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I installed one of the Bul triggers in my 2011 STI. Dropped right in, only adjustments I made was to pre/over travel.
It would have been nice if Bul would have provided an allen key and a couple of extra screws. If I ever lose the small screws shipping will be a killer. I may end up ordering a 50-pack (sheer overall mind you) online so I have a few spares handy. The interchangeable shoe is priced a bit better than the x-line ones.
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9mm boresnake or wood dowel from the barrel end
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1 hour ago, ltdmstr said:
So basically, when the barrel links down, nearly all the force is exerted on the forward tip of that arm in the center, which acts as a lever. That, in turn, transfers maximum force to the radius that's adjacent to the hole in the center, which is the thinnest, weakest point on the part.
I'm no engineer, however the design reminds me of a glock,, with the Honcho's locking block being physically larger than that of the glock. This arrangement seems to work OK for Glock.
I'll keep an open mind until we start getting multiple reports of cracked Honcho locking blocks.
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If anyone's interested, here's a picture of how the locking block and barrel ft together. I cannot comment on the design, but functionality wise, shoots very flat.
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1 hour ago, JJB05 said:
Kinda throwing a grenade out there with no verifiable information.
Otherwise known as farting in a crowded room, then leaving; you cause a stink and leave without owning up to the poo you caused.
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Looks like a thread detour is in the works-
- going from STI name/business focus change, to 'what gun would you carry...'
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I think you’all will be very pleased with the end product, I know I was. Visually the finish of the pistol was excellent with no blemishes that I could find.
Shot my first USPSA match of the season yesterday, with it in .40 maj config (site block) yesterday, no malfunctions, very little flip.
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I have used CCI, S&B, Winchester and Fiocchi SPPs in my 650, using a virbaprime unit to collate them. The only ones that give me issues during collating are the Winny's. All flow fine through my press though.
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My SV has the rear sight with fiber, exactly like your picture. Too distracting for me so I blacked out the fiber with a marker. I also have STI with standard adjustable all black rear and much prefer this type of sight.
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I have used both of the Brazo's profiles in my 2011s (STI) without issue. My guns prefer the bullet with the lube grooves for some reason. OAL of 1.0x seems really short, mine are ~1.1x, with 'X' being 3-6/7, depending on the bullet profile and the pistol (I have both CZs and 2011s for Limited Major) it's intended for.
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I picked up my Honcho from my FFL earlier in the week. It came with the 9mm parts installed. Since I shoot mostly limited major, I installed the .40 sight block barrel, recoil spring (I believe the one that ships with it is 11#) and .40 breach block, as it came with 9mm components installed. I also replaced the PT factory magwell for a Dawson one I had laying around (posted about this earlier) as my STI mags with the Dawson SNL basepads wouldn't seat fully with the PT magwell.
Took it to the range (finally) this afternoon for it's maiden voyage. Pleasantly surprised to run 100+ rounds (my reloads w/coated bullets) through with no malfunctions of any kind. Accuracy was fantastic; arguably better than any of my STIs, but this could just be my bias after waiting 5+ months for this rig to be built and be delivered.
The only issue I have (posted about this earlier) is that my STI mags don't drop freely & consistently. I have a PT grip on a STI frame that runs everything I have 100%, so I'm thinking there's a minor difference between the PT frame dimensions/tolerances and the STI.
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This behavior (hammer dropping from half-cock) didn't seem right, but I was curious enough to go and check. Sure enough my TSOs & CMs all do this. The trigger doesn't feel right/smooth when doing this though. Almost as if something is being 'forced' that shouldn't be.
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On 5/12/2020 at 5:24 PM, muncie21 said:
Mine (ordered on BF) arrived at my FFL last week, however I haven't had a chance to go pick it up yet. Hoping to get some range time on Sunday. BTW, One of my barrels was affected by the 'rainbow' issue with the coating vendor so it is getting shipped directly to me.
Finally made it to my FFL to pick up my Honcho. Overall the pistol looks great, slide feels super smooth when racking it.
I noticed that it doesn't seem to like my STI magazines, either Gen 1 or 2, they dont drop immediately when the mag release is pressed like my other 2011s do. The issue seems to be the relationship between the mag release and the slot in the mags. I tried 5 or 6 mags that work fine in my STI guns and none would drop free reliably in the Honcho. Since these work fine in my other pistols I"m going to pick up 1 or 2 MBX mags to try, before I start monkeying around and filing on perfectly good mags; I'm assuming the mag slots needs to be modified.
Another thing I noticed is that the Honcho magwell won't allow Dawson SNL basepads to fully seat. I swapped the factory Honcho magwell with a Dawson that I had laying around and the mags inserted and locked-in just fine, they just wouldn't drop free, as mentioned above.
Overall, at this point (in spite of the mag issue) I'm happy with the pistol. Planning to get some range time in this weekend to see how she runs/shoots.
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Mine (ordered on BF) arrived at my FFL last week, however I haven't had a chance to go pick it up yet. Hoping to get some range time on Sunday. BTW, One of my barrels was affected by the 'rainbow' issue with the coating vendor so it is getting shipped directly to me.
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On 5/10/2020 at 1:46 PM, Carry9shoot40 said:
Got mine in and it shoots great! I’m probably going to sell it though and go to SVI.
Would you care to elaborate (not implying there's anything wrong with this) on your decision?
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Another way to use google to search a specific site is to add "Site:" (quotes not required) then the name of the site and finally the search term.
The example below would search Enos forum for '9 major'.
site:forums.brianenos.com 9 major
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22 minutes ago, japarker82 said:
What’s your current wait time ?
Ordered mine black friday weekend. Based on recent feedback from PT, expecting it to ship this coming (week of 4 May) week, so ~21 weeks.
Little bit longer than the ~12-16 weeks originally advertised, however not unexpected (for a new'ish manufacturer) and also considering C19 impacts/delays.
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I received a voicemail telling me that my pistol should ship this coming week. There was a coating issue with one of the barrels, so that barrel will get sent to me directly once it is recoated.
I'm kinda interested to see what the rainbow effect Tiffany mentioned looks like with the black DLC coating.
I'll post up a pic once I receive the pistol and some thoughts after range time.
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22 hours ago, RVRSE said:
do you feel like it makes any difference? im very new to uspsa and gun tuning and im curious to what other's experiences are with the buffers.
FWIW, myself and many other folks run 12# springs in .40 TSOs without buffers. I've put 10k+ rounds through one of my TSOs with no issues/damage to the frame, slide or barrel.
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It took a few strokes of the file (blue area) to get the safety to engage fully. However when I pull the trigger the hammer stops at 'half cock'. Looking at the two safeties I noticed the SV has a lot more material in the area marked in red. I suspect this is where I need to file next. Going to do some more research and if I still have questions, I'll post them in the gun smith portion of this site.
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I load with both Dillon and Lee dies. This shape/appearance is more prominent with Dillon dies. In any event, it doesn't hurt anything.
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I ordered mine the weekend of BF. I received an email last week indicating it was expected back from coating, however no firm ship date yet. All the matches near me have been cancelled so far, however hoping things will change in May and that I have the pistol in my hot hands by that time.
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions, tips and videos.
This wide safety was a 'drop in' for my SV pistol, so I was thinking there might be something wrong when it didn't fit correctly in my STIs.
I'm going to read/follow the posted tips and get this thing fitted this coming week. I'll drop a note to let folks know how things end up. Thanks again!
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I've fit safeties on CZs before but this is my first 1911/2011. The contour of the safety (internal) is what threw me off, because it was very different than the one I removed. I viewed the Atlas video just now (thanks 3GN for sharing that) on fitting safeties so might give that a go later this weekend.
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@regor thanks for the link to the LW comp w/CZ. I'm planning to give this a try, as I have one laying around.