lroy Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 What's the coating on these? Seems like a lot of wear for only 3500 rounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akkid17 Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 Cerakote, that’s pretty typical on the frame rails for a high contact point like that for cerakote. Almost zero holster wear on it though (didn’t take pics since it didn’t seem necessary). The barrel wear is slightly more concerning but not overly so since it appears cosmetic at this point, but I’ll definitely keep an eye on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglee25 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I have mine due in on the 26th. I was hoping to have it by the weekend, but it took 3 days to ship after they had my CC info (purchased from a dealer, not Vudoo for the record). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seakphotog Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 On 12/22/2023 at 3:15 PM, Akkid17 said: Cerakote, that’s pretty typical on the frame rails for a high contact point like that for cerakote. Almost zero holster wear on it though (didn’t take pics since it didn’t seem necessary). The barrel wear is slightly more concerning but not overly so since it appears cosmetic at this point, but I’ll definitely keep an eye on it Thanks for your continuing updates on the Priest. Please keep us updated on the barrel wear. This is likely to be my next 2011 purchase once my gun budget rebounds after an expensive 2023. Happy New Year from Juneau! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat259 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 IMO, I would say that is just normal wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli_a Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 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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EvilNuff Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Hope you don't mind me chiming in on your review. I received my Priest today and am very impressed. I only had time to run about 70 rounds through it but it ran flawlessly. Everything is tight and smooth. Very accurate, feels great. Like I said early impression but very positive so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 EvilNuff what was you wait time for your gun ? I am 3-4 week out now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNuff Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 On 2/18/2024 at 7:43 AM, stock said: EvilNuff what was you wait time for your gun ? I am 3-4 week out now I ordered end of October and they said at that point 10-12 weeks wait. Actual time was 16 weeks, not sure if the holidays slowed that down or not. Shot it again today and am really impressed. I shot about 250 more rounds through it, some blazer brass 124 and some cheap American Eagle 115, absolutely flawless so far. Everything is very tight no failures of any kind as of yet. I wish I could compare it to some other 2011s like Staccatos and Atlases but I have not shot them, just held them. In my low skill level eyes/hands it feels every bit as good as an Atlas. It feels quite a bit nicer than the Staccato P and XLs I have held as far as build quality. (Again I have not fired those just held them.) I have fired my friends custom infinity open gun and this feels like a 9mm version of that gun. Please take that comment with a heavy dose of skepticism as I am not a good enough shooter for that quality of gun to make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcsign Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Huh. I was looking at these a couple of weeks ago, but couldn’t decide if I liked the styling… it’s kind of grown on me though, especially after seeing some of the color combinations/variations. ‘Feels similar to an Infinity’ seems pretty promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNuff Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 There's another thread here about classic lines and I think the Priests hit that to a T. I opted for Tungsten with black accent pieces and, IMO, it is just a gorgeous gun. Again though, I want to stress, I am not a pro shooter by any means I use the Infinity as a comparison as that's the only other high quality gun I have fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNuff Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Oh another note on the Priest I got a Red Hill Tactical 2011 holster for "2011 Custom Framed 5"" and it fits the priest perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akkid17 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 On 1/21/2024 at 5:01 PM, Eli_a said: Thank you for this awesome review. How do you like their iron setup (the rear inside the sro?) The iron sight in the SRO is a very cool concept but I wouldn’t do it again. As soon as the SRO clouds a little it makes seeing the irons very difficult. For me this was a competition only gun and having backup irons isn’t necessary for that role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNuff Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 14 hours ago, Akkid17 said: The iron sight in the SRO is a very cool concept but I wouldn’t do it again. As soon as the SRO clouds a little it makes seeing the irons very difficult. For me this was a competition only gun and having backup irons isn’t necessary for that role. To me the purpose of the backups is if the battery dies or there's another problem. For example taking the LTC practical requires iron sights not optic here. I agree it isn't needed but it is nice to have as a backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akkid17 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 On 2/23/2024 at 7:41 AM, EvilNuff said: To me the purpose of the backups is if the battery dies or there's another problem. For example taking the LTC practical requires iron sights not optic here. I agree it isn't needed but it is nice to have as a backup. And that’s why I got it initially. Having used it and seeing the potential performance with a clouded optic makes it unnecessary for my use, if this were a carry/duty/tactical-ish gun it would make more sense. Plus it’s secured by the optic screws so if they fail the the rear sight is gone further diminishing its necessity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNuff Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 On 2/24/2024 at 11:24 AM, Akkid17 said: ...Plus it’s secured by the optic screws so if they fail the the rear sight is gone further diminishing its necessity. That is an excellent point, thank you for raising it. I probably would skip the backup if I ordered another but right now I've no desire to have another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat259 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Just received mine and am very impressed. The fit, finish, and feel of it is awesome. I have not shot it yet, but will sometime next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Goat259 how long ago did you order your pistol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNuff Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On 3/22/2024 at 11:28 AM, Goat259 said: Just received mine and am very impressed. The fit, finish, and feel of it is awesome. I have not shot it yet, but will sometime next week. Let us know how you think it shoots? I've only got around 500-750 rounds through mine but so far it has been flawless. I am slightly more accurate and slightly faster with several drills with the Priest than I am with my S2 (as you would hope for the price difference). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat259 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On 3/23/2024 at 8:16 AM, stock said: Goat259 how long ago did you order your pistol? Stock, I put my order in October 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNuff Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Found one issue with my Priest. Borrowed two Atlas 126mm mags from a friend and interestingly the Priest locks back with a round in the mag. This happens both mags, every time, I can replicate with dummy rounds. Doesn't matter how many rounds I load the slide locks with 1 round in the mag. I am guessing its a follower problem with the Atlas followers in the Priest but I haven't explored that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 1 hour ago, EvilNuff said: Found one issue with my Priest. Borrowed two Atlas 126mm mags from a friend and interestingly the Priest locks back with a round in the mag. This happens both mags, every time, I can replicate with dummy rounds. Doesn't matter how many rounds I load the slide locks with 1 round in the mag. I am guessing its a follower problem with the Atlas followers in the Priest but I haven't explored that yet. Borrow the slide stop from your friends gun and compare it to yours. If it fits in your Priest, see if it locks back with 1 round left in the mag. Nolan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 4 hours ago, Nolan said: Borrow the slide stop from your friends gun and compare it to yours. If it fits in your Priest, see if it locks back with 1 round left in the mag. Nolan Yup, that's usually a slide lock problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNuff Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 How is it a slide lock problem when the followers on the mags are different and it works 100% with one and not the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhowert33 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 I want a Priest so bad. Sheesh these look so nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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