Springfield Armory Mil-Spec Range Report

Hey yall. I recently acquired a Springfield Mil-Spec in .45acp. I managed to get it out today and ran approximately 200 rounds of hard ball, both Wolf and Rem UMC 230gr, without a single failure or malfunction. I am extremely pleased with the accuracy of this handgun.

My first twenty rounds were benched from 7/10/15/25 yards with the UMC 230gr, five rounds at each distance (I accidently put 6 rounds on the 15yd target). My only modifcations thus far have been adding cocobolo double diamond grips and a sheet metal Wilson Combat front grip strap as well as painting to front sight dot orange. The trigger is extremely crisp with about a 1/16th of a inch of take up with about a 5-6 pound pull. It was very easy to shoot this gun accurately. As a side note, no hammer bite, although the inside of my thumb where it rides on the thumb safety is quite sore.

Now for the pictures!

Mine also has the stainless barrel and bushing, but I did not need a wrench for mine. In spite of this, it is noticeably tighter than a Colt 1991 I had several years ago. The fit and finish of this Mil Spec appears so far to be on par with the Colt I had previously.

The first pics from the link were at the range after blowing through 200 rounds, so the stainless bushing was covered in carbon build up! In my years of shooting 1911s, I find .45s seem to do this faster than most other calibers.