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11/18/2007 5:24:15 PM EDT
looking for suggestions on a 9mm 1911.  I'm looking for a full sized gun and am thinking about a fusion firearms kit and build it myself.  used to have a springfield 9mm but sold it a few years back and have regretted it ever since...

any ideas or suggestions appreciated....

11/18/2007 6:35:35 PM EDT
[#1]
steve I have a STI 9mm that runs great, another guy I shoot with has one and they both run like showing machines, no issues as of yet
11/18/2007 6:45:23 PM EDT
[#2]
kimber targets are another 9mm contender

older colt commanders are too

h/w, STI is probably the better option today, even vs the SA's
11/19/2007 4:06:26 AM EDT
[#3]
thanks guys.  i think i'll start looking at STI ...
11/19/2007 7:14:29 AM EDT
[#4]
I recently picked up a current production Springfield in 9mm.  

It needed some work to get it up to my standards.  

Here's what I've done so far:  

Replaced 28lb mainspring with 19lb competition mainspring
Replaced ILS MSH with S&A
Replaced firing pin stop with EGW oversized stop (to minimize extractor clocking)
Adjust extractor to add tension
Polish and bevel extractor hook
Replaced guide rod with GI guide and plug
Replaced front sight with Dawson .100" wide fiber optic
Break sharp edges
Round off slide stop plunger and replace spring
Stone relief angle on sear to reduce creep
Readjust trigger overtravel screw

11/19/2007 6:24:50 PM EDT
[#5]
STI Tactical 9mm.  Expensive, but worth it.
11/19/2007 7:09:27 PM EDT
[#6]
Have a Kimber Target.
Love it, great gun and 0 malfunctions so far.
YMMV
11/20/2007 1:37:17 AM EDT
[#7]
Whatever I went with, stay with something that offers a ramped barrel. 9mm 1911's can be finicky feeders without a ramped barrel
11/20/2007 11:31:20 AM EDT
[#8]
finding the right mags that work with the gun are key.  That's the way it was with my Colt Cmdr.

Sold it as unreliable.