So I was planning on purchasing an STI for competition next February .
Got a little money coming in and thought let's go top tier . Turns out Feb is a long ways away and I'm impatient . So I figure I'll purchase something now , maybe do a trigger job , try some recoil springs and loads . Was even thinkink8ng of taking the slide and putting it up on the bridgeport and milling some lightening cuts . So in the search for my 9mm 1911 I tried a Springfield A2 I believe . I've shot government models in the past but not in comp m Further when I was shooting 1911s I really didn't know what I didn't know . My grip and trigger discipline have greatly matured since . So fast forward to Sunday and aaagggghhhh , I hated it . Don't get me wrong , the thing one holed at eight yards slow fire but that's where it stopped . I have a real h8gh hold and ride the slide with my support hand thumb . The safety is way to low and I stove piped when I rode the slide . I have come to the conclusion that a 1911 is not in the cards for me . Man I feel like a misfit and yet I love XD's and XDM's . Fact is I'm even now looking at the Sig P320 X5 if I can find a friggin 2 to 3lb trigger for it . I do plan on meeting up with a guy to try his STI DVC STEEL so as to completely rule it out but right now 1911s are off the radar . So whatcha think ?
Got a little money coming in and thought let's go top tier . Turns out Feb is a long ways away and I'm impatient . So I figure I'll purchase something now , maybe do a trigger job , try some recoil springs and loads . Was even thinkink8ng of taking the slide and putting it up on the bridgeport and milling some lightening cuts . So in the search for my 9mm 1911 I tried a Springfield A2 I believe . I've shot government models in the past but not in comp m Further when I was shooting 1911s I really didn't know what I didn't know . My grip and trigger discipline have greatly matured since . So fast forward to Sunday and aaagggghhhh , I hated it . Don't get me wrong , the thing one holed at eight yards slow fire but that's where it stopped . I have a real h8gh hold and ride the slide with my support hand thumb . The safety is way to low and I stove piped when I rode the slide . I have come to the conclusion that a 1911 is not in the cards for me . Man I feel like a misfit and yet I love XD's and XDM's . Fact is I'm even now looking at the Sig P320 X5 if I can find a friggin 2 to 3lb trigger for it . I do plan on meeting up with a guy to try his STI DVC STEEL so as to completely rule it out but right now 1911s are off the radar . So whatcha think ?