Jacob,
The clubs around the area I just moved from mainly held IDPA Matches. I was shooting a glock until I made the mistake of shooting my friend's Dawson Tuned Executive. I was hooked on the feel of the grip and that awesome trigger. My friend and I both ordered a Dawson Enhanced Bushing Barrel 9mm Eagle. My friend bought 4 126mm mags and I bought 4 126mm mags plus one 140mm mag. All nine mags have run flawless right out of the package. Both are one hole guns off a sandbag at 25yds. I have somewhere around 6000 - 8000 rounds through my eagle now and it has run flawlessly. Drawing out of kydex I had some bluing wear so I carried it back to Dawson and had it Hard Chromed. I've shot it in IDPA, Steel Challenge, NRA Action Pistol, and USPSA. My normal load is a MG 124gr JHP over 4.7gr of WSF @ about 130-132pf. I have run RWS, PMC, UMC, WWB, and Federal through the gun with out a single problem. I like the feel of a mag well so I cut down a STI Stainless Mag Well so it would fit in the IDPA Box. I changed the guide rod to a Dawson just because I liked how my friends looked. That's the only thing I've done to the gun besides cleaning and soaking it with FP-10. Now i've moved to NC and it seems like all the matches close to me are USPSA. One of my friends I shoot here in NC suggested that I sell my Eagle to get a 40 so i'll score major. I just couldn't bear the thought of selling the Eagle. I'm just going to wait a little while and order an 40 cal. Edge from Dave. If I had it to do over again I wouldn't change a thing about my Eagle. I'm going to order a couple more 140mm mags and some Dawson +1 basepads so they are easier to clean and reload. The 126mm mags are easy to reload in the mag well with 10rds loaded(IDPA ESP limit), but you have to make sure you push them in hard when loaded to 18rds. The 140mm mags stick out of the mag well and reload easier when full.
I'm not a Grand Master or 3 Gun shooter but that has been my experience with the Dawson 9mm Eagles. I would recommend you order your Eagle from Dawson and get the gun Tuned. It's well worth the money in my opinion to get the gun tuned by Dave and I have yet to feel a better trigger on a 2011. I would recommend you just buy some factory mags and don't fix what's not broken. The nine mags my friend and I have run great without any tuning.
Here is some video of the Eagle being enjoyed last weekend.
Edit: How many posts are required to post a link to youtube?
Charles
