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The only guys who I know who must carry SA Pros are FBI SWAT and I suppose HRT might also.   My Illinois based FBI SWAT buddy has a couple of Pros, one is usually in the shop due to their inability to hold up to serious training use.  

I used to have a Dan Wesson Pointman 9 and I have a friend who has another Dan Wesson 9mm.  I have had a couple of RIA 1911s that shot 9mms.  Why spend a boatload of cash on a 9mm 1911 when you can get a Citadel Legacy (made by Armscor who makes RIA) for less than 400 before tax? Knowing what I know now I would always opt for a Armscor-made 1911 before I would shell out big money for "big" name 1911 unless I needed a purpose-made custom 1911. I know a guy who has over 50 1911s and I am sure he would say I am full of it, although he did have 4 Armscor 1911s in that count at one time and at least one of my parts builds.

Thanks guys.  I am pretty amped up to run this rig against my Ruger 22/45 MKIII that has also been tweaked.  And for giggles I'll slap on the .45 upper and give it a whirl with big fat bullets.

FEG PJK-9HP - that is one of the guns I wish I hadn't traded off after using it as a platform to learn how to do a "BHP" trigger job.

I have to give a plug to the Ed Brown 1911 sear jig. This probably saved me a full auto situation.      http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/handgun-tools/trigger-tools/1911-sear-jig-prod1299.aspx   I eyeballed the hammer hooks but used feeler gauges to make sure that I stayed safe when free hand stoning.   Although I didn't have the Power Custom Series 1 that Brownells used, my own collection of stones and the Ed Brown jig, as well as a Lyman digital trigger pull gauge allowed me to get the trigger to feel really nice.  I suggest this for the kitchen table 1911 armorer:    http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=10297/GunTechdetail/2-lb-Trigger-Pull

I put the parts 1911 frame to the test with the Nelson conversion. First of all being that the innard parts to this 1911 frame came from who knows where I was quite pleased that it functioned so well. I did stone the sear and hammer hooks, as well as bent the correct legs to get a nice 3.75lb crisp trigger pull. Went to my buddy's house outside the city limits and borrowed his suppressor. Loaded one round, then two rounds and then three rounds and then ran full mags. Feed, fire, extraction and slide lock back after last shot were perfect with all ammo tested, all standard velocity: Fiocchi, SK, Eley Club, Eley Target, Wolf Match Rifle, CCI SV. https://www.facebook.com/NelsonCustomGuns

why doesn't a legitimate pistolero do a review shooting this thing with one hand fast close in?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1559&v=4RkVGYZexLY

 I figure to mosey down to a blue label dealer in 6-12 months to see how they are priced.  After handling a 42 in the store I'm kind of intrigued to shoot a 9mm Glock that is about that sized.  One thing I find interesting is that in the videos I see the shooters were all doing a standard stance with a two hand grip while shooting that "tiny" 9mm.  I would like to shoot the 43 one handed both left and right hand to see how controllable the gun is for followup shots.  

I had a borrowed midsized PX4 for a month or so.  Shot it a lot.  If that rotating barrel action causes the easy shooting them I am convinced.  One of my retired LEO friends described it as "you almost forget you are shooting."  The subcompact has the standard style action and I have heard it is a harsh shooter compared to its larger rotating litter mates.  I almost bought it but didn't need another chubby handgun. 

The Fulcrum trigger is made/marketed by ZevTech.  I like the Fulcrum the best of the vast array of Glock aftermarket triggers.  http://zevtechnologies.com/search/index.ssp#/Trigger-Kits   I would rate the Phantom Trigger by rockyyourglock is quite good also, a close second and much less costly than the Fulcrum. http://www.rockyourglock.com/parts/RYGTriggers.htm   I primarily like these trigger because the shoe or blade is flat, but they are adjustable.   The only trigger that are better IMHO are flat/square 1911 triggers or the Single Action CZ trigger.  I can't stand the extreme recurve triggers like those found on some CZs, SARs and EAA Witness.

I've had several G34s and 17Ls. I don't feel the worse for letting them go except for  the very heavy 34 I put together with a CCF stainless frame.  I would like to shoot that one again, just a mag or two, but it it is long gone out of the state. "Giant" handguns are fun to shoot but not very practical.  Great range toys though.  My list of favorite "giant" 9mms I have owned or shot in order of preference:   1.  Sig  X-Five Tactical* 2.  TGOr Plinker4life's custom single action CZ75 (haven't shot it but lust over that Cajun Gunworks trigger)  Wish I had kept my CZ 85 Combat and had the Cajun Gunworks trigger installed. 3.  Dan Wesson Pointman 9* 4.  RIA Tactical 9mm* 5.  Glock 17L with Fulcrum trigger * 6.  Glock 34 with Fulcrum trigger* 7.  Beretta 92 with match hammer spring*   *owned

When my right shooting hand was buggered up from reconstruction I learned to shoot lefthanded until I could squeeze the trigger with my right hand, took over a year just to make a decent fist and I still have some issues with my right index finger.   Regardless if one or both hands are equally affected I would opt for shooting with a Ruger MK series .22 with a 2lb trigger.

RWF, Are both hands equally affected?  How about a service style pistol with a big open trigger guard to use both index fingers?  One of the CZ's comes to mind, but can't remember the model.

Way cool! An elegant sufficiency.

Saw "blue label" Shields at 299.99 several weeks ago in Clarksville.  Standard "blue label" price is 329.99.

one of my early Glocks. I still have the flashlight:)

Try it on a good pistol rest at 25yrds and with a couple other guys shooting the gun.  Then you might get a better assessment on the bullet lashup with the mechanical accuracy in human hands.

Seen them locally for around 650, but they don't last long.

I believe that PTG GI 1911 costs more than a nicely blued Colt GI style 1911 right?  I guess you can't argue with capitalism.  I wonder if PTG machines their own slides and frames or ....

If the new Glock teaser is indeed a single stack thin 9mm I'll buy one and shoot a thousand rounds of brass JHP, brass FMJ, steel cased Russian ammo through it the first day I have it.  Then we will see. But, I don't believe that it will be a single stack 9mm slightly larger than the .380 (yawn).  I think it will be a longslide .45 Gap, sold to the Bulgarians en masse as a military sidearm with a Cominolli safety.

My first hand experiences with 9mm HiPoints, both pistol and carbine, were positive.  

Out of the 7 or so Keltecs I have had over the years the only one I have hung on to is the P32.  I tried many mouse guns but have yet to find one as thin, light weight with reliability as the P32.  

Noooooooo!!!!!!! It means a single stack 9mm! And no one is changing that.  :D    I refuse to show any enthusiasm for the prospect of a single stack 9mm Glock - this time!   Seeing is believing.  Although I still haven't picked up Shield:) 

I tried to "get with the program" man-up and carry a 1911 cocked and locked. Invariably during my day of being in the woods, and doing everything I normally do during the day I would look down and see the thumb safety off.  But the weight of a 40oz pistol got to me as much as the thumb safety getting knocked off.  I do have one friend who shot himself in the butt with a Glock by carrying his Glock in a soft holster in his back pocket.  Reinserting that Glock into that suede holster after his morning constitutional earned him a trip the Vanderbilt ER.  However, at the time at nearly 90 years old and owner of many many dozens of firearms and a WWII Marine vet he decided he better stick with .38 revolvers.  He is now 95 and still shoots most every day.  He is fondly known as Butt Shot in his neck of the TN woods.  There may be a time for a variety of reasons that make us change our carry gun practices.

AR's remind me of compound bows, ugly in their efficiency - nearly Glock-like - without soul.