robertg5322

Just add Cylinder & Slide, STI, SVI, and Harrison Design and you have a very good starting point.

Not a Trojan but my .40 1911 runs well and soft with a 12.5 lb recoil spring, 17 lb mainspring, Dawson aluminum shock buff (6k rounds on shock buff and it's still in one piece) with 4.5g HP38 , 180g Montana Gold bullet and CCI primers. About 170 pf. I also use a GI recoil guide rod and plug, Kart barrel with Wilson/Nowlin ramp.

Perfect response.

Are you left-handed? I ask because I had the same issue and what was causing it was my right thumb (weak hand) pressing the slide stop out enough to bind the slide. Didn't happen a lot, just enough to ruin a stage.

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Got two guns Cerakoted. Both are 1911s. First has about three months of matches (about 12 matches total so far), minimal wear on muzzle, in magwell, on feedramp, along rear of ejection port, on the breechface, and top of slide as well as along front of dustcover. Second I just got back, has about two matches. You can see where the holster rubs the top of the slide and the front of the muzzle but no wear yet. I have a stainless Springfield 9mm 1911 and it shows wear at edge of slide at muzzle, along top (the bead blased part gets a polish were the holster rubs it), along the sides of the trigger guard and along the front of the dust cover. It doesn't stand out as much as on a painted gun, but there is wear. Again, gives the gun character. Not a surprise, if you use it, it will show signs of this use. Like others, I kind of like the look of a well used (not abused) gun. I also have some Glocks that show holster wear as well as an old Colt Army Special revolver.

Dawson magwell is the Gold Standard (I'm told). I prefer the EGW, a Smith & Alexander type, but that's purely personal preference. I also have had excellent performance with Metalform mags, Dawson uses their tunes and guts so they're probably good as Dawson doesn't put their name on junk. If you got with the Dawson magwell, get their mags as well. Their basepads make seating mags in their magwell much easier. Bladetech holsters are great. I like Ready Tactical mag pouches, they work and take up less real estate on your belt. A lot of guys are using aftermarket holster hangers, I use a Safari land but don't recommend it. Made of cheap cast aluminum and screwe holes strip out easy. Ben Steger'so BOSS version gets good reviews as does Springer Precision and Invictus Tactical.

My Springfield Loaded Target 9mm runs with any magazine. All things considered with Springfield you get a forged frame (I know, STI cast frames hold up to lots of rounds), and spend less on it. Replacing internals isn't a huge deal if you even have to (I have a Kimber from 2001 with 20k+ through it and it has stock internals), so with that in mind, Springer would be my choice.

Good sights, magwell is personal preference. I like the Smith and Alexander type, some prefer Dawson Ice. Mags, I use Metalform 10 rounds (assuming 9mm here, if .45, use what works for you, Wilson and Tripp Research make good stuff I'm told, though I use Mec Gar and el cheapo Shooting Star mags in my .45). Dawson Precision uses Metalform tubes & guts, with their basepad. If you go with Dawson Ice, use Dawson mags; the basepads make them much easier to seat. Holster, mag pouches (6), belt, and decent trigger and you should be set. Dan Wesson makes nice guns I'm told so most of the work was done for you.

Metalform here. Unless you have a Dawson Ice magwell, then get Dawson mags (as stated they'really Metalforms with their basepads).

I know nothing of this company or this product. I do like technology and someone trying to build a "better mousetrap" will get my attention. Maybe not my money, but definitely my attention. It seems they think that their product will be better than nickel plated brass in almost every way. They don't mention cost, so I can only speculate here, but I can't see how it will be cheaper than today's technology. The claims on their website piqued my curiosity and I want to see how they do. Per their website: http://www.shellshocktech.com/#!technology/cjg9 "Reloadable" "Will not "balloon" when fired in an unsupported chamber: dramatically reduces tendency to jam." "Engineered for the future. 50% lighter and 2x stronger than brass." "Stronger and more elastic than brass, 65,000 psi pressure rating, springs back to original shape when firing, will not chip or crack." "Will not chip or crack, perfect for +P and +P+ loads."

Magnetic would be the only reason I'd be interested. .45 brass isn't as abundant as it once was on the ground. There's more of it than .38 super, but it's not like it used to be. For USPSA, I imagine (and correct me if I'm mistaken here), the SD and accuracy claims are kind of moot. We ain't shooting Bullseye, and while 1" @ 50 yards would be nice, it isn't as necessary for me as it is for the one-handed shooting at 50 yards crowd. But being able to pick up ammo with a magnetic sweeper would be pretty cool. I'm waiting to see about price. That'll make or break it.

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Any competent gunsmith should be able to do it. Not sure about compatibility of .40 and .45 with regard to ejectors. That's the only top-end part that may give you an issue. And you'll be using a non-ramped barrel, or buying a .45 barrel that's ramped. In the end, you're not going to save much money. For that reason alone I'd buy another gun if I was in the market for a backup.

Murphy's Law. Ignore it at your peril.

Don't know about your guns, but my .40 feels different than my .45. They're set up exactly the same (as exactly as they can be). The difference isn't a big deal, but it is there. That said, I have one single stack in each caliber (9mm, .40 & .45), and don't shoot many major matches. If I did, (and if I was a better shooter) I might think about having a second gun in the caliber I shot most. If I had a .40 and two .45s, and the .40 was my primary competition gun (and the comments about shooting major matches and being a better shooter than I am apply here), I'd give serious thought to selling one of the .45 guns and buying a .40 backup gun. Just cause I like the recoil of the .40 single stack gun better.

Sell one of the .45 guns to fund another .40 gun. How important it is is something only you can answer. Do you mind carrying around two guns and ammo at a major match? If your answer is "yes", then get another .40 and only have to carry around an extra gun. If "no", then carry one of your two extra .45 guns. BTW, you just jinxed yourself, never say "I've never had..." unless you want whatever you've never had happen to happen. And it will happen at the most inopportune time. Just Murphy at work.

EGW magwell is same style as S&A.

Also tapping them down while pushing the round out helps. It's really only difficult for the first 2-3 rounds. Easiest way though is to pull the trigger ten times.

I have a Loaded Target 9mm, makes weight easily (41.6 oz with Metalform mag) with an EGW stainless steel magwell. Only change I made was a standard GI guide rod and wood grips. The Metalform mags have a plastic basepad, which probably helps as well.

Got a .40 & 9mm, both ramped and a .45 not ramped. All feed as they should. All will use almost any magazine. I've only used ball ammo though.

Metalform mags. They work, they're inexpensive and they work. Dawson Precision uses their tubes, springs and followers, and Dawson Precision doesn't sell junk under their name. They hold rounds like their life depends on them. Unloading by hand is a pain (since I'm not doing that on the clock, it's of no concern to me), but I've never had a mag not drop freely because the rounds were moving forward and impeding the dropping of the magazine. I've also never had any rounds fall from the mag when it hits the ground (not that would matter with regards to function).

You're right, I stand corrected. I was thinking 9mm 1911 mags. In my .40, I have a mix of Mec Gar, Metalform, Wilson Combat, Checkmate and Tripp. Of those, the Tripp are the best, by far. The others all work (now), but required work. For the Wilson Combat, it was actually a 10mm (listed as .40 S&W, but no spacer). It would hold 9 rounds and work intermittently until I put a spacer in it and then gave it a Tripp spring and follower. Now it works 100%, but only holds 8 rounds. The Checkmates work fine, but only hold 8 rounds. The Metalforms worked for about a year, then the followers started jumping over the slide stop. Subsitute a Tripp follower and they now work perfectly. Still hold 8 rounds. The Mec Gar mags have worked perfectly from day 1. Only issue I have with them is that they're so hard I had to buy a tungsten drill bit so I could tap them for a base pad. That's a bit weird, a TiN coated bit would only mar the bluing. Wouldn't even scratch the metal. Not sure why they didn't drill and tap holes at the factory. Go figure... All of that said, I prefer mags with removable base pads to make cleaning easier. The Mec Gar and Metalform .40 S&W mags do not have this feature. The Tripp, Wilson Combat and Check Mate mags do. The Tripp mags work, hold 9 rounds and did I required me to do nothing to them. If you choose to go with the no-gap magwell, you'll be needing to spend some more money on Dawson pads, but these pads will enable you to seat the mags in the gun with ease, and fit in the box. Moral of the story; Buy Tripp mags for .40 S&W. They make good stuff that works, and I've heard they have excellent customer service (I didn't need it, so to me that's also a plus). If you load long, go with the 10mm mags If not, the .40 S&W.