Jim Watson

I like that exact combination and will return to it when my lighter bullets have been used up. The last time I chronographed it I got: 147 gr Brazos coated 9mm + 3.2 gr HP38 = 882 fps f 129 in Springfield 1911A1 for IDPA ESP. Same load with Gallant 147 flat point about the same. Gallant load in STI Eagle gave higher velocity, as much as 920 fps.

Racinready pretty well has it. The shooter's holster was about 12:30 on his body, which put the bore line about 11:00 on his stance, but with the starting line at an angle, it was about 8:00 on the range. So when he lifted the gun, it was already well behind the 180 deg plane. But as I said, his buddy was running the stage and did not care. This a very small local match, no real oversight. Crossdraws are common in CAS. There is a defined pivot to make the draw but the last time I was there it was usually just approximated by a wiggle of the butt.

Yes he did. His carry was about 150 deg and the starting position was 45 deg, so he was WAY past 180. His buddy running the stage didn't care. Now a 45 deg start was unusual but he should have taken steps to stay safe and legal. But he didn't.

I sure squawked the time the starting position was at 45 deg which meant I automatically got swept by the guy with the bellybutton holster. His buddy running the stage didn't seem to care, though.

Likely so. But after a while in SSP15, I went back to ESP where I could work with the reload, choosing a slide lock reload or a chamber loaded reload. With 16 in the gun, a 17-18 shot stage meant you would be reloading on the last target unless there was a long enough move to do a Tac Load. Yawn.

Sorry, got in a rush; it is now SSP 15, ESP still 10... for now. How long will it take them to pander to the double stacks and increase Division Capacity for ESP etc? Thereby obsoleting my single stack.

Clipping the spring increases the spring rate but it reduces the amount of compression, so the spring load is less. Else how could pre-Wolff shooters adjust their gun for midrange target loads by clipping? I have a couple of odd guns that required clipping springs to fit the space. Do not shoot with the spring compressing solid. It can punch the bushing right out of a bushing gun, I don't know if it would break a flanged plug on a bull barrel and I don't want to find out.

Why not shoot that XDM for IDPA? If you want to stay used to 15 rounds, enter in ESP. I like my 1911 but I do not think the soft light trigger of a well set up striker gun is a disadvantage.

No doubt. And I shoot more coated than plated, blowing paint out the ports or comp couldn't be good.

There are a lot of detail differences, a full bull IDPA CO is less tricked out than a USPSA Open.

A friend was underwhelmed with the metal framed M&P and has ordered the TTI Canik w. compensator. I would lean toward the ported Plastic M&P, although I don't know how effective the ports are vs a muzzle brake compensator. I would really prefer a 1911 or 2011 but the price of a nice CO would get out of hand very fast. But since you are already shooting a Glock, an even more tricked out Glock would be the easy way out. I am not a Glockophile but Friend S's G34 IDPA SSP and Friend D's GSSF Un. are pretty darn good.

Wolff will cheerfully sell you a "calibration pak" of several different springs so you can pick for function and feel. https://www.gunsprings.com/Semi-Auto+Pistols/COLT/1911+GOV'T+PISTOL/cID1/mID1/dID1#799

Emphasis added. "Hey, I am Authorized Personnel." At least he is not the cop who refused to unload his off duty gun at a match "I am required to be armed at all times." Wishy-washy MD let him shoot. At least he is not the guy(s) with the pocket gun "If they don't know I have it, they can't tell me to unload it."

The Box is cut away to let a CO protrude, dimensions apply to the bare gun.

It can be a trap for inexperienced shooters, our latest recruit was disqualified for leading the way out of a tight spot muzzle first.