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That was my thought also.

Thank you, I am looking forward to getting to know it. I don't think they've updated their website schedule prediction since I ordered. Obviously taking significantly longer at this point. Like a month at least and even two or three for some. I'm guessing they have received way more orders than they anticipated.

It came in 12/2. I have approaching about 400 rounds through it at this point. The weather has not cooperated with my schedule so there has been a lot of dryfire. I've only shot my own reloads. RMR 124 JHP with Cleanshot at about 130 PF. Bottom line: I am quite pleased. I ordered the S3 aggressive grip. For me I find it quite aggressive. I've got what I thought was very aggressive grip tape on my Sig X5 but the S3 is much more. I had to adapt to the grip tape on the X5. Even after a year there were still some occasions towards the end of a training session, maybe 200 to 250 rounds, that I'd start to see some scrapes and little bit of blood although during a match it wasn't a problem. The S3 grip is next level. It drew blood very quickly. After dry firing on a regular basis over the past week or so my hands are starting to toughen up so in the end I don't think it will be a problem but I still have a ways to go. I have had second thoughts about whether the S2 grip would have been sufficient. This is my second 2011 following a Prodigy so I don't have any basis for comparison as far as grips from other makers would compare. Since my 1911/2011 background is limited compared to a lot of you guys I can't really give an educated, 1911 connoisseur level, description of trigger, slide/frame fit, lockup, etc. But I can say that I've not had any suggestion that anything is other than very good or perhaps exceptional. Coming from a striker fired background I love the trigger. It breaks just under 2# on a Lyman gauge. Accuracy is all that I could hope for. I've used the supplied MBX mags, Atlas mags, older STI (pre-Staccato) mags and Prodigy mags. All have functioned without a single problem. The 20 round Prodigy mags won't work with the stock base pads; changed to TTI+4. I plunk tested the RMR 124 JHP's out to around 1.160 without issue. I've been shooting my X5 load which is 1.125-1.130 which it seems to like just fine. There has not been any failure to feed, failure to extract/eject. No issues of any kind. I probably just jinxed myself. At this point in time which is still very early in the lifetime of a pistol I am glad I made the purchase. No doubts at all. MPA customer service has been exceptional. Email questions were responded to quickly and completely. There were no issues during the ordering process and the few subsequent minor change orders were accommodated without any drama. Dealing with MPA has been a breath of fresh air. They are really good at that.

I've heard that before and have considered that but never got to the point where it was a strong enough consideration. Having seen how much powder can spray from even a half loaded case I could imagine that would be a reasonable thing to try.

That's a bigger gouge than I've seen on my units. In my experience they do get a bit of a gouge initially but then little further wear. Maybe that is the problem...

I had to do the same. I had a hard time analyzing what was happening but eventually got some feedback on the Ammobot FB group about it probably hanging up on the ejection tab and then getting spit across the room. And powder flying everywhere as you noted. I've never figured out why it did it when running automated but it worked fine manually. As far as the index pawl is concerned there can be a fairly large gouge in it, it will look suspect, but it will often still work just fine.

All of those steps may not be necessary. I don't mean to suggest they are all mandatory. But if you have common problems it is nice to know what people often do to solve them. Good luck.

I won't address those as Auto Drum in particular suggestions as I have never used one but in general the "tips" you are referencing apply to all powder measures in general regardless of manufacturer as good initial set-up and in general ongoing maintenance steps for whatever measure turns you on. All powder measures benefit from running either graphite or cycling a bunch of powder through them prior to first serious use. All powder measures work better when steps are taken to reduce static. A lot depends upon what your specific climate situation is. The static reducing steps you mention are commonly recommended regardless of which measure you are using. I used the Auto Disk for a quite a while as my first powder measure and it works fine but it is not the most flexible solution. I would never go back given any viable alternative which it seems the Auto Drum might be. I have heard positive things but as I said I have no personal experience.

Good timing, I just received a tracking number earlier this afternoon.

This is a good place to start: https://forums.brianenos.com/topic/309450-650-upgrades/ Yes it's for a 650 but there is some similarity other than the priming system.

I don't know if that would be legal for IDPA either given the following: B.1.5.1 Except at the safe area, or when under the supervision and direct command of a SO, shooters must carry their pistol caliber carbine with detachable magazines removed. B.1.5.2 Competitors must use a chamber safety flag when uncased, or clear chamber device, that is externally visible when transporting from to the range or stage to stage. One issue with a dummy magazine is how obvious is it that it is a dummy? If it at all resembles a real mag then at the very least it is going to generate some double takes and make people more than a little uneasy. Just use a chamber flag that everybody is used to seeing with a PCC. Why go looking for trouble.

I agree. The basics seem to be there as far as accuracy goes. I am following a somewhat similar path but not as in depth as yours....I will have to change out the mag release for sure and I switched the thumb safety to a Double Tap single sided shielded. I don't like ambis and even if I did I thought the stock ambi was very wishy/washy. So far I really like the Double Tap. I noticed in your other thread you were looking at the Fusion mag release and I'm looking forward to hearing how that goes as I definitely want to change that also. This will be an entry to USPSA LO as well as IDPA CO. For IDPA CO I would also like an extended slide stop. I see that Fusion has one of those as well as Tri Arc.

That looks like a closer fit than the Dawson one I bought.

True Blue and Silhouette are reasonably close but not exact. True Blue is probably a little more "universal" than Silhouette. You will find 9mm major recipes using Silhouette while True Blue is not typically used there. I've used them both for 9mm minor PF loads around 130. I think True Blue works better for that scenario than Silhouette but people typically recommend a faster powder than either of those for 9mm minor.

That link goes to an empty cart page. I only see two 2011 options on the Dawson website. Is it this: https://dawsonprecision.com/mag-release-for-sti-2011-standard-length-drilled-and-tapped-blue-by-sti-staccato/ or this: https://dawsonprecision.com/mag-releases-for-sti-2011-gen-1-grips-by-dawson-precision/

If you operate the press slowly enough so that you can verify that the primer is sitting in the slide ok will it still result in primers being inserted sideways?

I had not shot it since the 5x5 was implemented.but maybe 5 times before that. Also the original 90 round version also several times. Much more comprehensive tests than the 5x5.

Since Covid there has been slow steady growth at our local IDPA match. More recently there has been a noticeable increase. A lot of new shooters. And not all of them are total newbies. There were 65 shooters at the recent match which included the 72 round classifier. More than half were unclassified and who I'd never seen before. Our local USPSA matches have also had a fair amount of new shooters. Again, some have decent skills coming in. And one unclassified guy who will probably be M/GM by the end of 2024.

I get it. Many feel the same. However for debugging purposes it can sometimes help to sort out a hundred or thereabouts of the most often seen headstamps and process them each separately. See if a particular stamp has more problems than others. Given that there are pocket insertion issues that might be helpful.

It drops in. However before I responded any further I thought I'd take a closer look at it and now I'm not sure how good the fitment actually is. I just installed this yesterday and it dry fired ok and I took it to the range and it functioned ok there. But upon further review as you can see from the picture the right side is not close to being flush with the outside of the frame the way it is on my Pointman 9. Since I'm a novice 1911 guy and a total 2011 newbie I don't know how big a deal this is. Perhaps this is typical for a 2011 installation? Actually I don't think so as I can see that the factory is flush as expected... When a mag is inserted it is closer to being flush. I'm also not thrilled with the button. I'd much rather there was a paddle option. I will look for one. Curious what you guys think... Edited to add: I just talked to Dawson Precision and they were unsure how well it would work, assuming it worked at all, in a Prodigy grip. Given all that I think I'll have to keep on looking; can't recommend it.

You've probably already looked at this option... I installed the Dawson Precision mag release which is tapped and the associated button: https://dawsonprecision.com/mag-releases-for-sti-2011-gen-1-grips-by-dawson-precision/

I didn't realize they'd removed the 3/4" dowel rule for distance from belt. I agree that there is so much subjectivity in the rules it's ridiculous.

Do you sort for headstamps?

Another possibility is that the primer slide actuating lever mount has slid up the tube. That happened to me with a fairly new 1100. In that case it slid so far that it was obviously a problem but I suppose it could slid just that little bit such that it was mostly ok, but sometimes not, as far as primer slide travel was concerned. Also the manual details a process to ensure that your primer slide is properly located when it is retracted to receive the new primer. It is a bit tedious and involves getting high enough to look down through the primer tube while shining a light down at the slide level. If you get the light positioned correctly you can see that the primer slide is where it needs to be to receive the primer.

no way in he!! would I be ok with that