MAGAZINE WELL, BLUE

Fitting is much easier than I expected, rubber mallet and 2 minutes dremeling the backside of my grips. My factory mag came with a wide baseplate, and won't seat fully with this installed, but I'm ordering more 47-45FS8B mags anyways. Less fumbling to get a fresh mag in, and for the price even that small improvement is worth every penny.

This part is high quality just like everything else WC makes. My hesitation in purchasing it and installing was around getting the grips to look right. So I called around, and Ed Strange at Wicked Grips was able to cut grips to fit perfectly. I sent them the part, and they did the rest. If you're like me, and don't want your inability the Dremel properly to hold you back, know that there are folks out there to help.

The item looks like it was quality, but they mailed it in an envelope so it came all bent up. Normaly, I wouldn't knock an item for this in a review. But, this is was shipped by the maker

I read others' reviews before placing my order and for those who said they had to beat their Mag Well onto their pistol, let me just say that the fit is perfect and a size-on-size fit will be a little snug. I did, however, notice that there were burrs on the inside of the slots which would have made fitting the Mag Well a bit of a chore. However, removing these small burrs meant only light taps with a plastic mallet was all it needed. Of course, one must relieve the area on the inside of the grips where the Mag Well "ears" will go. This was easily accomplished by drawing the outline of the "ears" on the inside of the grip panels then carefully removing material using a Dremel tool and an Exacto Knife. Just take your time and check your fit frequently and all will come out fine. Mine looks like it came from the manufacturer with this on it and the function is spot on! I am VERY pleased!!

Added this to a Springfield Loaded 1911. Two issues for installation. First is the expected modifications you need to make to the underside of the grips to make room for the attachment arms of the mag well. This took some doing and time. Be patient. Next came the fit of the arms over the existing magwell frame. The fit was so tight I had to use a hammer and nylon punch, and had to widen the space that the arms use to grab the grip screw bolts. Taking it off isnt an issue - as long as you have a hammer and punch. With it installed, I didnt noticed much different in magazine loading. Must already have the muscle memory. This will work for now, but Ill be upgrading to a mainspring housing with the magwell attached. Good for now, more difficult to install than I anticipated, not much of an improved shooting experience for the effort.

What a great improvement to my mag changes. It took me all of 2 minutes to install this. It fits my frame perfectly and looks like the gun came with it.

It needed some persuasion from a rubber mallet. Once in, the hooks that latch around the grip-screw bushings were just barely long enough, therefore leaving the top part of the hooks sticking out. Good thing I bought some G-10 grips that were pre-cut to accommodate a magwell. It makes magazine loading markedly easier. I am rounding up from a 4.5-star rating.

I took the grips off put the mag well on put the grips back on my Colt 1911 - Done with no fuss - no muss. Best mag well around and it works great.

I didnt have to do any work to seat the magwell properly. It fit tight against the frame and works perfect with my fullsize SA Mil Spec. Awesome product for a low price.