CaptainOverkill

I have a Glock 17 with an RMR as well as plenty of other Glocks with irons. I didn't find the transition very difficult at all. If you can present the gun and the iron sights are right where you want, you can learn to do it with a slide mounted dot pretty easily.

Save up a little more and buy the Max of that's what you want. You're going to spend at least that much adding parts the Max already has to whatever you buy for $1000.

Magazine capacity is the only reason you don't see 45s in Limited. Of course you could likely get pretty far before the mag capacity started to hold you back at all. I rarely shoot my 20 round 40 mags empty before reloading.

Without loading lighter ammo the only things you can do that will make a difference are add weight (heavy magwell, steel grip, bull barrel, etc.) or add ports and/or a compensator. You might be able to soften it up ever so slightly by playing with recoil spring weights, but it won't be a night and day difference. Lightening the slide will make it recoil faster and "flip" less, but it will hit your hands with a sharper impulse. Personally if I was limited to factory ammo and didn't like the recoil of a 40, I'd sell it and buy a 9mm.

I made the Glock to 2011 switch January of this year. At first I thought I had made a big, expensive mistake. I could shoot more accurately with the 2011, but I couldn't shoot it fast for anything. The drastically shorter trigger travel took a while to get the hang of. I feel like it took a couple thousand rounds and a lot of dry fire to get me in sync with the gun.

I just had one melonited (along with the rest of the gun). Very nice flat black finish and has held up well so far, though I've only put a couple hundred rounds through it since the refinish.

I put 1-200 rounds through mine stock then swapped to a 12 lb recoil spring and haven't looked back. All 170+ pf ammo.

Benefits to 40: 1. Cheaper/easier to find brass 2. Cheaper ammo 3. Use the same ammo in Single Stack and Limited 4. Fully loaded mags (8 rounds) seat easier than 8 rd 45 mags 5. No more sorting small/large primer 45 brass Down sides: 1. Fewer factory-build guns to choose from 2. Possibly less reliable as the 1911 is designed to cycle longer ammo. A well built gun will still run fine and you can always load 40 longer like mostly everyone does for 2011s. 3. 1911 snobs will make fun of you for not shooting 45 in "God's gun" My next purchase will be a 1911 in 40. I've shot a few matches with a 45 and really enjoy Single Stack for a change of pace sometimes. I mainly want a 40 so that I can shoot the same ammo I use in my 2011s.

This is a 2011 trait in general, not specific to the TTI parts. It isn't a "feature" - it shouldn't happen but does from time to time. Mine did it last weekend with one of my stock mags.

That's strange. Mine was 2 lbs 2 oz when I got it.

Me too. I was faster at hosing with my G35, but in match-type situations my hit factor is better with the 2011. I'm sure the speed will come with more practice. 0.11 splits weren't "every time, on demand" either. I could easily do .13-14s and sometimes drop down to .11-12. Not that splits mean much in terms of match performance.

When I was shooting a Glock I started out "riding the reset". When I started doing a lot of dry fire practice, I put something in the breach to keep it out of battery so I could press the trigger multiple times. Doing this means there is no break or reset - just pressing the trigger against the tension of the trigger return spring and letting it go forward. One day I realized I was no longer using the reset, but instead just running the trigger as fast as I could while letting it out far enough to make sure it reset. I was able to shoot 0.11 splits on close hoser targets doing this. In my experience f you're trying to feel the reset, you're going to slow.

I had to tune the extractor in my DVC Limited to get it to feed. Then I had to send the slide back around 1200 rounds to get the rear sight replaced (the aperture started getting loose). Then I had to replace the sear spring at 1300 rounds because it wouldn't hold tension (hammer follow). Now I'm at just over 2000 rounds, and it seems to be running strong. For the money I'd expect a little more, but I honestly like the gun so much that I've just dealt with it and moved on. A tuned Edge or a CK gun might be a better value, but I really enjoy my DVC.

Obviously a bull barrel is heavier out front which helps to counter act muzzle rise during recoil. Some feel the extra weight makes them slower to transition. Personally I don't notice that I transition any slower with a bull barrel gun, but that is also what I practice with the most by far.

STI Tactical DS and DVC Limited, both in 40.

I think the need for "tuning up" gets inflated on the internet. My DVC required a little extractor tweaking to run right, but it was nothing I couldn't do myself. Buy it, shoot it, and tweak it if necessary to get it to run. I definitely wouldn't spend extra on any tuning without shooting the gun some first.

That's a good point - I've only started 21+1 in a match once, and then only because it was a 22 round stage.

With MBX 2011 40 mags I can start a stage with 21+1. They are only reloadable up to 20 rounds though - very difficult to seat with the slide closed at 21.

The slide stop on my DVC is hard to engage. At first I thought it wouldn't move at all. I have to sort of wedge my thumb underneath and pry upward to get it to move.

I have a couple that seem to come apart way too easy...hitting the ground or even slamming the mag into the gun will push the floor plate right off. They're 10-ish years old but probably only have a couple hundred rounds each through them.

For me, the "must have" list is basically an Edge type gun (5" bull barrel and long heavy dust cover, adjustable rear sight and fiber optic front) with a good trigger job and STI mags with aftermarket guts. "Nice to have"...add an aggressively textured and undercut grip, lighter slide, SVI trigger with a flat shoe, a tool less guide rod, and MBX mags. I'm not especially picky about magwells.

My thumb is on top of the safety, but not bearing down on it. My thumbs don't really do much more than "float" when I'm gripping the gun.

I am dismal at group shooting, and I can shoot 2-1/2" groups with my DVC 40 with practically any ammo I've tried. Something is definitely not right if you can shoot 2" groups with other guns and are shooting 6" groups with the DVC. Maybe have someone else shoot it some before sending it back to be sure, but that definitely doesn't sound right.

This is the same thing I've observed with a lightened slide vs. full weight in a 2011. I prefer the faster, sharper impulse with the lighter slide, but it definitely hits my hand harder.

My experience was exactly the opposite. I took my beavertails off my gen 4s because I couldn't grip the gun as high due to the extra thickness of the beavertail up top. I get slide bite, but I can shoot the guns better without them.