When I first saw an X-mag, I fell in love, the lines, the flow, but I couldn't bring myself to purchasing one way back when, even now, if I bought one, I'd probably never take it to the field.
So... I've always been thinking about how I might obtain something close. I've had many micromags, and I'd picture ways to modify the bodies to the form I'd want, but I could never bring myself to cutting up a perfectly good micro. Until now...
I managed to obtain a black gen4 micro, in rather shoddy shape, it had pitting, damage, and had been spray-painted... even then, it took a lot of mulling over... I had the body for 2 years, and only now decided to go for it.
For the most part, the shape of the body is as I'd want it, still need to clean up and polish it, and do some work on the fore grip to make it fit style'wise, and to turn it into a gas-thru.
Thoughts? Yay? Nay? lol, I'd imagine many will be saddened by the fact that I cut into a micro.