Mondayshooter40

Excluding the gun comparison, reliability and all the other non sense. What would the competition community rather shoot? .40 S&W or .45 ACP (both making major PF)

Thank you for the input guys. I always like to hear people's story of where they started and the different directions they go, whether they line up with my intensions or not. I'm new to the 1911. From what i understand from fellow shooters, it seems like the pistols are only as good as the person tuning it. Being the nature of single stack, a 4k$+ gun that is not tuned well and prone to stoppages, will end up getting beat by the lesser cost guns that have been tuned and keep chugging along (Shooters capabilities being equal). I shoot a CZ TSO in limited and i am floored at their ability to make that gun compete out of the box. It's no high end 2011, but at my skill set, its not holding me back. I Guess what im getting at is i would like to buy something for Single Stack on that level of performance out of the box. I really thing im gonna go the DW road. I feel like its going to be a great starting point and a great competitor for a while and i wont feel like im being "out gunned". Also, when i bring the gun to my gunsmith, hes not gonna cuss me for bringing him a POS and me asking him to make it race.

AHHHHHHHH. i see. I didn't think about it in the opposite direction. You can declare minor, just to add magazine capacity. Even though your ammunition may still be shooting major PF. OF course you will be scored as minor, the thought process behind this would be a large/larger number of stages being more set up in a fashion that tilts the advantage of someone with minor PF capacity, or possibly targets that are "easier" to double tap the A zone. Or maybe just stage designs that are more logistical to reload running 10rds VS 8 rds. Now am i thinking about this correctly?

ok guys, clear this up for me, because now im confused. The USPSA rules state that if you are shooting MAJOR PF in Single stack, you can only have 8 rounds in any magazine. Isnt the partial advantage to .40 in SS additional capacity of 9 or 10 in the mag? BUT according to this, its not cartridge specific. If my 40 makes major PF, i cant fill the mag to 10? Im lost. Maximum ammunition capacity Yes, maximum rounds loaded in any magazine after the start signal. •Major Power Factor - 8 rounds •Minor Power Factor - 10 rounds

Thank you guys. I feel dumb. I shoot CZ's and didnt think to look for the DW @ CZ custom. I could really do without that big signature on the side of the slide though......

New to this forum. Take it easy on me. I shoot Limited in USPSA and I also want to shoot single stack. I would like to not add another cartridge to my reloading system and shoot 40 S&W in both Limited and Single Stack. However, im having trouble finding a 1911 in .40 I see lots of people talking about their DW's , Springfields, Sigs, older STI's, and so on. However, I can't find anywhere to buy one. Are these all custom shop guns? The only one I can find via online searching is BUL and Rock Island, and I really don't want a rock island. Thanks for the help in advance.