RippSpeed Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 One project I've been dreaming of is a double stack 1911/2011 style with a small 3.9" Officer slide in 9mm ... My regular gun-smith ( that does my sight installs) showed me his ccw pistol and I fell in love with it... It was a para p18 frame with an officer slide... I would like to follow suit would be a great carry/self defense pistol. But, I was told by a local gunsmith for local USPSA shooters that they're hard or near impossible to make work on a STI frame... I want to build a Officer Slide from SV with a sight tracker from scheumann on a Para or STI frame... What are your guys opinoin ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mda Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 One project I've been dreaming of is a double stack 1911/2011 style with a small 3.9" Officer slide in 9mm ... My regular gun-smith ( that does my sight installs) showed me his ccw pistol and I fell in love with it... It was a para p18 frame with an officer slide... I would like to follow suit would be a great carry/self defense pistol. But, I was told by a local gunsmith for local USPSA shooters that they're hard or near impossible to make work on a STI frame... I want to build a Officer Slide from SV with a sight tracker from scheumann on a Para or STI frame... What are your guys opinoin ??? Limtcat Chaperon maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RippSpeed Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 One project I've been dreaming of is a double stack 1911/2011 style with a small 3.9" Officer slide in 9mm ... My regular gun-smith ( that does my sight installs) showed me his ccw pistol and I fell in love with it... It was a para p18 frame with an officer slide... I would like to follow suit would be a great carry/self defense pistol. But, I was told by a local gunsmith for local USPSA shooters that they're hard or near impossible to make work on a STI frame... I want to build a Officer Slide from SV with a sight tracker from scheumann on a Para or STI frame... What are your guys opinoin ??? Limtcat Chaperon maybe? I'm not interested in a complete pistol... I want to build from scratch... I'm asking if any of you guys have tried to build one from scratch and had any problems with it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 One project I've been dreaming of is a double stack 1911/2011 style with a small 3.9" Officer slide in 9mm ... My regular gun-smith ( that does my sight installs) showed me his ccw pistol and I fell in love with it... It was a para p18 frame with an officer slide... I would like to follow suit would be a great carry/self defense pistol. But, I was told by a local gunsmith for local USPSA shooters that they're hard or near impossible to make work on a STI frame... I want to build a Officer Slide from SV with a sight tracker from scheumann on a Para or STI frame... What are your guys opinoin ??? Limtcat Chaperon maybe? I'm not interested in a complete pistol... I want to build from scratch... I'm asking if any of you guys have tried to build one from scratch and had any problems with it.... From the photo it looks like Lim did and it must work or he would not be selling them. To each his own but....As for building one myself the concept is backwards in my opinion. A long slide is much easier to conceal than a big full size double stack grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RippSpeed Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 My reasoning is I fell in love with the Springfield EMP 9... But I would preffer to have the options to load more than 10rds in a mag... This is the only reason why I haven't purchased a EMP 9 because of the 9rd+1 mag capacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 The STI VIP and a couple para's are both double stack short 1911 designs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 You might try to get a TIKI slide and frame from SVI. woof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mda Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 You might try to get a TIKI slide and frame from SVI. woof You can get a slide, but SV will not sell frames anymore. MDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) Hello: Or you could build something like this. The slightly longer slide works just as well for carry. The wide grip is just fine as long as you remove the magwell. This is my IDPA ESP/carry 9mm. I forgot to add that the bull barrel is 4.180" long. Thanks, Eric Edited July 31, 2011 by Aircooled6racer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RippSpeed Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 Hello: Or you could build something like this. The slightly longer slide works just as well for carry. The wide grip is just fine as long as you remove the magwell. This is my IDPA ESP/carry 9mm. I forgot to add that the bull barrel is 4.180" long. Thanks, Eric thats a very nice pistol... I'm not using this as a ccw ... Basically want to build a STI Edge mini me ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvc4you Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 The STI VIP and a couple para's are both double stack short 1911 designs +1 Forget the building hassle, buy a VIP in 9mm. You might have to wait some months for it though. I tried, had to setle for one in 40, that was in May and I am still waiting. Those VIP are selling like hotcakes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2alpha Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 You will need to machine the frame rails back on the Para or any frame other than a true Commander, other wise you will fight short slide travel problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 (edited) You will need to machine the frame rails back on the Para or any frame other than a true Commander, other wise you will fight short slide travel problems. Exactly! I built a gun for a friend of mine several years ago using a Caspian Officer's length slide and a Caspian Commander style frame because he wanted the concealability of the short slide but the full mag capacity of the full length frame. The combo functioned great. Edited August 2, 2011 by 392heminut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Remember, a std. frame rails are .100 to long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodownzero Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 My reasoning is I fell in love with the Springfield EMP 9... But I would preffer to have the options to load more than 10rds in a mag... This is the only reason why I haven't purchased a EMP 9 because of the 9rd+1 mag capacity I really love my EMP. It's fun to shoot and not bad to carry, either. Hello: Or you could build something like this. The slightly longer slide works just as well for carry. The wide grip is just fine as long as you remove the magwell. This is my IDPA ESP/carry 9mm. I forgot to add that the bull barrel is 4.180" long. Thanks, Eric That looks like a great gun. Does it feed factory length JHP ammo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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