LHshooter

I am almost positive that Atlas has their own in-house left hand mag release. The Mitchel one won't work in the Atlas frame.

I'm a recent MPA DS9 owner who ordered the LH mag release. Not sure what differentiates the STI gen 1 mags since the DS9 comes with MBX mags and I bought an Atlas mag that also works with the LH release.

I used Titegroup for 147 gr until recently, some smoke but not too bad. Recently switched to N320 and am happy with that in both 147 and 124 bullets

3.2 gr of Titegroup gives me 133 pf 3.1 gr gives me 130 pf

Just curious, why HP? Any advantage over RN?

Some local ranges may squawk about a new shooter drawing from appendix during their first match.

Very informative videos - thanks for posting. I am new to the 1911/2011 platform and I learned a lot from your videos.

Check out the Ghost Holster Hydra P+. Kind of in the middle between a standard kydex holster and a race holster. It's about $140. Otherwise I don't think you can go wrong with a kydex holster from Red Hill Tactical. It's about $100 with a few options added.

I bought the ported barrel so I can use it in IDPA CO if I want to. Figured it made more sense to buy both when I ordered the pistol rather than have one fit afterwards. The incremental cost was not that much, a few hundred bucks.

I have tried several (Vogel, Zev, Timney) triggers in my G34 and like the Timney the best. I got rid of the factory guide rod and used a stainless steel rod with a lighter spring (12 lbs I think off the top of my head).

I bought both barrels when I ordered my DS9 IDPA pistol. Only have about 450 rounds through the ported barrel so far. Definitely prefer the 124s over the 147s with that barrel.

Think I'm going to stick with Holosun and Trijicon. Sometimes it's not worth trying to save some money cause it may end up costing more in the end.

I'm getting another pistol in a few months are starting to look for a new red dot. Right now I use Holosuns 507Cs and a Trijicon SRO. I happened to watch an online gun review and the guy had this Gideon Omega red dot that he liked. What caught my attention was that the window is a little bigger than the SRO. I've never heard of Gideon so I went to their website. The dot is less than 1/2 the cost of an SRO and has a lifetime warranty. But like I said I've never heard of them. I could be throwing away $200. Anyone own one of these or come across one? Would love to get some feedback.

When I was still shooting a Glock in CO/LO I bought an aftermarket slide for my G17 and had it milled for a Vortex Venom. This way I still had the OEM slide intact. It's been a while since I shot that gun in competition but I liked it.

Glad you are happy with it. I've got about 1350 rounds through my DS9 IDPA with no ammo-related issues at all. The only issue I've had is that the rear "tangs" of the ambi safety extend just a hair below the beavertail when the safety is on and bite into my firing hand. MPA had me send back the safety and they are going to blend it some more to fix the issue. I have the A3 grip which is pretty aggressive, most people who feel it don't like it but I do. In fact when I shot my Sig P320 X5 at a match this past weekend the gun felt slippery in my hand and I had put silicon carbide on that grip. My hands have gotten used to the "bite" of the A3 grip.