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Kimbers are assembled for the masses...as are springfield, colt, smith and wesson, sig, ect. Kimber figures their average customer will shoot 800 rounds through any given gun, so they are trying to satisfy that customer at a certain price point. Now even the casual USPSA enthusiast will pound that out in a season, if not two or three times that. At the higher round counts small parts will break, wear out, or be changed because of user preference. To say this is not true of other similar brands is not true. I have a springfield TRP that has been my go-to match gun for years and years. Its not worn out, but it does feel tired in subtle ways. Also, the hard core enthusiast or athlete is going to shoot enough that they would value the enhancements and premium parts in custom guns, and its going to feel that way for years and years and years. So in their mind it isn't match ready until it has a certain trigger or other accessory.

the longer the wait, the sweeter arrival day is.

Para= indian not the arrow. They've been bought out by Freedom Group and will be doing business as Remington Handguns going forward. Whatever they were, its down hill from here...

If so, my luck was really good. Mine shoots factory loads and 130pf loads with coated bullets and has been perfect with factory mags. I have one mag with TTI baseplate, spring and follower that I started getting malfunctions with. I think the spring needs to be replaced but it still runs great with the factory mags. It only gets cleaned every 1000 rounds or spans doesn't seem to mind. What recoil spring weight are you using? shoq buff or no shoq buff? Somewhere between 9 and 14 pounds. I have a 12 pound in my edge-like grundhauser and it might even be a little heavy. If you are throwing a dart at the board, try a 10 first. No shock buff.

No, you have that backwards...its dumb luck if yours does NOT run. People with bad expirences are far more vocal the satisfied folks. If you start changing or modifing parts and it doesn't run...well, that's not luck...

Dave Dawson is in the business of selling widgets and services (as are many folks)... don't loose sight of that. Not even saying theirs is bad stuff, its not...but they do have a vasted interest in selling you some. My comments are not directed at you (TANFARM) specifically. I'm involved with 2011's on a few levels and my expirence is not just my own, but that of serval other folks. Most people can't help themselves but to go nuts with the aftermarket accessories, espically when they dive into internet forums. I have 12 factory complete magazines and have had exactly the opposite expirience of yours, as have most of our customers.

In my expirence the only people who have problems are people who mess with them, refuse to do the most basic of maintenance (and it is pretty basic), or try to use weird handloads. If you run it stock, with factory complete mags and clean it at somewhat regular intervals you will be just fine. I swear everyone who buys one from me just can't help but change this, tweak that, or add some "enhanced" part. There are lots of good parts and mods out there, but once you depart from the original parts you are talking a lot of variables into you own hands. ...and then there's handload variables because almost all 2011 shooters hand load...and then there are those who are just lazy about cleaning their guns...none of those are the gun's fault, but ego's usually blame the guns. The internet doesn't help.

Apples and Oranges...both fruit but not the same thing. They started as the same company and then split. STI turned left at the fork in the road mass produces wide body guns, SV (Infinity) turned right (pardon the pun) and makes custom wide body guns one at a time. They are similar products with competely different build philosophies. Don't have illusions that STI's are high polish buttery smooth guns, or that SV's will shoot themselves. The STI+ammo comment is not off base, but it is a bit over stated. It is a practice intensive sport, but rounds down range does not necessarily equate to "kicking ass". If you can get the SV or a custom gun made from raw STI parts, no body regrets going that route. There is a difference and it is significant. If the choice is SV= can't afford to shoot vs STI= afford to shoot, get an STI

Put down the frog and back away slowly. I love frog lube, but it is a pain in the butt for 1911/2011's. I really love the product. I put a lot of time into applying and using it properly and improperly, but it is just not well suited for application on a 1911/2011 I had exactly these kinds of problems when I started using it and they went away as soon as I went back to a conventional synthetic. I still use it alot on rifles and other stuff, but tight tolerence/high friction for our applications. By the time the gun heats up to activate the Frog Lube, your run is over.

Long, always load long for a 2011. A few shooters in our area picked up 9x19mm Edges this season. All have been extremely happy with them and no issues. They are high maintenance. They need proper lubrication with a quality lube and the mags are very sensitive to any kind of dust or dirt. The gun usually gets blamed first, but problems are usually ammo or operator related. People usually don't want to hear that, but its the truth.

Let be real...there is no such thing. There are exceptions to every rule...but not many

That's simply not true. Yeah, the guys that use 15 and 17 lb mainsprings to get the weight down tend to have problems after a while. But that's not the way a knowledgeable smith gets a good, reliable, long-lasting trigger. I run 23 lb mainsprings and my triggers are around 1.75 lb. And several have 30k+ rounds through them. Knowledgeable being the operative word. Knowledgeable gunsmiths, REAL knowledgeable gunsmiths are a rare find. Even they say its hard to do.

Indian not the arrow...sure, but good indians are choosy about their arrows. I think all serious shooters who stick with the sport long enough will end up with a 2011 sooner or later unless they are bound by some sort of bias. I don't feel handicapped with my glocks. As the song goes "I'm as good once as I ever was," but I'm definatly more confident and enjoy shooting a 2011 more than any striker fired gun.

The reason would be that generally speaking, triggers down around 2# won't last.

SV does their own thing and tends not to play well with others. The best be is to use SV with SV

Are they worth the money? Yes, they are worth every single cent they cost. You are buying superior materials, craftsmanship, and attention to detail. What you are really asking is, is it value to you...that's hard to say. If you shoot a lot (do you buy ammo by the thousand?) and/or you handle the gun almost every day (dry fire) you will appreciate the smooth lines, linear motion, and prestine timing of the gun. Even if they didn't look cool, they would still be worth the money. Are they the best? There is no way to be objective on that. There are many custom 1911/2011 builders who can build a gun as good or arguably better, however Infinity is pretty much the standard by which they are all judged because they have build enough top tier units for a long enough amount of time to be stread far and wide so people in this niche across the country have seen one at some point. I could say a Grundhauser is better...but few people on here have ever even heard the name nevermind seen one, so I would just sound like a Koolaid drinker. With limited exceptions, Infinity don't sell through dealers, so unless you run across one at a match it is pretty hard to lay your hands on one before buying. As mentioned earlier, what's cool about them is that they make all or their own parts in house so they are in control of their product from bar stock to finish.

Time to rebuild mags. Spings are cheap...add to cart.

I either bring a complete and functioning backup gun (be it glock or whatever) for the same division, or I squad/travel with friends who shoot similar equipment to me so I can buddy breath. I don't believe in "stocking parts."

Tripp has pretty tight control of their pricing. What you see is pretty much what you are going to have to pay.

They are really fun if you want one as an enthusiast or a collector. I would not buy one for the express purpose of practicing to shoot 45. The time and money you will invest in buying a new gun would go a long way toward practicing with the gun you already have. They are really fun and if you WANT one buy one...but it doesn't make sense from this angle. Truth be told, I don't shoot mine very much.

For 60 second, I would have made it happen. Slugs are the easiest to spin the spinner with if you actually hit them. 2 hits easy. Its rifle spinners that suck.

I go back and forth all the time without issue, but I shoot way more 1911/2011 and only dabble in glocks. I don't seem much of a difference. I think its mostly in people's heads.

Bingo, do you ever shoot a pistol off a rest in a match? Nope....Its not what you want to hear, but this is all in your head.

Any builder worth their salt has a lead time. www.Arnzenarms.com does try to stock high end stuff like that, but they are currently sold out I think.

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