Shot a 1911 chambered in .45 today... for the first time
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Now about the .45 ACP,
Don't get ONE !
Get TWO of them !
Have owned 2 Norc M1911's and sold them both ! Enjoyed them when I owned them, but the finish on them (did not know how to parkerize back then) left me wanting a nicer dull grey parkerizing.
Now I own 2 Sproingfields (love those Brazilian boomsticks) one in 9mm and the other in .45. Caliber argument ? Dilligaf ? BUY them BOTH ! Solves all arguments.
Dunno about KevinB and his hot & sandy ammo resupply situation, but if I was heading over to Iraq, the 9mm is all the rage there it seems.
When I'm running the butts at the Milcun range, the .45 sits on my thigh with a Blackhawk Industries SERPA rig. I cannot outrun the bears or my colleagues after my 2 hip replacements.
Magazines ? I'm rocking ALL Chip McCormick 8 rd power mags. Life is good. Put away the original Sproingfield Armory magazines in the factory case. CMC mags are inexpensive from Brownells and other gun shops here in Canada.
Cheers all,
Barney
Don't get ONE !
Get TWO of them !
Have owned 2 Norc M1911's and sold them both ! Enjoyed them when I owned them, but the finish on them (did not know how to parkerize back then) left me wanting a nicer dull grey parkerizing.
Now I own 2 Sproingfields (love those Brazilian boomsticks) one in 9mm and the other in .45. Caliber argument ? Dilligaf ? BUY them BOTH ! Solves all arguments.
Dunno about KevinB and his hot & sandy ammo resupply situation, but if I was heading over to Iraq, the 9mm is all the rage there it seems.
When I'm running the butts at the Milcun range, the .45 sits on my thigh with a Blackhawk Industries SERPA rig. I cannot outrun the bears or my colleagues after my 2 hip replacements.
Magazines ? I'm rocking ALL Chip McCormick 8 rd power mags. Life is good. Put away the original Sproingfield Armory magazines in the factory case. CMC mags are inexpensive from Brownells and other gun shops here in Canada.
Cheers all,
Barney
1000 Plus
These last 3 months a fellow CGN'er and I have picked up over 1000 empty 9mm casings at the local outdoor range and I have picked up well over 600 empty once fired rifle casings in various calibers.
They may not want to bend over and pick them up but we sure will.
These last 3 months a fellow CGN'er and I have picked up over 1000 empty 9mm casings at the local outdoor range and I have picked up well over 600 empty once fired rifle casings in various calibers.
They may not want to bend over and pick them up but we sure will.
More than I had remembered
A buddy and I were discusssing this topic this morning and he reminded me that I had received around 1500 rounds of 45 in a batch of guns and reloading equipment that I had purchased earlier in the year so I guess that would make my total brass count around 3500 of which I have about 1700 left. It totally slipped my mind, too many things on the go I guess. Got a whole bunch of 9mm, 45ACP, 44Magnum, 38 Special, 357 Magnum, and 444 brass I had completely forgotten about as well as about 1800 pounds of linotype at the same time as well as reloading manuals, primers, bullets, scales, moulds, dies, etc. you get the picture.
But I still get decent usage from my brass.
A buddy and I were discusssing this topic this morning and he reminded me that I had received around 1500 rounds of 45 in a batch of guns and reloading equipment that I had purchased earlier in the year so I guess that would make my total brass count around 3500 of which I have about 1700 left. It totally slipped my mind, too many things on the go I guess. Got a whole bunch of 9mm, 45ACP, 44Magnum, 38 Special, 357 Magnum, and 444 brass I had completely forgotten about as well as about 1800 pounds of linotype at the same time as well as reloading manuals, primers, bullets, scales, moulds, dies, etc. you get the picture.
But I still get decent usage from my brass.
that 1 grain difference seems to be pretty well standard across the board- but you gain about 60 grains or better bullet weight - my 9mm is a 130 grain load with 5 grains of 231- my 45 is a 200 grain load with 6 grains of 231- i know that's right at max for some manuals, but if you look carefully, the old standard load was 6.3- well i've been up to 6.3 and dropped back
Yeah....
Bigger case does not mean more powder.
I have been using Bullseye myself with 200 grn cast, but have recently found that with my NP30 5.6 grns of Unique gives much better accuracy. What accuracy are you getting with 300 grn bullets ? Jacketed I assume ?
