How many rounds thru your old 45's

[noelekal]

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.

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.

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[bolo]

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]