Kayback
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I recently upgraded my ex carry now IDPA gun from an arched mainspring housing to a flat one, and Ed Brown Snakeskin flat one. It looks very pretty and I've been itching all week to shoot it.
I shot it today.
And I wasn't impressed at all. IMHO the muzzle flip has increased dramatically.
Now I'm no great whiz when it comes to stripping my guns and putting them back together, so I couldn't just whip the arched one back on and head back to he range. So next week I'm gonna set up the arched mainspring housing and take it to the range with me. That way I can shoot some with the flat and some with the arched to compare.
I was shooting my standard IDPA handloads, 201grain SWC at 850fps. While I didn't Chrono it to day, it came out of the same box that I chrono'd at my last IDPA shoot. I HAD been shooting my suppressed, bull barrel .22 all day, so that _MIGHT_ account for something but the 1911 was flipping so hard I lost my shooting grip every time I pulled the trigger.
I've never had that happen with my arched mainspring housing.
Am I just imagining it or does a flat mainspring housing increase muzzle flip?
PS most of my shooting is done modified Weaver, but it was doing it one handed, weak handed, isosceles stance.... everything.
KBK
I shot it today.
And I wasn't impressed at all. IMHO the muzzle flip has increased dramatically.
Now I'm no great whiz when it comes to stripping my guns and putting them back together, so I couldn't just whip the arched one back on and head back to he range. So next week I'm gonna set up the arched mainspring housing and take it to the range with me. That way I can shoot some with the flat and some with the arched to compare.
I was shooting my standard IDPA handloads, 201grain SWC at 850fps. While I didn't Chrono it to day, it came out of the same box that I chrono'd at my last IDPA shoot. I HAD been shooting my suppressed, bull barrel .22 all day, so that _MIGHT_ account for something but the 1911 was flipping so hard I lost my shooting grip every time I pulled the trigger.
I've never had that happen with my arched mainspring housing.
Am I just imagining it or does a flat mainspring housing increase muzzle flip?
PS most of my shooting is done modified Weaver, but it was doing it one handed, weak handed, isosceles stance.... everything.
KBK