A.J. Zito
Founder, gunsmith, and lead firearms instructor at Practical Performance in Prescott, AZ; US Army combat arms officer veteran specializing in custom 1911/2011 pistols and performance shooting.
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Aug 20, 2026
A.J. ZitoGUEST
You know, not to go back to like the grip safety thing, but there's a lot of, I hate to say, lost knowledge when it comes to this platform.
A.J. ZitoGUEST
And Chris, I think you've been around when I've said this before, you know, we were a 1911 world that transitioned to Glocks, and now we are a Glock world transitioning back to 1911s and 2011s.
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Chris PalmerGUEST
If one thing changes, you affect how other things function on the gun as well, but we need to adapt what we're doing if we want those benefits, we want those changes in the gun.