A friend of mine has put 5,000 rds of hardball reloads and has only replaced the barrel and recoil spring...What about you people?.....Charlie
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A friend of mine has put 5,000 rds of hardball reloads and has only replaced the barrel and recoil spring...What about you people?.....Charlie
Zero. Didn't buy the old .45's to shoot.
My best friends father had his Uncle's Colt 1911 '45 as he was an Canadian Captain killed in WW1. His name was engraved on it as well before it came home. As kids(1970s) we played with his collection and were not supposed to.If a gun was cocked we would take it outside to pull the trigger knowing there was no ammo in the magazine for safety.The best one in the collection was his Colt 1911 '45. When I became old enough to buy ammunition I bought 10 rounds 45 ACP from a Militaria store for my friend,he was 16. He loaded and fired the '45 sveral times when nobody was around. I did not get a chance to see that,crying shame now when I think about it.An original 1911 that saw service. 25 years have gone and I wonder where that 45 ended up.
Mine's not original...it's an AO recent manufacture. Maybe 3000rds have gone through it. No real wear except some minor finish loss.
The Argentine Air Force contract Sistema 1927 has had many thousands of rounds through it. Kart barrel is still good. (The one that was in it was a replacement and was tired when I got it.) (figure 250-500 rounds per month for about five years, just in .45. The 9s got about that per week. But lead .45 projectiles were only about ~US$15-17 per 500 at the time, and factory loaded 9mm ammo was US$5 per 50!)
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The stainless Colt is about the same, but it's holding up better. Breech face isn't as peened, and the slide and frame have been modified for piano wire inserts which have been most excellent for maintaining a tight fit.
The 1924 Colt is semi-retired, but it got about 3000 rounds through it in it's competion and practice outings. No permanent mods to it as it did not need any! Still bank vault-like lock up. Probably the best fit from the factory Colt I own, old or new.
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I shot my 1918 Colt and watched bullets go down range in the sun. Lost interest. that was 1967. I find .30 caliber interesting.
Funny you say that Arado. My eldest and I were shooting Saturday and says "Dad I can SEE the bullet going down range!!" That lead to shooting without sights because "it's like a tracer."
I don't see how that would make anyone lose interest in a caliber or pistol! have observed it with .22 rfs on up to 7,62x51. It's especially entertaining whilst running a M3 (supressed, even!) or Thompson.Quote:
Originally Posted by arado
Usually the 1911s don't get shot at extended distances, but the two match barreled 1911s above have engaged targets at Ft. Benning at 300m. Have to aim in the treeline to get hits, but it's doable, especially when it's dry and you can see bullet splashes whilst bracketing the target.
A .30 caliber 1911 would be fun. LAR was supposed to have made a 7,62x25 conversion for the Grizzly pistol, but I don't recall such a conversion for a regular sized 1911. Maybe using a 9x19 or .38 Super?
You got THAT right! I wasn't going to bring that up, but since you did...M3 with can, I would go through 300 rds in about 15 minutes...Quote:
Originally Posted by jmoore
I have shot .308/7.62 X 51mm on a 200 yard range, and with the sun getting low 90 degrees from the bullets path, I have seen .30 caliber bullets through the scope. Didn't lose any interest though.
The .30 I went to is a 1911 converted by Tokarev in 1933. Still in service. the TT33. Which in my opinion is the best individual weapon in history. Ease of use, firepower, accuracy, reliability, portability, range and cost.
That could be very neat...
I used to load 9mm about 3000 at a time, and .45s about 1000 per run. Kept count for a while, but the loads rarely changed after the first year or two, so the records aren't all tha good afterwards. Had plenty to do otherwise! Round counts now are way down. Have run about 400 .41 mags, 500 .44 Spl, and 7-800 .44 mag loads this year. .45 ACP? Not much more than 300 rounds, probably. Have loaded no 9s at all. and haven't shot much of them. Awaiting the return of the rebarreled 9mm and 10mm 1911s from the gunsmith. He's good, but, like most, way behind!
ETA: Oops, make that 600 .45 ACPs. 300 .45 Colt. It's still a pitifully small number!
Don't know how many rounds have been fired through this World War I era, Augusta Arsenal rehab 1911. I got it in 1978 as a 21st birthday present to myself. It was bought to use. Used to load up 1200 rounds of ammunition loaded with cast lead bullets at a time, keeping them on the floor beside a leg of the reloading bench in a canvas U.S. Mint sack that originally shipped $1000 worth of quarters. Don't know how many sacks of handloads this 1911 went through but it was several before about 1982 when a Colt Gold Cup showed up and took some of the shooting pressure off of it. A few recoil springs are all the maintenance attention it's had other than regular cleaning and lubricating.
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It's not fully retired to this day but sees only occasional exercise, mostly for nostalgia's sake. It's also still carried on occasion.
I fired about 10,000 rds out of my Springfield Armory Mil Spec M1911A1
a few GI magazines had stress cracks and replaced my recoil spring once
modern steels are much more durable than the old WWI or WWII models
get a new M1911A1 if you intend to use it regularly
save the old war horses for your collecting [non shooters]
That's what I did. I gave up shooting a WW2 Remington Rand and bought an as new Auto Ord to shoot the p*ss out of.