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At gulf coast blackout was 178 out of my open gun (Not an MPA). Every time I chrono black dot it ends up between 178-180. Hot, but it's been very reliable and accurate. I wish it was a little more around 170-172
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You are not old at all. I started at 29, 33 now and I don't see a disadvantage physically to younger shooters. I think if you are physically capable of standing for the duration of the match, you will be good. Good luck!
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He has full classes posted on there and many different topics from gear to training. He's putting a lot of great information out for free!
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On 2/15/2024 at 10:54 PM, EvilNuff said:
Just received my Vudoo Priest today, only had the chance to put about 70 rounds through it but very impressed so far. Definitely something for folks to consider.
what was your wait time for the priest ? Did you go with the hybrid grip ? Thanks
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On 7/21/2023 at 10:03 PM, Akkid17 said:
Just wanted to put a quick early impressions of the Vudoo priest double stack in case anyone was thinking about picking one up.
TLDR: Like it, would buy again. Had a couple issues, Vudoo was very responsive and helped resolve them. Overall good experience.
Order process and options:
Ordered it early March and shipped end of April almost 7 weeks to the day, they updated me during the wait time and had an additional option of bull or bushing barrel that I was able to change to bull barrel at no additional charge. Got the tan version with black barrel and controls, RMR optic cut with back up iron sights and the additional iron rear accessory for bolting into optic screws. Picked the medium flat trigger as well. Impressed with options and features for a sub $3500 semi custom gun.
Initial impressions:
Finish on the pistol when it arrived was excellent, no dings, scratches, thin spots or any other cosmetic blems. The blacked out portions looked great and the all black and tan (no uncoated/stainless on pistol) looked great too. Trigger was good, pretty standard semi-custom 1911/2011 trigger, didn't put a scale on it but was approximately 3.5-4 lbs. Slide to frame fit and lock up on barrel all were excellent, little to no wiggle on slide and no drag or hang up slowly putting back into battery on barrel hood to breech face. Hammer spring felt soft, but all controls functioned and trigger, disconnector and safety all functioned fine. Optic install went without issue (SRO), and adding the back up iron emitter hood was easy and makes a great lower 1/4 co-witness, rear is non-adjustable so the only way to adjust would be drifting front and if elevation is too far off you'd have to either shave down the front or buy a new taller one to change it. Also, a great extra is that the pistol comes with 2 - 20 round MBX magazines.
First shots:
Metal grip and slide to frame fit as well as the weight of a made the gun shoot very smooth, even a little sluggish with my 147gr JHP competition load (avg: 923 fps 135pf) and even had a couple of fails to feed using my atlas mags. Recoil spring weight was either 10 or 12lbs from factory which for this load is too heavy and caused it not to cycle fast enough, (later swapped with 8lb wolff spring and resolved the issue) I did not have this issue with the factory set up using the MBX mags it seemed due to the feed angle and the stronger mag spring. After swapping out the recoil spring I didn't have any more feeding issues with the 147JHP load. On a side note, I didn't have any feeding issues using factory ball ammo (115gr, 124gr and 147gr). Using factory S&B I had a few instances of light strikes (previously noted light feeling hammer spring), and when running the gun fast (doubles and bill drills) I had 2 instances of hammer follow. Accuracy was stellar, zeroed the SRO (5moa) at 20 yards using a USPSA target headzone as the aiming point, I shot several 2-2.5" 5-shot groups shooting the A-box out of the target. All shooting was done standing shooting freestyle with no rest. First range session was about 220-250 rounds of about 180-200 handloads and 50 mixed factory 115-147gr.
Issues and how they were resolved:
Fail to feed on softer comp loads: changed to 8lb recoil spring (did not have issue using mags that came with the gun or factory FMJ ammo)
Light strikes on harder primer factory ammo: changed to 18lb hammer spring
Doubling/Hammer follow: found trigger was adjusted with too little overtravel and was basically riding the sear, backed out trigger screw to allow for good overtravel and reset (also tweaked the disconnector leg of the sear spring as well just to be on the safe side) No further issues.
Customer service and additional info:
Did the troubleshooting on my own then contacted Vudoo about the issues I had and asked if they had any other thoughts on what might need to be done or if they a different diagnosis on the problems. Found out they had a supply issue with the initial batch of main/hammer springs that were coming in under 15lbs and therefore with harder primer ammo or primers not fully seated there would be light strikes, they said it has since been resolved and future pistols were shipping with the appropriate springs. Also, it's somewhat of a know issue with the recoil springs being a tad heavy for minor PF ammo, especially heavy, slow bullets and that their guys swap to a lighter recoil spring for that but they set the guns up so that they will work well with standard factory ammo and not beat the gun up. The guy a talked to was apparently the CEO, which was wild that he would be the one to help me trouble shoot, super helpful and friendly. He even gave me his personal number when I missed his call toward the end of the business day to make sure we could get the issues I was having figured out before the holiday weekend. After our conversation he asked me to call back when they got back to the office the following week to make sure everything we discussed and I changed worked out, when I called back the next week he was working in the shop and had to call me back but did so within 30min. Overall customer service was phenomenal.
What I like, what I'd change and overall impression:
Lots to like on this gun, it's a semi-custom 2011 from a company that is know for building quality guns, albeit 22lr precision rifles, fit and finish were great, coating was excellent and thus far has held up well. I have about 2500 rounds through it at this point and had only one more malfunction after the initial changes (shooting weak hand I had a fail to feed, pulled that mag and didn't have the issue again). I love that it is a direct milled optic mount, I really don't like plate systems as I see them as an additional failure point as well as increasing the optic height which I also don't like. Price for features this gun pretty much stands alone in the market, similar price to a staccato XL but has a milled slide, metal grip, and more options. Texture on the grip is also interesting and I have grown to like it a lot, it has the aggressive micro pockets on the front and back strap but the wavy grooves on the sides for support hand traction. The bonus of the rear side mod they have for the RMR/SRO is great, and the optic cut itself was great, almost no slop with the optic in the slot without screws, had the recoil bosses to keep it in place and take strain off the screws and it rides the SRO very close to the top of the slide wo its about as low as you can go without cutting an additional relief for the housing. The slide it also machined to have a full width platform for the optic to ride on and screw into the slide which is a problem with a lot of other pistols accommodating the RMR footprint since the screws are so far apart. And red dot 9mm 2011's are a cheat code for fun and accuracy, I shot one of my most accurate matches with this gun and punched easy alphas at 25-35 yards at speed during a classifier match and our state match.
If I were to make any changes it would probably be the slide weight, it is fairly heavy and makes the gun feel a touch sluggish with minor PF ammo and 147gr projectiles, it's a little better with lighter bullets that are still closer to the minor PF floor. And I was pretty bummed that I had 3 essentially compounding issues, that's how it can be with being an early adopter though (sig fans know what that's like).
Overall I have no regrets about getting this pistol. Fit, finish, accuracy, reliability (after some tweaks) has been great and price to features is unbeatable at this point. If I keep shooting LOptics I will definitely be buying a second one as a backup.
Thank you for this awesome review. How do you like their iron setup (the rear inside the sro?)
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For the folks getting 2011s built for LO, are you going with backup irons or just dot ?
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I’ve been using 9.7gr with 124 Everglades RN 172 PF, 8lb recoil spring. comp works great but you definitely feel it in the hand. A friend gave me a few rounds loaded with 7.8gr of silhouettes, dot tracking was about the same but it felt a little softer.
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Has anyone used a magwell with this yet ?
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If it’s more than 26-27 or 26 and some steel I’ll start with 155 and reload to another 155. 170s if 25 and less. 140 is backup and Barney
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I had my first open gun built by Bad Dog Customs out of Coleman Tx. Check my post history, I posted a little write up about my experience.
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46 minutes ago, Hollow-Point said:
Was this using AA7?
Bad Dog customs 9 major 2011. 5 inch barrel with akai comp and 2 poppleholes
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This past weekend I Chrono’d 9.0, 9.2, 9.4, 9.6/9.7. (I have all the data if anyone wants it)
The 9.7 had the least amount of dot bounce and felt better/“softer” than the rest. I’m using a 7# spring.
But like others said, practice and dry fire is the most important. -
I just got these results on Sunday.
9.6-9.7 aa7 over 124gr Everglades RN.
9 major Bad dog customs open gun.
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On 3/27/2023 at 11:21 AM, HesedTech said:
For a plated bullets Everglades heavy plate will stand up to at least 1400 fps. Price is right, very consistent and loads easily.
https://www.evergladesammo.com/bullets/handgun-bullets/9mm-124gr-rn-plated-bullets-v2.html
I’ve been using these for my first open load. Chrono’d today at 170-175 with 9.6grn of aa7. Good accuracy too.
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14 minutes ago, RJH said:
I just checked and found his email bdcguns@yahoo.com
Just talked to colt:
bdcguns@yahoo.com
+1 (325) 214-4296 / call or text. Leave a voice mail if he doesn’t answer, might not hear it right away.
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I’ll be happy to send anyone videos of the gun running at matches, just PM me your number or you can add me on instagram at thepage.of.eli , I post videos on there.
Gun has been running great. I’ve used blackdot ammo and reloads with aa7 and blazer brass processed by Everglades.
it did also cycle factory 124gr but obviously the comp didn’t work to its full ability.
Finally bought a chrono so I’ll be doing some more ammo testing this weekend. Blackdot ran amazing, just a little too hot at 180-182pf.
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16 minutes ago, mwx40x40 said:
That’s an awesome blaster you have there. Sure miss shooting the plastic guns with you in Georgia.
Miss shooting with you too, hopefully I’ll be back in Area 6 soon.
Thank you all for the replies, Colt makes great guns and I’m really excited to run this and hopefully win some matches with it -
On 2/25/2023 at 5:45 PM, ajewell93 said:
That’s a fine blaster. I took off my grip tape and immediately regretted it.
Funny, I took my grip tape off recently and wish I had done it sooner. I prefer the chalk without it
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Black Dot Chrono data, 2 holes, Akai comp:
1458
1479
1451
1463
1467
1452
1466
1461
1449
1466
1431
1435
1458
1447
Temp: 50 degrees
Humidity: 33%
Elevation: 1488 ft
Cycled perfectly but just a little too hot out of my gun, in my opinion.
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Inspired by @engineerjet's experience post so I thought I would write my experience with Bad Dog Custom Guns.
I have been shooting USPSA since 2019, mainly in carry optics but have always wanted to shoot Open division. Since moving to West Texas I have been shooting with a lot of guys running Bad Dog custom guns and the builder himself, Colt.
I was able to shoot a few different Open and Limited guns built by Bad Dog customs and see a lot of them run flawlessly run during matches. I liked the idea of actually knowing who is building my gun so I decided to ask Colt to build me one in 9 Major.
I gave him the deposit on 23NOV22 and he estimated the build will take 4 months. I took possession of the pistol on 17FEB23. 3 Months!
Colt asked me exactly what I wanted, helped me decide on parts combination, and advised on what will and won't work. Keep in mind this is my first open gun so having someone answer the million questions I had was very assuring. I also got to pick the exact slide design I wanted, which was neat. He also asked me to send him my MBX magazines so he can make sure they will work with the gun.
During the 3 months, Colt regularly sent me picture and video updates on the different stages of my build and continued to answer any questions I had.
The day I went to pick up my gun he had ammo ready for me to test fire. I also brought some ammo with me that I was able to shoot.
At pickup he went over the gun with me in detail, cleaning and service recommendations, and even offered to show me how to take the grip apart in the future when I need to.
I am extremely happy with my experience with Bad Dog Custom Guns out of Coleman, Tx and would recommend them to anyone.
Check them out on FB and Instagram if you want, Bad Dog Custom Guns:
https://instagram.com/baddog_customs?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Here is a picture of my open gun:
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Thank you for making this. Very informative (I had no idea what a trigger dyno was before this).
Are you going to test the performance trigger with a minus connector ?
Ive seen some posts/videos of folks getting around 2.5lbs using a (-) connector and performance trigger.
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On 2/2/2023 at 6:19 PM, Blueknight749 said:
I was at a match last year and I seen Eley Ammunition was selling 9maj and 38SC and they claimed guaranteed pf loads. They are worth a shot.
They sell 38sc but the 9 that’s certified is 9 minor. They won’t be making 9 major anytime soon. I wish tho since I live so close to them
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On 1/26/2023 at 7:47 PM, waynes_world_45 said:
172 out of a CK shorty. Haven't chronoed out of my MPA yet.
Awesome, thank you. Got some coming and gonna test them out soon!
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Is it a service they do only for Atlas guns or any open gun ?
For $4000 is there anything better than the MPA DS9 LOC for Limited Optics?
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Did you end up getting your Priest ?