What I'm missing I guess would be why anyone would shoot a pistol that weighs 42 ounces against a timer, and then carry a 27 ounce pistol. If I did need the assistance of a timer, I would be using my carry gun when timing, not something that gives me a 15 ounce recoil advantage that I won't be carrying. I consider that a tactical error, and very unsound logic. A 42 ounce 9mm has but one place and that is competition/sport shooting and while it may be usefull as a training pistol for a new shooter, it hardly applies in my case. Since I can put 10 rounds in the head of a silhouette target in under 5 seconds from my P-01 at 21 feet, on a good day I can do it from 50'. This is not even a really relevant issue. Now, if that 42 ounce SP-01 was chambered in 10mm, might make more since, but not for a carry gun.
We are talking about carry guns. Smith has it right with the scandium 1911 and it is not out of the realm of practicality pricewise. The DW's will cost more and are not even on the market, or have a lighter weight carry option. Kind of like the philosophy of the 97 B in .45 ACP. Great for the range maybe, but who's gonna carry it all day.
If the Taurus 1911 proves to be a sound combat 1911, and they decide to bring it out in a titanium frame model, CZ might as well think about going to the full house custom market if they don't see the logic of a competitively priced 1911.
Like I said, I would have bought an SP-01 if it would have had the frame I thought it was going to have; A forged alloy frame like the P-01 that would have kept it at the weight, or less than the 75 B. It would have put in the same realm with other manufacturers products in the Tactical pistol market, whereas the SP-01 is now pigeonholed into a market where there is very little demand and in IDPA the Glock 34&35 and Springfield XD Tactical, have a distinct advantage in the service pistol category and are much more likely to be seen in a holster as a carry pistol. The 75 B or the Browning Hi-Power lend all the weight anyone should ever need in controlling the hottest of 9 X 19mm loads, even if using supersonic 147 gr. JHPs.
Now for the Update. I sold the XD Tactical I bought recently. Trigger reach was too short for my long/large hands. Outside of that, I still believe that it is the best polymer framed pistol available in 9mm, or .40 S&W, Now the P-01 is gone, but to my older brother who was formerly using a Kel-Tec in .40 S&W that had about a 15 pound or greater DAO trigger. Took me a couple of years, but I think he now understands the shortcomings of a pistol like this for an actual shooting scenario. My P-01 has been replaced by a Ruger SP-101 in .357 Magnum carried in a DeSantis inside/outside waistband holster and as we speak, it is getting a custom trigger job by yours truly. Next up: the Ruger P-345!
