at the Interarms' grips they are square at the edges and not tapered down to fit the human hand like the originals were.

Also, for me, the grip safety spring in the Interarms models is too strong, making you feel like you have to grip the pistol too strongly to get it to shoot.

Both of these obvious "redesign" flaws are easily cured, though.


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I always thought the new grip safety that attached to both sides of the frame was the problem. How is that cured?
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I always thought the new grip safety that attached to both sides of the frame was the problem. How is that cured?
The grip safety on the 70s pivots and works the same way as the originals, though the attaching point is set up a little differently. I think Sieger is saying the spring is too strong compared to originals. Since an original grip safety spring is different enough from an original that they can't be interchanged, then the 70s spring must be diminished in strength somehow. so, I'm curious about just how this may be accomplished easily.

I agree wholeheartedly about the grips. On the Swiss style models, the checkering is coarser than original, 18 lpi v. 20 lpi. I found that this, combined with the squarish cross section, made mine feel like I was holding onto a rough-cut 2 X 4. When I shot it for a couple of mags, I noticed that the checkering had been embossed into the web of my hand! One will also apparently encounter grips of two thicknesses. I don't think people complain about the thinner version. The thicker ones are more uncomfortable, BUT they can be addressed by removing the checkered pattern entirely, rounding the contours approaching the edges, then re-applying new, 20 lpi checkering. This turns a lion into a mouse.
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