I have a hard time believing that all the changes (the names, even) in the past year or so is just marketing. There are too many changes to a "duty ready" group of pistols to make me feel confident.
And there are a flurry of builders who, all of a sudden, say they can build a reliable 2011. Is the magic in the mags, or with the gunsmith? If it's in the mags, then putting new mags in old 2011's should make them run, or paying Chambers, NH, or Atlas to build a pistol is a waste. If the magic lies with the gunsmith, then why haven't they been able to make them run in the years prior? If there needs to be changes to both, then the old 2011's are useless? There are just too many scenarios that discount proven gunsmiths or current production claims.
With 1911's, I use Wilson or Tripp mags as the gauge. If the gun won't run with those mags, the gun is wrong. It's a nice place to start evaluating the pistol. Looking at @
Duke 's pile of mags makes me thing there's no good starting point with the 2011.
I still want to get on this train. but I guess I'll wait, like I have for years