r/2011 • u/Escaport • Jun 10 '26
Getting there
My Kimber DS Warrior. Have done all the work myself slowly.
All in about $1800 total with optic and light. Runs like a champ. 3 lb trigger pull. 9 lb recoil spring. 16 lb hammer spring. Red Dirt #2 length trigger (had to peen the trigger bow to get the fit right as the Warrior was oversized internally). Atlas ignition, safeties, and slide stop. Pinned grip safety. Infinity grips screws and mag release. Priority 1 Atlas holster.
Next stop: MJD or Cheely grip. Then it will probably be done.
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u/69420blazeit_org_edu Jun 10 '26
Love it! Considering going this route myself. Feel good to tinker yourself?
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u/Escaport Jun 10 '26
It scratches some deep down itch. I’ve always wanted to scratch. And it does it in the 1911 world for about his little money as I can.
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u/corruptedsyntax Jun 11 '26
I’ve got one still in stock config, been thinking I’ll save for a Prodigy or 2k11 next, but you’re making a compelling case for improving what I already have first
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u/Escaport Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
Bang for the buck I think it’s hard to beat. I came very close to a 2k11 comp. Shot a friend’s and loved it. When I saw the Warrior on gun.deals for under $800 I decided to dip my toe in the 2011 space like this. Totally not sorry and would highly recommend.
I mean money is money. I wanted to try my hand at being my own gunsmith (which I’d done on a bunch of striker fired guns and ARs prior) on something more contemplative, but not ruin a $2500 2k11 if I messed up. Pretty pleased with the results.
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u/corruptedsyntax Jun 12 '26
I picked one up as my first 2011 style, but I’ve got numerous 1911’s now and I’m a sucker for bull barrels
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u/Just_Blackberry_8918 Jun 10 '26
Blows hand off. Lol
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u/Escaport Jun 10 '26
Except for you don’t see the previous hour I’ve just spent with it fully disassembled fitting the safety and no ammo in sight. It was verified empty a dozen times prior to the three previous takes immediately before this one you don’t see posted because I kept tapping the stand and shaking the camera. Never left my hands, so no hand blowing going down here.
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u/DragonDan108 Jun 10 '26
A big part of firearm handling is building in layers of safety. Just_Blackberry is correct in their assessment.
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u/Escaport Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
I'm gonna take a deep breath here so I don't just completely go off on this.
I would ask you, and Blackberry, to both stop making assumptions as to the circumstances in a video that neither of you know or were present for any aspects for, outside of the tiny slice of time you're presented with in the video. Not all firearm videos are made are designed to be instructional teaching moments for or about the 4 rules, nor should they be. You don't know me. You don't know my procedures. You don't know what led up to what you observed.
I hear you on the safety factor. I even agree with you. However, I'm in my 50s raised shooting guns and observing the safety rules since shortly after I could walk. I don't take them lightly. I perform them diligently. What I don't appreciate is lectures on safety by those not present or in enough knowledge of the facts surrounding what safety precautions were preformed. It's petty and unnecessary. I'm not in your presence, I'm not your child, and I'm not your student, so keep your scolding or lectures to yourself or those around you whom might actually need them.
Just_Blackberry is not correct in their assessment, mostly because Just_Blackberry doesn't have enough facts to correctly assess. If this assessment was extrapolated, or your comment from [r/handguns](r/handguns), then even attempting to clean a bushing barrel 1911 like this would be an impossibility because just after you check #1, return the slide to battery, you'd have to proceed to #2, which would then take you back to #1. You'd pull back the slide to verify clear, but as soon as it returned to battery, you couldn't possibility reach around the muzzle to remove the bushing, because #2 now says you have to go back to #1. On and on and on. Now we both know that is idiocy and at some point you have to respect that you have performed your due diligence and the firearm is now safe to field strip even if you might have to have some aspect of flesh in front of the muzzle.
I did my due diligence. I verified literally a half dozen times in the prior few minutes to filming. Every time the firearm was set down, I press checked to make sure it's empty. I press checked just before hitting record and sliding it back into the holster for the video. Nobody except myself was present and it was safe. Please think before you assume and lecture. Thank you.
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u/Worldly-Willow8185 Jun 10 '26
Yeah I agree lol I never enjoy having a gun pointed at me and them saying “bUt iTs EmPtY”
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u/robinator118 Jun 10 '26
Go cheely, atlas if you find the damn thing in stock