460Shooter: said:My HK45 is pretty soft shooting.
One of many helpful things I learned from 1911Tuner. Excellent tip.On a 1911 you can tune the recoil some by changing the firing pin stop plate. There's a radius on the bottom edge that pushes the hammer over and cocks it when the slide cycles back.
A larger, smoother radius means more recoil, but easier to operate the slide. A smaller, sharper radius tames the recoil, but makes racking the slide tougher.
My FNP45 was a ton of fun to shoot also. Unfortunately it never fed properly. But if the FNX took care of those issues, I'd love to have one againMy FNX-45 is a joy to shoot. Lots of steel in that slide. Soaks it up well. Second is my Ruger P97. Thats a shooter
The squared FPS has been another project to apply to the 1911. The flat wound spring also smoothed out the feel to my perceptions.On a 1911 you can tune the recoil some by changing the firing pin stop plate. There's a radius on the bottom edge that pushes the hammer over and cocks it when the slide cycles back.
A larger, smoother radius means more recoil, but easier to operate the slide. A smaller, sharper radius tames the recoil, but makes racking the slide tougher.
I beg y'all's pardon! I got het up in reading this discussion and forgot that I had wandered into the wrong territory!
I put this question in the same category of " How many angels can dance on the head of a pin ". No reasonable answer./
A new firing pin stop helped tame my Kimber ProCarry down more than I expected.
Getting it back to what JMB had in mind, before others changed it for everyone else, helps.
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In my limited experience, the softest shortie is Kahr P45 with new springs (a folk remedy is to use a Wolff spring for K40, because Kahr factory springs are not very good). Out of full-sizers, probably 1911A1, strangely enough for its age. But really there's not much difference between it and full-size XD(m) or Glock 21. Beretta Px4 is quite nice too.In your experience what is the softest shooting 45 alive. I will like to confine the answers to 4.25 barrel or commander size since I am in that market right now.