VigilAndy

Best wishes for a full recovery Rowdy.

My wife is the kind of person that everyone loves working with because she always takes on extra work and responsibilities when no one else will. She really cares about ensuring everything gets done and doesn’t fall apart. Then she comes home and feels the same way you do - frustrated that no one else is stepping up and worried that everything is on the verge of not working. I tell her the only way to start fixing it, is to stop going above and beyond for everyone else. Just say no and only do the things that one person can be reasonably expected to do. Then, the the issues become more pronounced and things get bad for everyone. To the point that those who had been sitting back before simply have to start stepping up. And if they don’t, well it all falls apart. And it should. Sometimes, things have to get bad before they can start to get better. I would just continue doing what you enjoy doing and only taking on what you feel is fair and reasonable for one person to do. And let the chips fall where they may. Don’t spend too much time focusing on how little others are doing. They have already demonstrated to you how they fall short. Don’t let their shortcomings take anything else from your psyche. They will not change unless they have to, and even then maybe not. And in the meantime, you will start to see others like you. And you can try to spend more time with them.

If it’s doing what it’s supposed to - your Mantis should be doing a good job monitoring your trigger pull. I use one and believe what it’s telling me, but it could be misleading me. And at 25,000 dry fire rounds this year, you’ve put a lot of work already. So you aren’t exactly a beginner in terms of dry fire trigger pulls.

Under $1K I’d go with a BUL. For $1,600 you can get an Ithaca. Very nice gun for the money.

Well it's not hard chrome and I don't use it for competition. But it is a CZ refinished in NP3 by Cajun Gun Works and it came out great. I love it. They do hard chrome too.

I’d go for the Bul. My Trophy 1911 is every bit as good as my Les Baer. So far. Both excellent pistols but the Bul was a little cheaper.

Yes, that’s sort of true. Except shooting a 9mm in Limited 10 comes with an inherent disadvantage to major shooters. That disadvantage doesn’t exist in Production. And if I was going to work within that disadvantage, I’d just shoot full limited.

That sure would simplify things and breathe a little life into those divisions. Being very new to the sport though, I’m sure there’s a downside I don’t recognize. Still, I second the motion!

Hey, thanks for doing that legwork. I wonder if that uncertainty is more related to knowing about the availability of the model to them and timing. If they do become readily available in the US market, it would seem to fit in well with their current 92 series offerings. So much so, it would be a glaring absence especially because it’s the first 92xp with a factory RDO cut, something LTT can’t do to the fullsize 92xp.

I put a fullsize slide on an AXG grip module too. But I put the classic wood grips on it. Purely for looks. I do like how it comes into my grip on draw a little better than the X5 Legion. But the trigger on the X5 is better. I think thats a Grayguns trigger. I’m going to send one of them off to the Sig Armorer for a match barrel, probably the X5. But I’m tempted to run with the AXG. I’m not much of a shooter (yet) so Rowdy would be the better perspective for sure on these two. i wouldn’t be surprised if Grayguns comes out with at least the parts to put together a 40 limited. And it would be sweet with a steel frame.

And Bruce Gray! Grayguns upper on an X5 lower I believe. And although the results wouldn’t suggest it, I hear Mason was playing around with an aluminum frame and soon steel frame limited ptypes. But as far as Mason goes maybe it’s one of those if it ain’t broke don’t fix situations.

I don’t like the slide mounted safety. Once I saw the 92X Performance had a frame safety, it was a done deal. Not a bad idea to wait and see what LTT does with defensive 92X Perf with the RDO mount. It’ll certainly have a nicer trigger, not that there’s anything wrong with the stock 92X trigger. But’s LTT’s trigger is so sweet!

Nice solution. I don’t like the cheesy thing taped to the mag either. But at least you don’t need to get another holster for it. One of these days, I’m going to learn how to mold Kydex. If you’re not shy about drilling and tapping your dustcover, you can get a picatinny rail adapter for the TSO from CZ Custom for like $45.

I picked up a 9mm TSO in June had the blended magwell so they’ve been good to go for awhile now. But George16, that’s a heck of a good blending job with your Dremel!

Maybe none. There was talk of this pistol a couple of weeks or so ago on one of the 1911 forums and folks there were guessing it was just going to be the Gersan or Tisas parts being imported and assembled in the US. Like a rebranded version of the EAA that’s also coming out. If the SA-35 is made entirely in the US, that will be a real discriminator. It should also help bring the price for used BHPs back to earth. Win win.