Posted: 8/15/2009 8:47:01 AM EDT
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Got to the indoor range/funshop this morning and put 150 rounds through my new Springfield G.I. Model 1911 A1.
100 rounds of Sellier & Bellot 230 grain ball and 50 rounds of Winchester White Box 230 grain ball. I am very pleasantly surprised at the results. Out of the 150 rounds I had three failures of the slide to go into battery, easily rectified with a slight tap on the back of the slide, and one failure to extract, which was easily cleared. All malfunctions occurred in the last 25 rounds fired and all with the WWB ammo. I'm chalking that up to new gun break in and the relatively dirty nature of the WWB ammo. I did notice that the Winchester felt far less consistent in terms of felt recoil as well. I suspect there were some under spec (ever so slightly) loads in that box which contributed to the FTE. I had 2 magazines on hand, one a stock Springfield 7 rounder and one Kimber 7 rounder. Both worked flawlessly. How did it shoot? The following photo represents an entire box (50 rounds) of the Seller & Bellot rounds fired at 25 ft. 
The flyers to the left are entirely my fault. As you can see when I do my part the weapon will do it's quite well. Not too shabby for a brand new, bone stock 1911 in military configuration. I'll definitely call that "minute of bad guy" accuracy. Needless to say I am very pleased. And yes that is an original WW1 tin hat from my collection. 
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I wouldn't be too quick to blame the ammo. WWB is pretty much the standard in plinking ammo. Before you do anything else, give it a good cleaning and lube the hell out of it. If you have problems after that, I would consider looking at the extractor.
Also, looks like you could use some dryfire practice. |
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Got to the indoor range/funshop this morning and put 150 rounds through my new Springfield G.I. Model 1911 A1. 100 rounds of Sellier & Bellot 230 grain ball and 50 rounds of Winchester White Box 230 grain ball. I am very pleasantly surprised at the results. Out of the 150 rounds I had three failures of the slide to go into battery, easily rectified with a slight tap on the back of the slide, and one failure to extract, which was easily cleared. All malfunctions occurred in the last 25 rounds fired and all with the WWB ammo. I'm chalking that up to new gun break in and the relatively dirty nature of the WWB ammo. I did notice that the Winchester felt far less consistent in terms of felt recoil as well. I suspect there were some under spec (ever so slightly) loads in that box which contributed to the FTE. I had 2 magazines on hand, one a stock Springfield 7 rounder and one Kimber 7 rounder. Both worked flawlessly. How did it shoot? The following photo represents an entire box (50 rounds) of the Seller & Bellot rounds fired at 25 ft. http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2448/girangereport.jpg The flyers to the left are entirely my fault. As you can see when I do my part the weapon will do it's quite well. Not too shabby for a brand new, bone stock 1911 in military configuration. I'll definitely call that "minute of bad guy" accuracy. Needless to say I am very pleased. And yes that is an original WW1 tin hat from my collection. Sweet! |
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Also, looks like you could use some dryfire practice. Indeed. I need to shoot more, but, the only range is 20 miles away, and I don't have time or money to shoot as often as I'd like. Dryfiring will help I know. It would also help if I could swap my 55 year old eyes for some nice 18 year old ones. 
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Yep, dry fire, dry fire, dry fire. Getting a really stable grip will really pay off with those GI sights, especially.
I had 2 magazines on hand, one a stock Springfield 7 rounder and one Kimber 7 rounder. Both worked flawlessly.
Stick with success. Both SA and Kimber mags are made by Metalform. Use their magazines, or Colt. They are an OEM maker for Colt and know how to make good magazines. If you need a deal look up their "five hole" magazines (last ones on their four pages of .45 mags) and buy two or more - last I looked they were 1/2 price that way. |
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No modifications planned, other than tuning for reliabilty if need be after break in. OH, and a better set of grip panels.
I wanted 1911 as close to vintage military as I could get. I've been down the "race gun" road before, lost all interest in that stuff. If hollow points are called for I have an FNP-45, or Glock 36, or S&W 22 Thunder Ranch to fulfill that duty. I wanted a 1911 like JMB originally intended. |
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I wanted a 1911 like JMB originally intended. Me too. The only thing different on my GI is that it is in the OD Kote. Same story as yours - it is minute-of-bad-guy all day long. If I do my part, it can be minute-of-coke can at 25 yards. If someone is iffy on if they will like the 1911 platform, this is a great starter pistol that has good quality. I'm glad went this route. |
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I have that identical gun...and I also have the short barrel version (I'll post some pics later).
BOTH run flawlessly, and shoot almost as accurate as my USP45 (and that may just be because I have MUCH more trigger time with the H&K). GREAT GUN! I would recomend it to anyone looking for a reasonably priced, good quality 1911 |