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Thanks for the reply... I am new to the sport and have heard of "half filled bottle", but was confused as to the relevance. Thanks for the clarification, I will give it a try..

The Burner has that one in his series of tapes, but lasers are expensive. A half filled water bottle works for me (thanks, Matt). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just curious, how does this work with a half filled bottle of water? Can you explain the drill?

Update... I just received my sti back from Dave at Dawson. To be honest I can't beleive this is the same gun, this thing runs great.. He said that it just needed to be tuned, there were some rough spots from the factory. If you plan on purchasing a gun from Dawson, I highly recommend the "Enhanced Package". Yes this is a extra $100.00, but it saves you alot of aggravation. Thanks again to all of you who had input.

Thanks for the input guys. I talked with Dave today and he said to send it back to him and he would make it right. But if not, I will definetly be contacting Benny... In response to some of your input, I tried the oal of 1.195, but it seemed like my chamber is to short because my slide would not fully go into battery. It hung open 1/8th of an inch. I am still running the factory recoil master (heavy). Thanks again, you all are great.

I recently purchased a new Hard Chromed STI Edge .40 from Dawson Precision, with 4 tuned mags (also from DP). When cycled by hand, the gun works flawlessly. But when fired, the rounds either nose dive into the feed ramp, or they just don't go into battery. I have played with my over all length from 1.113 to 1.140, and this does not seem to have any effect either way. I then did a search and found a suggestion to modify the mag spring by bending the third coil down. This seemed to help a little, (the nose diving is not as constant), but it is still nose diving. The main problem is that this is not consistent, it seems to happen only every fifty or so rounds, which is making it real hard to diagnois. The rounds pulled out after each malfunction have an imprint similar to a half moon with a line under it, as if it slammed into the bottom of my feed ramp. When cycled though, my rounds hit the top of the feed ramp, nowhere near the bottom. It does not seem to matter if I shoot factory ammo or reloads, I still have the problem. I have shot approximately 1000 rounds through this gun trying to figure out what the problem could be. Today I tried a friends set of mags which had grams followers and springs with dawson base pads. While using these mags, I could not reproduce the problem. I then tried my mags, thinking that they were the problem, but of course no malfunction. Has anyone ever had problems with tuned mags from DP? I am really getting frustrated, but I really don't know who to blame or where to start. If any of you that have experienced similar problems, (and yes I have done a search and know there are some of you), and have found a solution, please help a me out. Thanks

I am relatively new to uspsa. I am wondering what is a better all around gun for limited division. I am currently shooting a borrowed Glock 35 until I can make up my mind what I want to buy. I would like to get some feedback on the differences between the Glock 35's and the 2011's offered by svi, sti, etc. Other than price, is there a big difference? Will the glock limit you as a shooter?