unclez Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I'm having a hard time deciding and thought I would ask the advice of the fellow B.E.'ers. Heres the deal. I want a 1911 in a 9mm and had basically decided i wanted the STI Trojan. Now the problem is nobody has them in stock and STI lists a 16+ week production time. I have fallen back to my second gun in line which was the Springfield Loaded. Is there really that much of a quality difference to justify waiting the 16+ weeks or should I drive on down to my local retailer and pick up the Springy today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 If a used one will work they pop up on USPSA or here in Classifieds with some frequency.. I would have a hard time waiting for 16 weeks for any gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R/T Performance Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 9mm only 9+1 heck I get 8+1 in my 45. Love my black stainless loaded 45 with the novak adj. night sight. Not a big fan of the ils but I manged to mdify the hammer spring to get the trigger better. won single stack at the last club match with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Trojans are nice, just be willing to hand it over to your gunsmith when it comes from the factory and he will be able to make it work. And it's a long wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinney Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 My Trojan 9mm with 9 round Metalform mags worked 100% from the factory. Now, I hear the .40s need work, lots of it. For what its worth, the SA 9mm 1911s are nice enough, but accuracy reports are varied.... my Trojan would tear one ragged hole in 25 yd slow fire off a rest, but the SA would make softball sized groups. YRMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 They are both good to go. I'd buy the springer..I don't there is that much difference to wait 1 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclez Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 I had emailed every one of the STI stocking dealers last week and nobody had one in stock. But just got off the phone with Kathy at Dawson's and she verified that they DID have one of the Trojan 9mm 5" pistols in stock. So now needless to say I am now $966.60 (shipped) poorer. I've heard good and bad reports of the Trojan 9mm. Got my fingers crossed that I get a good one. Should have it by the end of the week. Will update when I get to run it a little. Any suggestions on mags, etc...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 The Trojans in 9mm are good to go from the box. The trojan in 40 needs barrel ramp work done to alleviate the feed problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinney Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 (edited) IMHO, the ONLY mag to run is a "Springfield" Metalform 9rd 9mm mag with the "front spacer"......... do not try to use 38 Super mags with factory 9mm OAL bullets, you will not be happy. http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/Pro...S+for+1911+AUTO BTW, I would have bought this one, $850 including mags off of our very own forum: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=40167 Edited October 16, 2006 by sfinney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclez Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 Aww man! I called myself doing a search through the classifieds and just didn't see that. Good deal. Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD Niner Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 A used 9mm Trojan just went up for sale on the USPSA classifieds a few mintues ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxshooter Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 My wife shoots a Springfield Loaded 9mm and loves it. It has run 100 % since I took it out of the box. The only thing we have done is a trigger job using all of the original parts except the mainspring and the recoil spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclez Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 Update: Ordered the pistol Monday and picked it up from my FFL Tuesday (next day). Can't say enough about Dawson's, great people to deal with. I had them switch the front sight post to a Dawson .100 fiber optic. Everything looks great. Finish and fit is great. Very smooth. First thing I did when I got it home was strip it and clean/lube everything. Came with a 9mm Mec-Gar mag. Just ordered a S&A magwell and 4 of the 9mm Metalform (Springy) mags with bumpers as described above in a previous post. Now I've got to make some time to get out run it a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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