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40 S & W vs 40ACP

40 Cal Reloading data - local shooters:

40 Cal reloading - Jeff Maass 2003:

40 Cal History ( good reading )

Pistol: STI 2011 Edge 40 S&W Competition Ready Pistol Hard Chrome Finish	$2655.00
Standard Features Include: 5" Bull Barrel for Added Weight 5" Unique Slide for Added Weight 5" Long Wide Frame for Added Weight Dawson .100" Fiber Optic Front Sight Fully Adjustable Bomar Style Rear Sight Hard Chrome Finish Ambidextrous Safety 44oz Over All Weight   Dawson CRP Features Include: Dawson Extended Basepad Dawson STI 2011 Ice Magwell Dawson Posi-Lock Mag Release Drilled & Tapped w/LoPro Mag Button Dawson Guide Rod All Parts Dawson Installed, Test Fired, and Zeroed for Perfect Impact
STI Trigger 519014; Item 519-1014;	$30.30
Dawson: Extractor/Aftec/For Most 1911, HiCap/Modular, 40	$84.95
DAWSON POSI-LOCK MAG CATCH w/ LO-PRO MAG BUTTON  Item: 519-1047; $22.73; NOW $26.99 ShootersConnection Item# 535-0000-00; $24.00	$22.73
Dawson Mainspring Housing/DP/For STI, SV HiCap/ZM Arched, Stainless Steel $49.95 Item: 031-002	$49.95
	$187.93

 

Edge: A margin of superiority; an advantage
-American Heritage Dictionary

Integrating patented 2011 technology with classic 1911 design, the STI International Edge is a high capacity pistol that carries John Browning’s design into the 21st Century.

Since its introduction in late 1997, the STI Edge has become the undisputed standard for USPSA/IPSC Limited Division competition shooting as demonstrated by Michael Voigt and Frank Garcia finishing one/two as they led the US IPSC Limited Team to victory at World Shoot XII. It has been adopted by SWAT teams, HRT teams, street cops, and law enforcement training sites. It has been embraced by almost all other shooting disciplines.

Built on the STI Modular Steel 2011® frame with polymer grip, the Edge delivers the traditional features of a 1911 and allows the added benefit of high capacity magazines. The innovative frame design preserves the 17° angle of the grip in relation to the slide original to the 1911. The essential design element for high capacity, the polymer grip, allows for double stack magazines without over-sizing the circumference of the grip, which remains comparatively the same as the circumference of a 1911.

True to 1911 tradition, the Edge has a unique full length slide with front and rear cocking serrations, STI dovetail front sight and STI adjustable rear sight. The Edge comes standard with features such as a stainless steel STI knuckle relief hi-ride grip safety and stainless steel STI ambi-thumb safeties. It comes with an STI stainless steel fully supported, ramped bull barrel. Not only is it the most accurate and reliable handgun on the market, it is also one of the most beautiful.

The Edge ships with one 126mm magazine.

Specifications

Frame STI Modular Steel 2011® (Long Wide)

Grips STI 2011® Glass Filled Polymer Modular (Black) with STI Aluminum Magwell or Stainless Steel Magwell

Slide Unique, Round Top With STI Front and Rear Cocking Serrations

Trigger STI Long Curved Trigger

Barrel 5.01” (12.72cm) STI Bull Barrel, Ramped, Fully Supported

Safeties STI High-Ride Beavertail Grip Safety Ambidextrous Thumb Safeties

Ambidextrous Thumb Safeties (Stainless)

Guide Rod STI Recoil Master

Sights STI Competition Front STI Adjustable Rear

Overall Length 8.67” (22.02cm)

Weight 37.6 oz (1065.95g)

Finish Hard Chrome

Specifications
MSRP	$2,180.00 (2014 pricing)
Calibers	.45 ACP, .40 S&W, 9×19, .38 Super
Frame	STI Modular Steel 2011® (Long Wide)
Grips	STI 2011® Glass Filled Polymer Modular (Black) with STI Aluminum Magwell
Slide	Unique, Round Top With STI Front and Rear Cocking Serrations
Trigger	STI Long Curved Trigger
Barrel	5.01” (12.72cm) STI Bull Barrel, Ramped, Fully Supported
Safeties	STI High-Ride Beavertail Grip Safety Ambidextrous Thumb Safeties (Stainless)
Guide Rod	STI Recoil Master
Sights	STI Competition Front STI Adjustable Rear *effective Jan 1st, 2014 the front sight will be a Dawson Fiber Optic front sight
Overall Length	8.67” (22.02cm)
Weight	.40 S&W=37.6 oz (1065.95g)
Finish	Blued with Sides of Slide Polished
Competition Approvals	IPSC USPSA

Options
Hard Chrome	$300.00
10 round magazine instead of standard 126mm	No additional charge

Magazine Capacity
Caliber	126mm	140mm	170mm
9×19, .38 Super	17+1	20+1	26+1
.40 S&W	14+1	17+1	22+1
.45 ACP	11+1	14+1	N/A