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STI Trojan vs.SW PC1911
- Thread starter Miles2014
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-- I like my 5" STI Trojan 9mm. Very good fit (frame, slide, barrel) - no rattle.
It has been reliable and accurate.
-- I also have a SS Kimber Target Custom II 9mm --- good, too but STI seems to have slightly better fit.
-- When hand cycling, the STI is slightly smoother since Kimber has the Firing pin Safety).
-- Accuracy --- about equal but I feel like I have done/do better with the STI.
-- I do not like the feel of the STI plastic trigger but that is just me being picky (so, trigger changed to solid aluminum).
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No experience with S&W 1911 (do they still have the firing pin block safety?).
Hope this helps.
It has been reliable and accurate.
-- I also have a SS Kimber Target Custom II 9mm --- good, too but STI seems to have slightly better fit.
-- When hand cycling, the STI is slightly smoother since Kimber has the Firing pin Safety).
-- Accuracy --- about equal but I feel like I have done/do better with the STI.
-- I do not like the feel of the STI plastic trigger but that is just me being picky (so, trigger changed to solid aluminum).
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No experience with S&W 1911 (do they still have the firing pin block safety?).
Hope this helps.
If I were going to get another STI Trojan it would be a .45ACP, the 9mm Trojan I have has had some problems with certain ammo, like a lot of 9mm 1911's, but it shoots beautifully now.
My SW1911 is an excellent pistol but I like the fact that the newer "E" series is a series 70, which does not have the FPB. Even though Colt is making series 80 guns with excellent triggers these days, I would still rather have a series 70 design 1911.
My SW1911 is an excellent pistol but I like the fact that the newer "E" series is a series 70, which does not have the FPB. Even though Colt is making series 80 guns with excellent triggers these days, I would still rather have a series 70 design 1911.
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Hello Miles, I've owned two Trojans, and some non-1911 Performance Center guns, but my only S&W 1911 type was a standard SW1911. Nothing wrong with the standard SW1911, but barrel/ slide/frame fit, and trigger, of the Trojans was superior. Don't know if the Kimbers are a possibility in MA., but the three 9MM, and one 38 Super, Target IIs I had over a period of several years, and a current Eclipse in 38 Super, were reliable and trouble free guns from Day-1. I agree with pilpens, while Kimber fitting was very good, the Trojans were fit just a little better. Still have one of the Trojans, and wish I had kept one of the 9MM Kimbers. Fit of my latest Kimber is on a par with the Trojan, but I don't know if that is due to improved manufacturing tolerances on Kimber's part, or just luck of the draw.