RangerTrace

I had one on my first Infinity Single Stack I had built. While it isn't nearly as large as the Ice, it does sit high enough on the grip to allow your weak hand pinky to push against it. As far as the opening goes, I didn't have anything to compare it to, but it was large enough for fast reloads. They can build you one out of steel, but it might put you over the weight limit.

Here you go...http://www.sviguns.com/1101.php?indx=10

For me, the feel is superior in every way to a plastic grip. Magazines insert and eject with less drag, leading to faster/smoother reloads. The extra 8 ounces of weight helps to manage recoil and you have many choices of size, shape, and texture to choose from.

I'm assuming you have an older pistol with a polymer grip, right? If so, you can just order a plastic grip from STI. However, you can also order (at a much higher cost) a steel grip kit directly from Infinity. Yes they are expensive, but after shooting them, I'd never go back to a polymer grip. There are some other companies making steel grips but I'm not sure what their cost is. A quick search will probably answer your question.

Look great!

In my experience, the HC will much more scratch resistant than the stainless. But, the stainless is easy to refinish. Personally, I prefer stainless or DLC coated stainless so there isn't much of a worry about rust.

Fed Ex will but UPS will not. Any gun sent to an FFL for work can be sent directly to your house upon completion of said work. This has been my experience as well. The FFL can return it to the address it was shipped from. For example Wilson Combat is great about sending shipping labels for warranty work. When finished, they send it back to the return address.

Welcome! Don't limit yourself to those.....come shoot some USPSA too. Lots of matches to choose from......

Welcome to the Enoverse and no worries about the Colt thing here....it's probably the least common brand among us

Good for you!

+1

I am using an 8lb recoil spring. My slide weighs 10oz stripped and the majority of the weight was taken out of the back of the slide. I do not use shock buff's. I tried them a long time ago and they only marginally reduce the felt recoil but usually cause feeding or jams because of the short stroking of the slide or they start to disintegrate and jam up the works. Yeah, I've seen them come apart in matches for a lot of folks. Shred shared his secret with me and I've been running a Dawson alumabuff in front of a Wilson shock buff for a couples years now without any issues. You're making me want to drop my RS spring weight again.......

Not everyone's stainless is the same when it comes to hardness. I can tell you that my 6" Infinity Limited gun has around 17K rounds through it and it's still very, very tight. I'm currently shooting a carbon steel 5.4, but I've got a stainless one on order. Just keep the rails lubed and you'll have no issues.

We demo it in the training academy with Sig 226s and .357 Sig ammo.

I'm pretty curious about your recoil spring weight. I've gone as low as 10 on my 6" gun and I'm running a 12 in my 5.4. How much does your slide weigh and are you using a shock buff of any kind?

I really surprised your agency let you keep those rounds for that long. Most agencies I'm familiar with shoot their duty ammo once a year and reissue new rounds. I would venture to guess that your round were shortened from unloading and loading the same rounds over the three year period.

You have your choice of material at www.sviguns.com

I think it would be wasteful to build an entire gun if all it takes is a little machining on the one you have, to make it "stroked". As far as the recoil spring goes, since your pistol is still pretty new, you probably have a 14# or maybe a 12# spring in it from the factory. Mine came with a 14# Wolff from the factory, when I had 1K rounds through it, I dropped to a 12# Sprinco and it made a huge difference in how flat the pistol shoots. In my experience, 1-2 pounds difference in recoil spring weight can make a very noticeable difference in how flat the pistol shoots. So, my point was, before I spent any money, I'd just want to know how the other pistol was sprung compared to your pistol. And there is no doubt Akai pistols shoot flat. Corey was shooting one on my squad at Cowtown and stroked or not, it was shooting very flat.

Maybe Shay will stroke your pistol...... Or build me a new one... Seems wasteful. And I wan't trying to be rude. If you've tuned your pistol with your load and springs, and it still isn't performing the way you expect it to, then I would (at your level for sure) expect you to make a change. However, I've learned from my somewhat limited experience, that the recoil spring can make a huge difference on how flat the pistol shoots. So, before I made any drastic changes, I would want to make sure the stroked pistol had exactly the same brand, weight and age recoil spring as the pistol you were comparing it to.

Maybe Shay will stroke your pistol......

It's the only one I have. An eye injury kept me out of the Military 27 years ago.

Yeah, I'm wouldn't make a zit on a SWAT cops behind!! But, during a Foreign Weapons training class, the CIA agents did say CONTACT left or right, so we could exit the jeep and fire the 60mm Mortars in the right direction.......

Which direction? Come on, if you're gonna do it, do it right......

Exactly