Matt from United States, OH Public Profile

I bought the slide back in August of 25 and I knew that some smithing would most likely have to be done to ensure proper fitting and cycling BUT little did I know to what extent. The fit for the cycling of the barrel was atrocious out of the box-the slide would essentially snag and mar barrel hood so much that I had to sand down many high spots-mostly around the top vents to garner enough room for a smooth cycle. I spent a couple weeks firing at least 50 rounds every other day to try and get a good break in with hopes of the slide eventually smoothing out on its own the remainder of the way. After 450 rounds I felt confident that it was getting broke in just fine and that it should be smooth sailing from then on until I went to do my cleaning and saw the crack on the left side of the ejection port making it a useless piece of metal now. Quality control is obviously non existent with the lack of awareness in the differing levels of thicknesses and then weakness in the metal itself leading to the crack. Cheap price gets you cheap quality. Be warned.