Just got these back from finish — Rock Island magwells in red and black anodize. We built these to maximize reload speed and protect the magazine release if you set the gun flat on its left side (a typical USPSA “table start”). Although they’re roughly twice the size of the factory part, they’re actually a little more compact than the outlandish designs available for the STI/SV/Para. (Our IT guy, Greg Marshall, nicknamed these the “Fattie.”)
We released our magwell for the Rock Island wide-body 1911 in February. Thanks in part to friends like Greg Purcell and Ben Quinn at Spartan Arms in Bellingham, Wash., this thing came out really, really well.
The photo at left comes from Greg Purcell, and shows his two primary match pistols — a 9mm and .40.