The first one I bought, circa 1992, had a cracked frame. I don't know if it cracked while I had it, or it was cracked when I got it. The disconnector is almost an external part, running in a dovetail-shaped track in the right side of the frame, just beneath the grip panel. The frame wall at the magwell is thin already, then cutting a dovetail in it means the wall is extremely thin, and it cracked at the thinnest point. It didn't seem to affect function, but I bought another one, and retired the first. I ended up selling the "good" one, and parting-out the other.
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