pennausamike
Sr Member
Sorry, I didn't know it was established that the Sidkit is a Phillipes recast. I haven't read the thread since you guys were talking about grips. Can see now hoe my post was badly timed![]()
I doubt that sidkit has access to the original screen used pieces like phil did. If he did buy a phillipes cast as his starting point, the end result is nothing like it. The removeable magazine, seperate grips and working trigger mechanism are huge upgrades from the solid hunk of plastic that defines the phillipes cast. The phillipes cast is the only accurate Mal pistol out there that I'm aware of. Is the inaccurate Wilco model some how more "noble" because it is original work? Maybe, but I'm buying the phillipes cast and the sidkit because they are the most correct and have the nicest features.
I feel the line between "derived from" and "recasted" is pretty fuzzy to begin with. In my view a "recaster" is a person who buys anothers work, adds nothing of his own, plops it in silicone to copy and re-sell. This is NOT how I see the sidkit Mal pistol. Even if the starting point was the phillipes cast, it has evolved into the expression of another's work.
I thought of cutting up one of my two philippes Mal pistols to make a metal version similar to the sidkit for myself. Frankly, the scope of the project was too overwhelming. Cry "recaster" all you want, I respect the work that was done to produce the sidkit (too overwhelming for me) and am glad beyond words that it is available for purchase.
Mike