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Heavy pistols are going to shoot flat, simple physics.

Nothing like the good old S&A grips, a 1911 deserves the beauty of wood and they are reasonable priced. Great guy to deal with as well.

Nice looking pistols. Are the frames and grips steel ? Thanks in advance.

That would be a easy fix to improve.

I agree. I noticed the street prices the other the day and they look promising. Allows a lot of room for folks that want to do their custom touches.

I agree that it is a good chance to take hard working folks money and there are many that will do just that. Feed someone some mumbo-jumbo that for this amount, we can make your pistol better. The price point will allow it. Try it first before throwing away money, buy ammo and get better that way. Looking for a true and honest range report from someone. We already know it is not a Staccato, but is there that much difference in the two. People have bought the Staccato's and started changing parts as well. Looking forward to the reports.

I know folks like to spend money on their pistols, and I have been one of them myself, but it kind of defeats the purpose of spend less money on the lower priced 2011's. Do the work yourselves, it really is not that tough and a great way to learn and feel more pride in your pistol.

Guy, thanks for trying to give the engineering facts and I am glad you did ! Great job Guy. Tommy Roupe THR Technologies/Roupe Grips

Build your own, it is not that hard, just need to go very slow and have patience if you never done it before.

Was the grip a hard fit or easy switch ?

Keep up the good work brother, you are lucky to be at a great department that supports your idea's. Be safe out there. Tommy Roupe

Springfield started the renaming the pistol as a P-9 to get into the high cap game in the early days. Todd was shooting the Para and then Virgil Tripp and Chip McCormick brought the new High cap later to become STI. I had all of them, the P9 was to violent in 9x21 and did not last long (broken slide stops), Para's were big in the hand, and the Chip McCormicks were here to stay, even with multiple name changes and owners. I remember folks shot the Para without grips and Kim in Florida came out with small fillers for the offset in the Para frames, which worked pretty well. Blake Gann was building Todd's pistols back in the day and even weld a small tab on the frames to cover the trigger bow with no grips. FIPT was the first time I had seen Robbie's and Doug's P9's. Long time ago for sure. Tommy Roupe

That is Chucks magic. He defines world class and is respected by other world class smiths. It is a very limited world that Chuck operates in.

Chuck is a artist with metal ! Chuck is one of the finest 1911 builders going and there has been many top name smiths that has learned a few tricks from Chuck. I am proud to say I know Chuck and his work is truly world class. I give Chuck credit for a few things that I have done over the years, of coarse not on the same level, but I was not afraid to try it. Chuck is also a great guy, period. If you have a Chuck Rogers 1911, feel lucky. Tommy Roupe

Well said. Whish I had the luck of the Viet Nam vet on Roadshow Antigue the other evening, he had a Rolex he had bought in Thialand for $375 approx and put it in a safety deposit box and never wore it, with all of the paperwork. The same watch today was valued at over 700K. Unbelievable. I agree that if a 4K pistol makes you think you can shoot better , then do it. This is a mental game in shooting and if the more expensive pistols helps your mind in the game, do it. But in reality, the cheaper pistol could serve the same purpose of putting holes in the target if it is reliable.