If it’s an SWD marked gun then 99.99999% it is a LARGE magwell gun. SWD didn’t make any small magwell guns that I know of. I have seen small Magwell guns that were papered by SWD, but they were RPB “SSM11” marked guns that were originally sold as title 1 open bolt “single shot” M11s until the ATF decided they were actually machine guns. SWD ended up building the RPB SSM11 marked guns up into SMGs. I have seen a large grip RPB marked gun sold by SWD, but I have only ever seen one photo of a “small grip” SWD gun that was supposedly original, but I don’t believe it was. The parkerizing on the lower was all wrong color, very light grey, almost like zinc phosphate, total mismatch to the upper, and didn’t look like any SWD park job I’ve ever seen. But I digress…. As far as I am concerned, SWD never made or sold small magwell guns that had the SWD rollmark on them other than the semi auto M12 .380. The SWD papered RPB guns have “SWD INC” under the plastic grip on the bottom of the receiver. If someone can prove me wrong and provide a photo of a factory original SWD M11A1 marked gun with a small magwell (that has the original factory swd BLACK phosphate ) I’ll eat my hat.
I bought the other M11a1 BlackBelt and I am fine with it the price reflected no mags and no test firing. We paid 8k delivered for these gunsIt used to be customary when selling a mg or smg the seller would include at least one magazine with the firearm.
I understand these guns are coming out of an estate, but still I would think including a mag would be the proper way to sell any firearm that required a bit of a specialty mag.
But I am older and maybe thats not the way it's done anymore.
Not to hijack the thread… but thank you for posting pics of this. Do you have some better pics of the welds at the grip? Maybe it’s just me but the welds look a little different than usual? is it welded around the top perimeter of the grip like a powder springs gun or is it just the photo tricking me?here is pic of mine that I just bought. Gaffshot is exactly the same but in nicer shape and looks original finish
Yes I learned this the hard way when I almost purchased a small well SWD m11a1 when looking for a large magwell.This is not accurate at all. SWD did in fact make small magwell M11a1. Somewhere between 200 and 300 of them in 1985 before switching the large magwell. Gaffshot gun along with mine that were purchased a few weeks ago came out of a very large mg estate. Gaffshot gun is like new and mine has a refinished lower but maybe its original since it looks black, but they are SWD roll stamped and small magwell. I'll post a pic once I get to it later this week. It is now at my SOT. Also there are other posts of old on here that disprove or prove that SWD did in fact make small grip guns that were not RPB stamped that I found when I was researching these guns after purchasing