Weight of SW 1911DK for IDPA, Legal or Not ?

[handgunner356]

Doesn't anybody shoot for fun anymore?

 

[ctkenc]

I received the following today from Smith & Wesson Executive in charge of Operations, Ken Chandler, in reply to my e-mail to him.
I thought it was very nice of him, to the Point, and answered my question definitively.
The "DK" is OUT, technically, by .167 ozs and the "Pro" is IN ... so now I can proceed.

Ken,

I received your email earlier today regarding weights of Smith & Wesson Firearms. Below is the specific information regarding weights the firearm SKUs 178011 and 108287.

These weights came from pulling the same SKU from inventory and weighing it with an empty magazine.

108287 – 41.1647 oz's

178011 – 39.3375 oz's

I will talk to marketing about being more specific on weights in our spec sheets.

If you have any additional questions, let me know,

Thanks,

Ken Chandler

 

[RGAmos]

The weights S&W publish are probably calculated weights.

 

[sar4937]

I would agree with OKFC05, but if you are planning to just have fun and shoot with a club, most are somewhat relaxed until you enter a sanctioned match. In our non-sanctioned matches people have shot borderline legal guns without questions ask. Almost exclusively, a tricked out gun would not improve their scores. We allow it because it is tough to build interest in the sport, and the ones that get it eventually purchase a compliant gun. Others have shot with our club for years and never entered a sanctioned match. It looks like the weight reduction was from loosing the magwell on the 178011. I would get a magwell. I would also want adjustable target sights incase my reloads did not hit POA for some reason.