Stinger .22lr ammo and a GSG 1911

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I was at a store today looking at buying some ammunition for my GSG 1911. I asked the guy for some High velocity rounds and he said all they had were CCI Stingers which would "destroy my gsg 1911" since they're a hotter load. Being new to this stuff I took his advice and bought some blazers.

Is this true? Searching I've read some are using stingers, but noone mentioning that it could be dangerous to the gun or anything.
I hope the regular blazers will work with my GSG. It does say on the slide to use HV rounds. Guess I'll find out tomorrow at the range.

Thanks.
 
Secular said:
I was at a store today looking at buying some ammunition for my GSG 1911. I asked the guy for some High velocity rounds and he said all they had were CCI Stingers which would "destroy my gsg 1911" since they're a hotter load. Being new to this stuff I took his advice and bought some blazers.

Is this true? Searching I've read some are using stingers, but noone mentioning that it could be dangerous to the gun or anything.
I hope the regular blazers will work with my GSG. It does say on the slide to use HV rounds. Guess I'll find out tomorrow at the range.

Thanks.
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Mine works best with CCI Blazer and Mini-mag. Bulk Fed 525 and Winchester Commemorative Ed (nickel plated casing) also works. Too many FTF/FTE with Win 525 bulk. Wildcats also has some issues. I have not tried Remington though some users mentioned avoiding this ammo(dirty ammo they say).
 
mine has worked flawlessly with 3 different ammo so far (at least for the first 2~300 rounds)

Fed American Eagle HV copper plated HP
Winchester Xpert HV HP
Winchester 333 HV copper plated HP

I have couple boxes of CCI mini mag coming my way, and i'll be buying some CCI Blazer today.

I think stinger is a bit un-necessarily powerful for the GSG. i'm sure it won't break right away though.

after ~900 rounds, the only sign of usage is at the slide stop, and the barrel.
 
I think you were fed a pile. If the pistol cannot handle factory ammo it would have warnings all over it. Remember it is a frame designed for the meek and mild 45 acp Is it not?
 
dizzy said:
I think you were fed a pile. If the pistol cannot handle factory ammo it would have warnings all over it. Remember it is a frame designed for the meek and mild 45 acp Is it not?
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I agree...Stingers burn more powder, but have a slightly longer case and lighter bullet than standard .22LR rounds.
 
CCI Blazer .22LR is high velocity; Stingers are hyper-velocity. I wouldn't be too concerned about shooting Stingers through your pistol, but I don't see the point, given that small game/varmint shooting is not an option. The cost per box is comparable to high quality target ammo, but without the accuracy. I would just stick with the Blazers if they work well in your gun and are readily available at a good price.
 
Secular said:
I was at a store today looking at buying some ammunition for my GSG 1911. I asked the guy for some High velocity rounds and he said all they had were CCI Stingers which would "destroy my gsg 1911" since they're a hotter load. Being new to this stuff I took his advice and bought some blazers.

Is this true? Searching I've read some are using stingers, but noone mentioning that it could be dangerous to the gun or anything.
I hope the regular blazers will work with my GSG. It does say on the slide to use HV rounds. Guess I'll find out tomorrow at the range.

Thanks.
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I have put over 3000 rounds through my GSG and initially tried almost every brand of 22 LR High Velocity ammo out there. At around 1000 rounds I settled on Winchester Super-X 40 Grain Power-Point and have only had 2-3 FTF/FTE since.
 
Secular said:
I was at a store today looking at buying some ammunition for my GSG 1911. I asked the guy for some High velocity rounds and he said all they had were CCI Stingers which would "destroy my gsg 1911" since they're a hotter load. Being new to this stuff I took his advice and bought some blazers.

Is this true? Searching I've read some are using stingers, but noone mentioning that it could be dangerous to the gun or anything.
I hope the regular blazers will work with my GSG. It does say on the slide to use HV rounds. Guess I'll find out tomorrow at the range.

Thanks.
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On the GSG's from the first batch(s) with the pot metal barrel bushings, the Stingers really make the slide fly. I personally know of someone locally [no, not me] who's GSG pot metal barrel bushing broke when shooting Stingers out of it. Luckily, he was able to retreive the bits, like the recoil spring etc, that flew down range & get it reassembled with a new steel barrel bushing.

My GSG likes the hi-vel .22lr ammo like Amercian Eagle. I see no need to shoot Stingers in it.

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My gsg shoots flawlesly with fed bulk, copper washed seems to feed better, spent 10minutes polishing the feed ramp, not one prob since......enjoy..
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CCI Standard Velocity 40 grain @ 1070 FPS
CCI Blazer 40 grain @ 1200 FPS
CCI Stinger 32 grain @ 1640 FPS

I think these figures are for rifles but may apply to handguns to some extent.
 
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