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Old 04-12-2017, 04:10 PM
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Default 52/59 swap -- bad idea?!

Imagine that you had a gorgeous Model 52-1 and you also had a very clean nickeled Model 59.

If you took the slide and barrel off that 59 and put it on the Model 52-1 frame, assuming that the two would assemble, would you think or guess that would be "okay" for the 52-1 frame? I ask this because I don't actually know but I do know that 52 pistols were all hand-fitted and precisely fitted guns with slides/frames that were mated together.

To go a step further beyond simply putting the 59 slide on the 52-1 frame, what if now you loaded 9mm in to a 39 magazine and went ahead with live fire and all the physical movements involved.

Would all of this compromise the 52-1 frame or at least the sweet fitment between the 52-1 and it's original slide/barrel which you still have?

I suppose that I'm just curious what a "Fat Cats pistol pack" might do to compromise a fine 52-1 pistol.
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