No offence, El Commandante, But over the years I've noticed that working on the "right" part gives much better results and you don't ruin the cheap part.
Looks like a lot of frames and slides are out of spec nowadays. The VIS is cut for a standard link and barrel and slide lug engagement takes a back seat. If you get decent lockup, you may have to go with a long link and run into problems with the VIS and or frame bridge. Or cut the lower barrel lug to fit a shorter link and give up your solid lockup. Nice choices. You will probably have to remove some material from the frame somewhere. VIS I suspect because that longer link may not provide the needed barrel and slide clearence since the larger arc of the longer link will move the impact point of the lower barrel lug back and will stop the barrel at a higher position than a shorter link. I've been told by someone I trust that that bowtie is just a cheap and cheesey way of creating a VIS and I concur. And after John Browning got beat down on his prices, he probably had to take some short cuts. I think another poster in a different thread nailed it when he concluded that the bowtie currently in vogue was not the proper solution to creating an Impact surface. But do what you must do. Just my opinion anyway. And worth every penny you paid.
xxxxxx Iron bottom sez; Don't let your Rat Terrier hang around with college boys.
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