Harlow

Doesn't everyone claim their barrels are more accurate? I wouldn't worry about it that much. Even shooting a sport like USPSA the mechanical accuracy of your gun is going to be extremely low on the list of reasons why somebody shot a Delta-Mike-No shoot on a stage. People have been shooting nicely fit 1911's in bullseye competitions for many decades now, but you don't see all the 1911 shops using polygonal rifling. I'd imagine the final fitting of the gun and design of the barrel lockup plays a much more significant role in accuracy than the type of grooves that make the bullet spin.

I understand why people use thumb rests, but at the same time, this doesn't really make any sense for a competition gun at all. I guess if you really just want to shoot open minor, then go for it.

Why not just shoot production when your gun is in the shop?

All these photos are really making me consider converting my 9mm Limited Custom to an open blaster. I really just don't want to deal with sending it out to get a comp fitted though.

I was just able to get my arched Dawson msh into my STI plastic grip and absolutely find it easier to acquire my sights. I had a flat msh on a 1911 that I sold, and found the flat just didn't work with what my hands wanted to do, and I was too stubborn to practice with it till it worked. As much as I like the arched I may eventually get a wedge to see if it feels any better, but right now I at least know I prefer arch to flat. It's always gonna come down to preference as usual. What works for one may not for others.

Thanks for this. I have a big bottle of liquid chalk for the gym and a half bottle of progrip that have both dried out. Idk why I hadn't tried this yet.

This is not the first time I've heard of some truly weird stuff coming out of Midway 's warehouse. Curious what the story really is on this barrel.

That's a heck of a deal. My advice is to shoot it. A lot.

Sell the TSO and buy 2 PT Evo grips and you're set.

I'm getting 20 not reloadable in one of my tti basepads with factory guts. 19 reloadable in another tti/factory guts. And 19 reloadable with a brass Taylor freelance and factory guts.

I'm a huge fan of the palm swell bogies I have on my shadow 1. I wear L-XL gloves fwiw.

Ooh I hadn't seen this in my searching. It looks exactly like what I've been wanting and at a pretty nice price too. Thanks.

That makes sense. I have some.vogel sights on my Glock and they're definitely my favorite set of sights.

Slide lock reloads damaging an ejector is definitely good information that I wasn't aware of before. What do people do in idpa divisions where 1911's and 2011's are often reloaded at slide lock? Is the answer as simple as "just don't jam the mag in super hard"? I shot a little bit of idpa with my 1911 but never really did it enough to have any issues pop up. I guess I was being gentle because I never over inserted a mag either.

This is the first time I've seen it, and I think it's one the sweetest 2011's I've ever seen. Wow.

Thanks for the suggestion. I actually have a Dawson steel MSH coming in the mail tomorrow for just that purpose. It's a shame no one makes brass main spring housings, hah.

I'm really tempted because my edge has a polymer grip and I'd really like the extra weight. Only thing is I have Dawson basepads which apparently don't work with the magwell. Don't really want to shell out more money for tti pads.

Nice photo, Mac. What grips are those? They look like PD polymers, but I didn't think they made those for magwell guns.

Yup, gonna have to go with a kydex holster. I'm keeping the SJC frame weight on my setup since I already have a modified CR Speed WSM and a few ounces isn't worth that big of an investment. Especially since I just bought a 2011.

Have fun with the gun. That's a pretty impressive group standing unsupported. I had one and swapped some springs to get it running with my handloads before I ended up selling. Decent polymer gun for the price, I sold mine cause I didn't like shooting with a slide mounted dot that much. Guy I sold it to ran it through a match without any issues the next day, hah.

I really prefer to have a deep rear notch. It definitely helps me track the fiber easier and makes acquiring the front sight from a draw quicker. I had a 1911 with a really shallow rear sight notch and I had a few issues during a match where I recall losing the fiber underneath the notch. Doesn't help that the gun was very much oversprung, but all things equal I still like to have a little extra room to help find the fiber.

Only time I occasionally take the powder out is if I'm changing heads for a different caliber. Even then I prefer to love the powder in the hopper, and take the risk of spilling it, as I've accidentally dumped powder into the wrong jug and ruined a half pound of pistol powder. Never doing that again.

Well this way they can release a gen 2 without finger grooves and market it as an upgrade.

Looks like limcat has a brass version of the magwell that weighs 7.8 ounces. https://www.limcat.com/limcat-2011-steel-insert-magw-brass Seems to be the heaviest magwell readily available right now.

I'm all of the above. I have lok bogies, grip tape and hand lotion. Doesn't help that I get soaked in sweat in the Florida heat.