Does it matter if side clips are functional? They look good, they add appeal to any gun and, unless, you are incompetent (lowell?), they don't hurt a thing. I've got a Merk with them and I like them just fine. I don't have them on my english guns, and that is a small negative on the aesthetic scale, but I'll live.

Brent

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