The first was my new STI Trojan .45. I picked this up for shooting IPSC and IDPA. What a beautiful gun. It seems to be a great shooter. 150 rounds today, and no stoppages. My previous Colt's would get a stoppage at least every 20 rounds. I've never really felt that 1911s pointed naturally for me. This one's different. I guess the straight back strap, and undercut trigger guard make all the difference. The other was my new 4" Colt Anaconda .44 mag. Not new obviously, but new to me, and in great shape. I've shot tons of .357 mag before, but never a .44. I've got to say that after 25 rounds with this thing, I was starting to feel it. I think I'll hand load some down powered stuff for it. I was feeding it Winchester 240 gr JSP. I've got to say that I was surprised with how dirty this stuff was. I mean DIRTY! I've never seen crud coat a gun, and me, so quickly. Anyway, I had a good day today.
Took 2 new guns to the range today
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Good choices......2 very nice guns. The .44 in a 4" is going to be lively if you load anywhere near max, but after you've impressed yourself with the fireball, what really is the point ? The paper doesn't care much about how fast the bullet hits it, so why beat yourself up ? The .44 just begs to shoot cast bullets. I have a load with the 250g Keith bullet and Unique that runs around 1100fps out of my Ruger flat-top. Doesn't beat me or the gun up, and still delivers enough of a thump to give me a grin. Can let you try it next time at SFF&GC.
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congrats for your new STI and Colt and interesting range report !
I had revolvers before and like to shoot them a lot, but not happy at all when I have to clean it or pay for high ammo prices (sold all my revolvers)
the last years main shooting done with autos and of course I like the stainless vs blued
I had revolvers before and like to shoot them a lot, but not happy at all when I have to clean it or pay for high ammo prices (sold all my revolvers)
the last years main shooting done with autos and of course I like the stainless vs blued
That'd be great. I'm just getting geared up for reloading, but I'm concentrating on multiple calibres(.38/.357, .44 mag, .45 ACP, .223, 6.5G, and .308), so I'm all over the place. I've got an RCBS RLS, and I'm shopping for a Hornady LnL AP. I'm almost set up for everything, but load development remains a question.
I've always felt that I shot revolvers better than semi autos.
If only stainless meant they didn't get dirty!
As rhs stated an extremely accurate load for the light to mid-range .44 mag is a 240-250 grn Keith bullet (Lyman 429421) with 8 grn of Unique and a winchester primer will shoot 1-2" at 25 yards all day out of all of my .44's. If you can't play havoc on an empty plastic pop bottle with this load it is you and not the revolver. All my revolvers love cast water dropped WW bullets and sized to .431, no leading and cheap to run, and you can shoot it all day long with about the same kick as a .357 under loaded a bit.
