1911Tuner
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Range trip today with a forum member. Should have been two, but we
got our wires crossed again. Next time!
The round count on the "GI Springfield" is up to just over 2,000...1500
or so since cleaning. All testing was done with handloads...mostly
230 jacketed hardball, but about 300 more cast-bulletted ammo that is
some KINDA nasty stuff.
The pistol ate everything and never missed a beat. Shot it 'til it was
so hot I couldn't hold the barrel. Oil in the rails about every 150 rounds
or so...no problems. There is still the issue of the dings...almost gone, but still just a light crease that won't hurt anything. I'm just about convinced that it's the ejector, since a different extractor with variable tensioning
doesn't seem to affect it one way or another. It doesn't affect the function,
and the gun kicks the empties high and to the right...well clear of the port.
Detail-strip and cleaning revealed no signs of impending failures or damage.
No peening of the frame or slide despite the 14-pound spring...due for a change.
No PMC has been shot yet. It's here, but I wanted to take the round count
to the point of cleaning and start fresh with a clean slate. 2 cases are
in limbo. I hope to have both fired through the gun by mid-June.
On a side note, duckfoot was a witness to waste laid to the myth of limp-grip induced malfunctions with one of my Colts. The Springer is slated to
be tested for the same in the next range session...probably next Tuesday.
I don't expect that the pistol will have a problem passing the "Wussy Grip Test."
Tuner----------->out!
got our wires crossed again. Next time!
The round count on the "GI Springfield" is up to just over 2,000...1500
or so since cleaning. All testing was done with handloads...mostly
230 jacketed hardball, but about 300 more cast-bulletted ammo that is
some KINDA nasty stuff.
The pistol ate everything and never missed a beat. Shot it 'til it was
so hot I couldn't hold the barrel. Oil in the rails about every 150 rounds
or so...no problems. There is still the issue of the dings...almost gone, but still just a light crease that won't hurt anything. I'm just about convinced that it's the ejector, since a different extractor with variable tensioning
doesn't seem to affect it one way or another. It doesn't affect the function,
and the gun kicks the empties high and to the right...well clear of the port.
Detail-strip and cleaning revealed no signs of impending failures or damage.
No peening of the frame or slide despite the 14-pound spring...due for a change.
No PMC has been shot yet. It's here, but I wanted to take the round count
to the point of cleaning and start fresh with a clean slate. 2 cases are
in limbo. I hope to have both fired through the gun by mid-June.
On a side note, duckfoot was a witness to waste laid to the myth of limp-grip induced malfunctions with one of my Colts. The Springer is slated to
be tested for the same in the next range session...probably next Tuesday.
I don't expect that the pistol will have a problem passing the "Wussy Grip Test."
Tuner----------->out!
