Steve_G

Wilson Combat

I'll shoot him an email and see if he'll bring a sample pack of those as well. Can't hurt to try them.

I know. His prices without shipping come out a few bucks cheaper than Bayou. I'm going to jump in with a decent order. 4k 125gr and 2k 230gr. I needed bullets anyway, might as well give these a fair shot.

Haha. I spoke to him via email today as well. I have seen enough endorsements for his bullets here to give him a shot as well. TThey seem very similar to the Bayou's. I would much rather support a local guy if I can. His prices are just about the same and I can avoid the shipping charges. Not to mention my mail man will be much happier.

You need to shoot your 1911's

Why the RO? Easy. I didn't have a black one, everybody needs a black one. I went with the RO because it is a very good base gun for competition. A lot of hand fitting from Springfield, basically a TRP without all the bells and whistles. I was going to send the TRP in for some work but decided I didn't want to mess with that one. The RO is cheap enough that I don't mind messing with it. I chose Springfield because the very first handgun I shot was a Springfield GI 1911, loved it then and still love them now. I plan to have the front strap checkering, ambi safety, trigger work and maybe a 10-8 flat trigger installed this winter. I may also have all the MIM parts replaced while it's with Springfield custom shop. Probably a better finish as well. I need to find someone with a flat trigger to see if I like it, would also like to find someone with a gold bead front sight to try out.

Stock safety for now. It will get an ambi safety, trigger work, and front strap checkering over the winter.

My 9mm 1911 is one of my favorite guns. Great gun for steel.

Slowly working towards something like this:

They can definitely be used for 45 but, no one powder will be the best for multiple calibers. I love Clays for 45 and N320 for 9mm. Although, I will be trying N310 for 45 when I can find some. Also, if you are looking for W231, HP-38 is the same powder.

I gotta ask, where did you manage to find Clays? I'm down to my last two pounds. Also, if you have any trouble finding the other powders, I have two pounds of Titegroup that I won't be using.

Careful with that 9mm load. Plated bullets should be loaded with lead data. 3.4gr Clays is the max load for a 115gr lead RN bullet. I have loaded some 124's with 2.9gr Clays and they were really soft and really accurate but, I will be sticking with N320 for 9mm. There is not much room for error with Clays. There is some data on the Hodgdon site: http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

You're gonna have to see what mags work best in that DW. Tripps work great in my S&W, they didn't work for Jeremy's Springer. Mine came with Wilson ETM's but they were difficult to seat. They didn't work for Nick either. By the way, everyday is 1911 day!!!

That pic was off a bit, phone pic. Here is one from my camera, the color in this one is about right.

VZ Operators II - Predator Green

That's a Dawson fiber optic front. You can always share my Tripp mags or have Nick bring the mags from his Trojan.

Finally picked this up today. Made a few changes, plan to shoot it Sunday.

Powder Valley had 320 and 310 a few weeks ago. I posted it in this section. I haven't seen Clays in quite a while anywhere.

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The way they're playing, you should get plenty of sleep at the game.

The 9mm Pro Series 1911 is one of my favorites. It is very well fit and the thing just runs. I have not been able to find one thing even remotely off with this gun. Over 6k through mine and it just had it's first failure to feed. I'm taking the blame for that one though, I had not cleaned it in about 2500 rounds.

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