Originally Posted by BMCM

Yeah I don't much care for the new look either. It wouldn't be too much trouble to mill that off. The tricky bit would be getting the cut areas to blend with the existing flats such that it doesn't look like a hack job. I'd almost be more inclined to wipe to whole thing off and poke a hole in there to install an old style frame lug instead of trying to fiddle with shaping one out of that cast in lug. In any event, I only try experimental stuff on my personal guns and since it's pretty unlikely I'll be owning one of these new models the point is moot

Cheers
Bill