I'm looking forward to this... Does the testing start Monday, then?
Have you got leather/kydex already, and will you be staying appendix?
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I'm looking forward to this... Does the testing start Monday, then?
Have you got leather/kydex already, and will you be staying appendix?
No. The guns have not been completed yet. It will be a while before the test begins. In the meantime, I expect to reach at least 75k on the Glock 17.
I'll definitely be staying with appendix carry. I'm hoping to get one of John Ralston's new aiwb rigs for it (which have been tested extensively in conjunction with a Springfield Professional Operator) as well as hopefully a Keeper from prdator. I've already got mag pouches on the way from Custom Carry Concepts.Quote:
Have you got leather/kydex already, and will you be staying appendix?
Speaking of mags, a nice supply of 10rd 9mm magazines from Wilson and Tripp are also inbound.
That's three questions. You're fired.
9mm because, as mentioned earlier, I've done the "year of high volume .45" thing and it was painful. Also, while the difference is small, there is a serious mental line in the sand for me between a 7/8 round magazine and a 10rd mag. I'm already going to be slightly below my own personal comfort level in terms of on-board ammo (12+1 being my personal magic number). And let's face it, I'm just a 9mm kind of guy.
Regarding reliability, Jason Burton of Heirloom Precision spent a considerable amount of time discussing the issues with me and convinced me that a well put together 9mm 1911 should run as reliably as a well put together .45 1911. (I would have loved to get a pair of Jason's guns, but spec'd out as I wanted them they would have cost almost as much as a year's worth of our mortgage and my wife is just crazy unreasonable about stuff like that)
In addition, I had a chance to discuss the project at length with Ken Hackathorn. Ken has a fondness for the 9mm 1911 and provided some great insights into running it day to day.
9 mm 1911. I am looking forward to this one.
I am also looking forward to a new p-t.com class, "AFHF with BUG".
Hah, I wish I had known that when I took his class last year. I had a 9mm 1911 hidden away in my range bag as a backup gun, but I was afraid I'd be kicked out of the class for being a heretic if I brought it out.
Consequently, I sold it (an STI Trojan) because an M&P9 with every bell and whistle I could imagine (okay, maybe not the reflex sight) still cost less than the "basic" 1911. I'm hoping to see lots of problems with the new PT test guns so I don't get tempted to go the 1911 route again.
BUT WE WANTS IT, PRECIOUS
Quiet, you!
I'm impressed!!!
My prediction though as I've seen with the .45 HRT guns that use Nowlin barrels, the barrel will crack or the lugs will shear off ~30k rounds.
I could be wrong but I'm sticking to it :cool:
Forgot to ask, by the way, but will Springfield Armory be involved in this at all? Or are they just selling a pair of pistols to some guy named Todd?
You're the first person that's said so to me. They're 9rd, yes?
The Wilson ETM mag has been universally recommended to me by the people I trust with the most experience running/building 9mm 1911s. The only complaint I've heard is that they will not always drop free when there are rounds still in the mag, and that the Tripp mags solve that problem.Quote:
Then comes Tripp.
I've been largely unhappy with WC "subcaliber" mags. But that is just my experience.
The gun is coming with a pair of SA mags, and I've got a dozen Wilson ETM and half a dozen Tripp mags on the way.
I answered the caliber question above. I don't understand the other questions.Quote:
But bravo Todd! 'Bout time a 1911 got mixed up here. Can I ask: who, what, how, and why to the caliber choice?