Rob D

I don't like them. I just started shooting an Edge with the STI rear sight, and I miss my Warren/Sevigny sights with the wide notch and plain black rear.

If you've got the resources, I'd say save up and get a reloading press. It will do more to help your situation in the long run. I was there myself not too long ago. There's an old Chinese proverb: If you give a man a box of ammo, he shoots for a day. If you teach a man to load his ammo, he shoots 1/2 price ammo for the rest of his life.

Nice! I've never thought about E85 being useful for that, but it makes sense. We don't even have safety inspections here anymore.

Mostly because I wanted a single action trigger. I was also ready to try something new as I spent 2 years shooting my G34 in production, and the next year shooting my G35 in limited. I love Glocks, but I'm ready to see what kind of trouble I can get into with a purpose-built race gun. Thanks for all the replies. It seems like a lot of you guys adjusted to the weight without too much trouble. I did El Pres about 200 times in dry fire last night. Hopefully with a little more of that I'll start stopping the gun in the right place.

I recently made the switch from a Glock 35 set up for limited division to a bull barrel STI Edge. I've been shooting it for about a month, and I'm getting used to the change in grip angle, the safeties, and the single action trigger. That said, I feel like I'm shooting a boat anchor. It takes extra effort to move the gun and, more annoyingly, to stop the gun. I find myself swinging the gun over the target and having to bring it back much of the time. The sights track very nicely, but I wasn't really having a problem with recoil management with the glock, so I don't know that the extra weight of the bull barrel and long dust cover is helping me out. My question is this: Has anybody else made this change and gotten used to the heavy gun? How long did it take? I'm wondering if I should try to get a lighter 2011 that weighs closer to what my glock did or if I should just keep shooting this thing until my skills adapt to the heavy gun. Any advice is appreciated.

Haven't had a chance to try different mags yet, but I just changed out the dawson mag release for the STI one. The mags still stick but now the mag release depresses half way when they do it.

Do you know anyone else in your area that shoots a 2011? If so, I'd recommend trying their mags in your gun and vice versa. Basically, every possibility you can eliminate from the equation gets you one step closer to a solution. It's slow going but sometimes that is the only way to figure it out. Since it is happening with multiple mags, it is unlikely that the tubes are the issue, but it is certainly possible. As to removing material, are you referring to the frame (correct term usage) or the grip (incorrect term usage)? Most people remove material from the inside of the grip to blend it to the magwell. I have never seen material removed from the inside of the frame. My Dad shoots a 2011. I'll borrow some of his mags and see how it goes. I'm referring to the frame itself. They seem to be binding up high where the mag starts to narrow. It feels like the mags are just going too far into the gun. I'm wondering what is supposed to stop them from doing that.

I removed some material from the trigger bow and the trigger is no longer affected when the mags get stuck. Now I just need to get them to stop sticking. Does anyone remove material from the lower inside edge of the frame? Maybe my mags are just out of shape. I want to start shooting matches with this gun in a week or two. I really need to get this issue sorted out ASAP. Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks Rob. I'll give that a try tonight and see what happens.

I'm pretty sure this gun already has a dawson mag catch. The trigger bar itself seems to be coming too far back and hitting the magazine. The over travel stop is adjusted all the way out. I think the trigger is touching the mag where the two pieces of metal come together and attach to the trigger pad itself. Should I file this area, or is it possible that the dimensions of my trigger are incorrect? I'm totally new to 1911/2011's so I don't exactly what the parts are called. Thanks again

The grip screws are tight,and I even beveled the lower edge of the bushings to make sure they weren't rubbing. I'm using brand new STI mags with dawson base pads. One of them is a tuned mag from dawson, but it seems to stick just as badly as the rest. SV-Cop, I thought the same thing, but as far as I can tell no part of the trigger mechanism sticks out into the magazine channel.

In this case, it happens even when the slide is forward.

I just got a new Edge a few weeks ago, and I'm having a problem with my mags dropping free. It only seems to happen when I seat a magazine really hard, but the magazine sticks in the gun, the mag release button binds up, and my trigger gets really stiff all the sudden. I've noticed the trigger pull also changes drastically when I shoot off of a rest and let the weight of the gun sit on the magazine. I've removed the mag well, magazine catch, and follower and the mags still seem to bind up when I seat them firmly. As far as I can tell, the mags are binding on the bottom edges of the frame where the magazines starts to narrow. I'm starting to see a crimp line form across each of my mags in that area. Is this common? Do I need to reshape my mags or is something else going wrong? What is actually supposed to stop the magazine from going in too far and binding up on that taper? Thanks in advance.

I've been doing this for a while. I think it really helps with burst speed, agility, and flexibility. I also really like that you have to anticipate where the ball will be, run into place, and set up your shot before it gets there. Racquetball has more in common with the physical movement required for practical shooting than any other sport I can think of.

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+1 for Mike at AI. My G34 is amazing. It looks good, and once you lock down on it the gun can't move at all. I'll be taking my G35 limited gun to him in the next few months.

+1 on just buying the strong mount. The main thing I like about the strong mount isn't that it makes the press set higher. I like the fact that I can set the press further back on my bench with the strong mount. When I pull the handle down, the force is going straight down into my bench, instead of down and forward in a way that makes the press want to rock back and forth. Just my 2 cents.

When I shot on Friday, we were told you could only put 1 mag on the table with the gun on stage 7. Having the second mag to charge the gun completely changed how the stage worked for a SS shooter. Same here. That wouldn't have made a huge difference for me, but for production and SS that completely changes the way you shoot the stage.

I really enjoyed this match. The stages were fast and fun and true to the run and gun form that makes double tap awesome. I didn't win a bucket raffle, but I still walked away with a Burkett DVD, Saul Kirsch's book, and some other goodies even though my name was 2/3 of the way down the prize list. On a side note, the improvements to the range are awesome and very much appreciated. I was on the fence about this one not because I haven't loved this match in the past, but because I've had some bad days in the mud there. The gravel made the range surface consistent and I wont ever worry about shooting a match here because of weather again. Thanks Robert - you put on a great match and take care of your shooters.

Forgive me for bringing up a real world example that it is practice and not a gun that accomplishes a goal or two. Did not realize you wanted to measure my penis too. This is not taking the glock "far" at all. You are taking a perfectally good gun to a ridiculous conclusion. This gun WILL NOT make anyone any better than they will be with a stock gun and a connector, spring kit and maybe sights (production) or magwell for other divisions. The OP seemed to want opinons, I gave mine, in that I felt it was an airsofter's wet dream. But if you want to be elevated to "Tier One" and be laughed at anyone who knows that Tier One really is, Go for it!!!! What's new about guys adding aftermarket work and accessories to their competition guns? The gun will not make you a better shooter at all, but a guy who slaps the trigger can get much better hits with a 2lb trigger than with a 6lb trigger. That's pretty obvious when you watch guys who usually shoot 1911's and 2011's come play in production without practicing up first. Learning to run a stock glock-style trigger in competition is a lot of extra work beyond learning basic shooting fundamentals. It can be done, and I hold those who have done it in extremely high esteem, but their are plenty of guys who want a glock with a trigger that feels as close to single action as possible. The salient package is taking a gun made as a self-defense weapon and pushing it as far towards a competition gun as it can go. You definitely lose much of the utilitarian function of the glock, but it will be a far better tool for competition than a box-stock gun. That said, this package seems a little overpriced(but who am I to tell a guy how much to charge if he's selling work?), and most of the guys who are winning with glocks don't have a bunch of cuts in the slide or custom work. They have a good trigger, good sights, and one of them uses a Seattle slug in limited(and open at the proam)

Yep, I had to bevel the follower a bit too per the DP website instructional video. Was easy and I can get 20 in there nicely. Also note that the DP base pads work perfectly with the DP ICE magwell. I had trouble seating Arredondo base pads in the ICE magwell. I use the Arredondos with the heavy Dawson ICE magwell and have never had a problem. I love my Arredondo extensions. I get 20 in all 4 of mine(although the slide isn't easy to rack), and they're ridiculously easy to take apart. I can't imagine a more simple system. Yes, you do need the tool they send you, but it takes less than a second to brake one down completely. Also, using the tool has never borrowed me since I'm always back by my range bag loading and cleaning the mags while I'm disassembling them anyway.

Hate to disagree, but Glock strikers are machined; they've never been MIM'ed. I have that on good authority from the other side of Atlanta.... And I don't believe that this is a Lightning Strike. I have several of their strikers and they are cut out on the rear of the firing pin lug. This one obviously isn't. Hate to disagree, but Glock strikers are machined; they've never been MIM'ed. I have that on good authority from the other side of Atlanta.... And I don't believe that this is a Lightning Strike. I have several of their strikers and they are cut out on the rear of the firing pin lug. This one obviously isn't. FWEIW, this firing pin does not have holes or anything cut out of it. It appears totally stock. Thanx for everybody's input! Good call Braxton. I guess the picture and the residue just gave it that gold tint. I'm relieved to hear that.

I would get a conversion barrel for you Glock 20 and shoot .40SW. The frame and trigger should be identical to the G21 since they're both large frame guns, and you'll get the increased capacity(20+1 is pretty easy) plus free brass if you're somewhere where you can pick it up at matches. You also get decreased cost of ammo over all. That said, if you like your G21 and have all the stuff you need already, might as well shoot it. If you're going to buy a bunch of parts for one of them and make it a competition gun, I'd use the G20 for sure.

Looks like a lightning strike pin to me too. Is there a big hole drilled in the back of the shaft? If so, it's probably a LS, and I bet the break is right where the hole ends if I had to guess. That worries me a little since I have two of them in my guns.

Great news! I'm going to be spending a lot more time over there since I'm so close now. Maybe somebody will be able to convince the new owners that a little gravel and a few shaded areas would be a good investment. If that could happen, I bet USSA would be seriously considered to host nationals again.