RangerTrace

You really have alot of opinions but not many answers. Its not my fault your not familiar with the periodic table .A Sc S&W and a Ti CHRISTENSEN are the two 1911s frames of those materials. But im sure you already knew that....lmao Here is the Sc, and no its not completely comprised of Sc since that would be exponentially expensive but it does save weight and as for the CHRISTENSEN they are Ti. That would (IMHO) be a pretty good carry gun. We (the Texas Rangers) had a pair of them on loan as test pistols for a while. But it would not be my choice for a competition gun...

It took me a few years and the sale of an Open Pistol to afford/purchase my first Infinity limited/duty gun. Ever since then, nothing else will do. I've sold or traded all of my high end pistols to buy more of them. Those who say a factory Infinity is on par with a factory STI has never owned, held or shot an Infinity. Period.

I my experience, you certainly can't just "throw together" a 1911 in 40S&W or 9MM and expect it to run 100%. They need to be tuned and the magazines and springs will need regular maintenance. But they can and do run, when built by the right Company with the experience to make it happen. Infinity is one of them....

I thought very seriously about having mine built with an aluminum grip/frame to reduce the weight. But, I wanted something that would last a lifetime of shooting too. So, I went with all carbon steel coated in a DLC finish.

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To keep the cost down, go with blued carbon steel as well. All stainless adds roughly $200. DLC coating adds roughly $600. They are not inexpensive, but my experience has been that they hold their value very well too.

The problem with that question is there may not be any truly "pro" shooters on here..... I'm a long, long ways from a pro shooter, but I do carry a 4.5", widebody, 9mm everyday at work. It's only concealed when it's cold enough for a jacket or like today, when I'm driving around with the Lieutenant Governor. I love the pistol, it shoots great, Brandon polished the heck out of it, so the only sharp parts are the corners of the rear sight. But it's heavy. In fact, when fully loaded, it out weighs my old SS 40 by 14 ounces when it was fully loaded........

Good dogs are the best......

Nice granite, err I mean pistol!!

That's a better way of looking at it. If all you have is local matches, pick a few people who shoot near your level, and track them. The Best Way to look at it, IMHO, is to shoot large matches (Regional & State, if not National), and compare your score to the 100% guy in your Division. I worked my way up from 52% to 62%, and that made me feel great - not satisfied, but showed improvement. And that's what we're all striving for. While I totally agree with this statement, not everyone who enjoys this sport can afford to shoot major matches. So, they (we) have to find a way to evaluate ourselves at the local club match level. As much as I'd love to travel around the Nation and shoot, I just can't justify the expense, especially now that I've got a 5 month old Son......Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy shooting majors with lots of props and moving targets. I'd be willing to bet that there are some (maybe a lot) of GMs that have never shot a major.

KImbertarget, You've got some serious money invested in those Yost pistols........one of my co-workers just got one. Very nice, though I'm not sure (nor is he) it is truly worth the price.

Yeah it's hard to tell from the pic. My first limited gun was built by Virgil and it ran 100%. Call Virgil and give him the serial number. He is usually very helpful. Or as close as your are, just drive over there!

Watched it today. This is the first movie I've ever seen that showed a "death gurgle". Many of us have had the unfortunate opportunity to see them in person. Shitty Coms have helped kill many Servicemen. I will own this one as well.....

OK. So you then define "work fine" as digging into the finger joint of right handed shooters. Try reading the OP. "Upon disengaging the safety i realized on my strong hand the AMBI safety on the right side digs into my index finger 1st knuckle joint." I have had the same problem with them and in some cases, removed them and ground off the end of the shaft. My point was a better design would be if there was a build option or mod where the shooter could select which side the safety was on. I agree with you. There are some of the larger (wider) thumb safeties that do the same (but opposite) thing to me. All of mine are tapered forward to prevent that.

Never saw the point of ambi safeties. It's like selling cars with a steering wheel on both sides.Maybe it's because of left handed shooters like me....My point was it would be a lot better to make the safety on one side or the other, with an option to switch it over for left handed shooters. That is hilarious!! You know so much about 1911s that you think that is an available option? Quality ambidextrous safeties work just fine and have done so for years. Some are better than others and we're always looks for the next big thing. But even if you invent the lefty safety for a 1911, I'm still going to want an ambi for my weak hand only classifiers!

Never saw the point of ambi safeties. It's like selling cars with a steering wheel on both sides. Maybe it's because of left handed shooters like me....

Personally no, my 9mm only has a couple thousand through it. It's my duty gun. My new 5.4 LImited gun has less than 1K. Surely somebody reading this has a high mileage one...Taran shoots Infinity Sight Trackers and you know his have thousands of rounds through them. Most of our GM Team guys shoot Open. And come to think of it, most if not every IMM Open gun has a hybrid barrel in it...so the concept is the same. If they lost their accuracy, I'd think we would have heard about that before. Of course I'm talking about billet Infinity slides and frames.

I would have to call bull on that one. There are way too many shooters using various types of sight tracker pistols for that to be a real issue. I can certainly tell you that my two are dead nuts accurate with good ammo. However, since he's wanting this to be a zombie gun, a heavier slide would probably be a good idea so it will keep running even after it's coated with zombie blood and guts! I would probably build it in 9mm (because I did) for the capacity and availability of ammo.

That's a smart idea for many reasons!!

Come down here Sarge and I'll grill you a real Texas steak on my Big Green Egg

Even though you were shooting the same ammo you know what power factor both guns were at, I am assuming the 6" was hotter? The barrels are virtually the same at 172 with my ammo. But, the 6" guns felt softer.

I shot my 5.4" Sight Tracker and my 6", Bushing barrel gun the other day, side by side with the same ammo. For me, the Sight Tracker is faster and snappier. The 6" gun, though a bit slower, did feel softer in recoil. I'm only at 900 rounds in the 5.4 vs. 17K in the 6". So, I still have a lot of learning to do.

I read the book a long time ago and really liked it. I've had the pleasure of meeting Marcus a few times when he spoke at some of our In-Service trainings. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie and I know I'll buy the DVD.

I had both and the Dillon was much better in my opinion.

I'd be buying a pair of whatever you buy-one may be in the evidence locker for months on end......MHO... I guess y'all do things differently up there. I worked a police shooting on 12-26-2013. Guns are ready to be picked up from the lab today and returned to the officers. Now if you murder your wife........that's a different story.