Happiness is a warm gun and spent brass!
I finally get to participate. I made a trade for this M29-8 from a forum member. I picked it up today and I spent the afternoon during the thunderstorms dehorning/defingering the Pach grips. Only shot a couple dozen rounds before the storms started up again, it's gonna be a great shooter. For time being I will be painting the front sight and looking at options. Plug delete will be forthcoming. I will be searching for wood grips sans finger grooves. Whoever designed the finger grooves /swells did not have big fat fingers.
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