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Hayes Custom Guns just built this one for me. Obviously it's a 9mm, but doesn't mean they won't make a 40/45. https://tacticalgunreview.com/hayes-custom-guns-1911-9mm-build/

Hayes Custom 9mm 1911 for USPSA -

I can weight my techwell grips and magwell if it's helpful. It should be noted that I have the IPSC TGO on both guns.

I want to try to make it this year. Tagged.

This was the easiest and cheapest way I made weight with my Springfield RO. I made that a back up gun and my main guns are now a Hayes Custom 9mm and an STI Lawman. I have both pistols using the techwell magwell and AL checked grips and they make weight. I like the dawson, but 9mm mags can some times be hit or miss. When there are problems, sometimes due to rounds hanging in the mag, the mag can hang. So I like the open front magwells in that rare possibility I can easily strip the mag. I havent had this happened recently since I replaced all my mag springs. Plus, I like the look of a little more traditional 1911. Dawson Ice Magwells are great, easy to pick up used here and should also probably work to make weight. Looks like your possibly needing to adjust by .3-.6 oz I'm guessing.

does anyone have pictures of this saved? I'd like this for my new SS, but looks like the pics are all down.

Any updates on what the best mags to use or combo is now?

Yeah, but I would rather take that weight out of the slide. Keep the barrel and the frame "weighted" or however is best to describe it.

If you're looking to cut weight on a 9mm or something, I think you'd be better served looking else wear. I can't imagine flutes being worth the cost. Obviously there's no cosmetic value since the slide can't be cut through. I would also worry about the wear on the bushing and how it would effect accuracy.

Thank you. It was a very impressive range and neat club house. But I was really impressed at what a good job yall did running the match, getting everyone through and getting us wrapped up and on the road before the rain it. Very good job.

Thanks guys! I had a blast. Staff was great and the match was run really well. Very impressed on beating the weather and how well the match was run. Thank you for all the hard work. I thought the stages were excellent and a lot of fun. Nice warm up for Nats. Here's my stage win on 9 which I badly needed after a slow start. Stage 9 - Surrounded

Packing my bags and stoked! Thanks for the name drop! Very exciting write up I am really looking forward to this.

Techware/Dawson magwell and I have had really good luck with the dawson 10rnds. They are metalform bodies.

Okay, so first year shooting this match and wanted to give a quick run down on what I thought about the match. First, I want to give a hug thank you to the ROs and everyone involved in making the match run. I had a GREAT time, really enjoyed it and was very impressed with how professional and good the ROs were. I wish every major I attended had the quality ROs that yall did. Pros: -Match ran very smoothly. There were a few bottle necks, but I think that was mainly due to the squad in front of mine having so many shooters in it and my squad had 2-3 shooters not show up. Nothing outrageous though and the stages them selves were run well, reset easily and ROs really did a good job of each of their tasks. These guys were great. - ROs were super great. Friendly, helpful, polite and did a great job. Seriously good group of folks. I was really impressed. Didnt seem there was a single grumpy or shitty person in the mix. - Electronic sensors were neat and from what I observed, seem to run well. Swingers and pop up targets were cool. I am not and IDPA guy at all, but I liked the Tshirt targets. - Stages were fast and fun. Minimal movement for the most part, but fairly well thought out and set up. Only found one shoot through. While targets and scoring were Time Plus based, most targets were easily engaged with speed. - Location was nice, I got to bring the fam and enjoy a short family trip on top of shooting a match. Always good for keeping them happy. - MD and staff was very responsive to questions and fast. - Practiscore is awesome, glad yall used it. Cons: - The facility needs serious maintenance to be safe. Many berms were 5' tall. I heard numerous competitors voice their concern about safety due to the range bays being so erroded. I didn't see anyone pack up and leave, so everything has to be taken with a grain of salt. However, if I was to not return next year, this would be the single reason. Unfortunately a friend on my squad refuses to go back without improvements being made to the range. - Scoring - Scoring worked out to my advantage because I had a stage win on one stage with only one other time close to mine. All the other times were like 12+ seconds behind me. Cool, but my second place finish wasn't reflective of my match performance, just me killing it on one stage - One of the other shooters on my squad shot the long range in 30 seconds. If that hadn't been tossed as a stage, that really would have thrown the match finishes. Those are really the only two things I didn't like. I had a good time, it was totally worth the trip and my plaque is cool. I very much appreciate the work that went into this match. I hope the range gets some work and the match continues to grow. I really can't say enough nice things about the ROs and Staff. It was a good time and I have lots of work to do to polish up before next year. Thank you all for the hard work and good times. My squad had a blast. Thanks to all the ROs who shot in that crazy wind the day before and then took care of the shooters all day on the match.

I heard back from Troy today. It's legal. He advised me that: As long as you don't make any cuts completely through the slide, the milling is legal. The only thing considered to be slide lightening cuts are holes in the slide.