Posted: 3/10/2010 4:52:12 PM EDT
| I carry a 1911 that is a tad finicky and reliably feeds hardballs and golden sabers to date. I'm told the Sabers aren't that good of a defensive round. Also, the 1911 doesn't do well w/Hydra-shoks either. Are there any other defensive loads i.e., Gold Dots or Ranger T-series that you think would feed equally as well? To be honest, I don't have the money to be buying a bunch of different rounds to experiment with, so I thought I'd go with the best educated guess I could get from this forum and then try those at the range. |
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I carry a 1911 that is a tad finicky You need to properly adjust your extractor, it's probably to tight I'm told the Sabers aren't that good of a defensive round. Correct, Golden Sabers have terrible core jacket separation issues, and the core on it's own does not expand well. Also, the 1911 doesn't do well w/Hydra-shoks either. Lots of things don't do well with Hydra-shoks, terrible feed profile, and they don't expand after heavy clothing anyway. Old bullet design, modern marketing Are there any other defensive loads i.e., Gold Dots or Ranger T-series that you think would feed equally as well? Yes. The 230 Gold dot has a very good feed profile. Remington recently released a bonded version of the Golden Saber that should take care of the core-jacket problem, and perform just as well as a Gold Dot or Win Ranger-B series. However, it is very hard to find, all the shops here still only have the old non-bonded version. You might be able to find it on line if you search hard enough. |
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I carry a 1911 that is a tad finicky You need to properly adjust your extractor, it's probably to tight I'm told the Sabers aren't that good of a defensive round. Correct, Golden Sabers have terrible core jacket separation issues, and the core on it's own does not expand well. Also, the 1911 doesn't do well w/Hydra-shoks either. Lots of things don't do well with Hydra-shoks, terrible feed profile, and they don't expand after heavy clothing anyway. Old bullet design, modern marketing Are there any other defensive loads i.e., Gold Dots or Ranger T-series that you think would feed equally as well? Yes. The 230 Gold dot has a very good feed profile. Remington recently released a bonded version of the Golden Saber that should take care of the core-jacket problem, and perform just as well as a Gold Dot or Win Ranger-B series. However, it is very hard to find, all the shops here still only have the old non-bonded version. You might be able to find it on line if you search hard enough. edited |