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Hi all,
My name is Mark and I'm a Glockaholic.
But...I took my new Springfield "loaded" 1911-A1 to the range today for it's initial shakedown. 100 rounds of Sellier & Bellot 230 FMJ went downrange with the following results:
Four (4) failures of the slide to go completely into battery when feeding the last round from the magazine. I used the two mags that came with the gun, they appear to be Metalforms. This failure occured with both mags, but only four times out of approximately 14 mags worth of shooting. I just bumped the slide into battery each time and went on about my shooting.
One (1) failure to extract. I thought a round had failed to ignite, so I cocked the hammer and had another go at it. No boom on the second try, so I racked the slide and out came an empty case.
I was very happy with the accuracy, considering my marksmanship skills. I was able to keep all rounds in the IDPA center ring at 20 yards offhand in semi-rapid fire. Not match speed, but definitely not normal "slow fire" either. Head shots at 15 yards were no problem.
Overall I'm quite pleased with my first 1911. The rangemaster gave me an 18# Wolff recoil spring to try and cure the failures to go into battery. Then again it might just be that the gun still needs to "break in" a bit.
Any comments from you reasonably knowledgable individuals greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Mark
[This message has been edited by Black Rifle (edited 12-21-2000).]
My name is Mark and I'm a Glockaholic.
But...I took my new Springfield "loaded" 1911-A1 to the range today for it's initial shakedown. 100 rounds of Sellier & Bellot 230 FMJ went downrange with the following results:
Four (4) failures of the slide to go completely into battery when feeding the last round from the magazine. I used the two mags that came with the gun, they appear to be Metalforms. This failure occured with both mags, but only four times out of approximately 14 mags worth of shooting. I just bumped the slide into battery each time and went on about my shooting.
One (1) failure to extract. I thought a round had failed to ignite, so I cocked the hammer and had another go at it. No boom on the second try, so I racked the slide and out came an empty case.
I was very happy with the accuracy, considering my marksmanship skills. I was able to keep all rounds in the IDPA center ring at 20 yards offhand in semi-rapid fire. Not match speed, but definitely not normal "slow fire" either. Head shots at 15 yards were no problem.
Overall I'm quite pleased with my first 1911. The rangemaster gave me an 18# Wolff recoil spring to try and cure the failures to go into battery. Then again it might just be that the gun still needs to "break in" a bit.
Any comments from you reasonably knowledgable individuals greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Mark
[This message has been edited by Black Rifle (edited 12-21-2000).]