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Some grew up there and got into careers that simply are not transportable. I was lucky, I got into the computer field really early when companies were springing up making PC's, Florida was the perfect place for me.

I wound up buying the Limited Custom. It's a .40 and quite a remarkable piece. I own and have owned a number of .40's Including a Limited Pro and this one is tops. My only complaint is EAA. They bring these models in with one mag, and do not have the replacement mags setup for the magwell, nor bases in stock to upgrade mags. I had hoped with the new website face lift they would turn around but they decided to take an even weirder turn in their legendary "Customer Support" This is a truly strange tactic because the quantities on hand and what shows as available on the web are not even close to reality. So you HAVE to call to verify stock, hang up and go back to empty / append your cart to match the verbal stock confirmation.

That's not a defect, it's a "feed enhancement / reliability" feature.

For sure I was born there, back then I could (and did) walk through town with my 10/22 on my shoulder and nobody gave me a second look. I don't understand how firearms makers stay in places that are restrictive.

Most 9mm ammo in South Florida is either gone or what is left is increasing in price which sort of limits sales. I have a dealer friend who has had other dealers and ranges asking him to sell ammo to them! If a range has no ammo they can't sell firearms or have shooters use the range. Ah, the joy of being a well stocked reloader

The gun stores in Florida have been deemed "essential businesses" and have been open down here the whole while, and judging by the empty shelves I'd say that any company that can re-stock the shelves should be essential

My two with bull barrels do not have the hole bored through... But if they were, as long as the screw is shorter than the hole I'd have no problem with it. The only issue after a lot of rounds may be a gunk buildup in the hole unlikely sufficient enough to cause problems. Keep it clean and you'll likely be GTG. About the muzzle play...There is just a tiny bit of muzzle end play on mine and the barrels are not easily movable.

Oh, wait a minute, that would mean a guy with a SIG .380 with a head shot or CNS hits would not be considered deadly... yup, but "I" won't be volunteering to be an ammo test target any time soon.

Lots of rules in more than one game make no sense. Rule makers do what they do best... make rules. IMO, there should be no divisions. Shoot what you carry... gads what a concept "Practical? Defensive"? It's like the Constitution, people need to define /clarify words that should be clear with anyone with an IQ over 70.

Prices on these are looking very good, but what's the difference, if any? I called a dealer about a Limited Elite (he said he had a limited custom same thing) and he said it just arrived and the serial number was below 00125, did they make so few that they're not going to make them any more?

I've never had a problem paying full MSRP for anything I really wanted, unless the product turns out to not meet the hype or my expectations. Where I DO have a problem is if it turns out that the hype was just that or my expectations were not met. Announcing vaporware L-O-N-G before availability really sucks. When I worked in the tech industry my company would not pre-announce anything until a certain volume was already in warehouses ready to ship. Studies showed (as well as in real life) customers had no problem seeing stuff hit the street in limited volume (like the Beretta X'Perf) but did not appreciate no availability at all. We found that pre-announcing is a double edge sword of sorts. On one hand it "may" prevent buyers from purchasing a competitive product, on the other if volume was totally insufficient (or had long tech delays) to supply demand, customers could get a bad taste waiting for it and would ignore future announcements.

I called the range today and they said the slide had tape glue where the third I would have been. I couldn't see it in the case.

Defibitely a Stock 3 stamped on the slide brand new in a reputable store

I saw a railless all chrome Stock III in 9mm today. I've never seen this variant. I thought all had a dark finish and rails? Maybe a discontinued model ?

Phil since it never happened before, I would suspect a slight copper buildup in the chamber.

I have three Tanfos dating from 1995 to current models and never had a problem with any of their mags. What were the issues you had?

Oh, I forgot to add that the original slide on my limited did not get any frame / slide slop in the fit afterward. I surmise that the frame rails were straight to begin with and the diamond paste leveled the "stock" slide out while minimally affecting the rails on the frame.

Understood I should have said, "I wonder why EAA still has them drilled and tapped" By the underwhelming response I guess most are going with slide mounted optics.

I read this snippet on another site, supposedly gleaned from a Tanfo brochure... but the word is that it's similar to tennifer or Ferritic nitrocarburizing Wonder finish is Tangfoglio's heat treating process for steel. It is not plating, so it will not separate from the base metal. This heat treating process increases the surface hardness, thus decreasing wear, and increasing abrasion resistance. The Wonder finish process creates a self lubricating, corrosion resistant barrier between the surface of the pistol and the underlying metal that is over 12 microns deep. It maintains the superior characteristics of iron carbon steel for rigidty and durability with the look and corrosion resistance of stainless steel.

I could find nothing about fitting / lapping hard chrome slides onto hard chrome frames to guide me and hopefully this will help those who have a similar issue with same maker conversion kits. My new lim pro in .38 super was going to be sitting idle for a while till I could get a quantity of supplies to build super ammo. But, my Tanfo .40 Stock slide "conversion kit" that sat on my 10mm compact kinda sorta fit the Lim pro but was impossible to move the slide fully without extreme effort in both directions. In come my files and stones... nope the hard chrome laughed at them, so I got out the diamond compounds and oils to thin the paste. I started with gun oil, then break free, then break free thinned with marvel mystery oil (worked OK) but Tri-Flow being the thinnest of them all worked the best. The 5 micron paste thinned down with tri-flow got it moving surprisingly fast, then a cleaning, again with thinned down 2.5 micron paste and finished with 1 micron. Clean, oil and it's slicker than owl snot. That diamond lapping paste is the best $12.95 I ever spent!

Nah don't get it... The price is too high... EAA sux... 1911's and striker fired pistols are better. What was the name of the store that has it? Seriously... I like my match a lot more than any 1911 platform gun I own or have owned and thats quite a few. My Tanfo point like the finger of the Maker, have always been 100% reliable AND I never needed EAA for anything but mags.

Since EAA does not (if they ever had) offer scope mounts for a frame mounted scope I think that's odd. I'd always thought that a frame mounted scope would be less problems than a slide mount, but so many use the slide mount, I wonder why EAA still drills and taps holes. Anyone here using a frame mounted optic like the one SSI has?

That's odd, while I don't get light strikes on any of my Tanfos or CZ, my Tanfo all launch a pencil a foot out of the barrel and my SP-01 (AFAIK box stock from the PO) barely nudges the pencil.

That's odd, while I don't get light strikes on any of my Tanfos or CZ, my Tanfo all launch a pencil a foot out of the barrel and my SP-01 (AFAIK box stoch from the PO) barely nudges the pencil.

As I see it: Glock has the LEO business sewn up and it's not about to change. Add to that, in my experience historically LEO armorers (along with city Commissions and their legal team) do not like 1911 platforms. That scary hammer back freaks them out. Staccato still has the "XL" which for better or worse may help them dump reliability perceptions (if the XL is better) with the 2011 Name is nearly everything in business, from Q-tips to Drano, brand name is guarded and defended. Sometimes re-branding works (Datsun to Nissan) sometimes the name destroys you like Ayds diet pills died when AIDS came on the scene. Having a company name that people have to look up whether it has two C's or two T's or both two C's AND two T's may have been a poor choice of name. For my part, I think the name Tanfo and CZ on the slide may just have received a boost in sales.