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Found the parts I was looking for. Thanks everyone.
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Could use some wooden grips off of a Stock I or II also.
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$40 would make me as excited as the other two people.
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New ones from Henning are $75
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Anybody got one of the factory triggers off a limited model they want to sell?
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I'll chime in, we shot the new Para's at a sales meeting back in April 2013 with TT and a couple of Para factory guys (plus an FGI VP and his ammo). All the Para's were superb 1911's with excellent fit and finish. The new Para facility in North Carolina houses a dedicated crew working hard to put out excellent made in the USA firearms. The base model Experts are plentiful at retail and the mid line Pro and Black Ops are relatively easy to obtian. The Pro Custom double stacks can be had as well.
Plus, TT was a great instructor... Several of our sales people (most of whom are occassional plinkers at best) commented that they learned more about how to hold and shoot a pistol from his brief presentation than dozens of demos by other firearm manufacturer. TT set the bar very high.
The Pro Custom double stacks are only available in 45. I actually held one of the Black Ops 45 models last week and the grip appeared to be the same size as my single stack 45.
My biggest thing was I wanted the 40 single stack for carry and possibly competition, but after looking at the double stack, it seems as easy to conceal as the single stack. I may opt for the double instead because of the increased round count.
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Welcome from laurel MS
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They are fine guns, and I own several that run flawlessly and are more accurate than 95% of the guns out there. Grips fit almost any hand. Fraction of the cost of the rest. I am strictly a value for the money guy and don't care what the gun looks like or what name is on it.
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Hello from east central ms.
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Certainly hope the ion bond finish will be offered with the silver option. Don't care much for the black look. Wonder if the ion bonding can be bead blasted off.
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Been wondering when they were gonna show up myself. I tried contacting Travis but haven't heard anything.
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The going rate on gunsamerica and gunbroker is $1200-$1300 lately. Would like to have one myself.
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I didn't realize they had para ramps. That may muddy up the numbers a little.
I definitely agree with the used Trojan idea but I've never been able to catch one in time. They always seem to pop up when I'm somewhere without internet for a while. LOL
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I know they aren't pretty, polished guns but my brother has several of them and his are accurate and reliable. None of his have the bull barrel like the 10mm though.
He also has a beautiful stainless SA Match model that is the most inaccurate 1911 I have ever fired. It won't shoot a group any smaller than 3" from a ransom rest with anything you put in it, handloads or otherwise. It sure is pretty though.
I looked at a Trojan the other day at a local gun shop and was not impressed at all. Fit was good, but the trigger was terrible. Even the shop owner was shocked by it. A $1300 gun shouldn't need a trigger job out of the box. A RIA should need a trigger job for the price.
That's what got me to thinking about a RIA 10mm conversion since I do my own gun work.
RIA 10mm $575
40 cal barrel $160
New hammer/sear $75
Total $810
That's a pretty substantial cost savings in my book compared to:
STI Trojan $1300
New hammer/sear $75
Total $1375
Not to mention that everything I've read on this forum leads me to believe that the only way to make a Trojan function reliably is to buy Tripp mags
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Anybody given any thought to taking a RIA 10mm and putting a 40 S&W barrel in it for a reasonably priced 40 cal 1911?
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I have the 18" heavy barrel DPMS that I topped with a Zeiss 50mm and installed a JP trigger in and could not be happier with the results.
The photo shows two separate 3 shot groups with my hand loads from a sand bag rest. You can spend as much as you like on any rifle, but it boils down to the shooter most of the time.
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I would plug the bore with something and pour the barrel full of bleach and stand it in a corner somewhere overnight. The bleach should eat the snake.
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Titegroup is my go to for 40.
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My .02 FWIW
I have loaded thousands of 40 with TG and wouldn't really consider anything else. I recently picked up a 45 on a whim and wanted to use TG for it as well, considering that I have almost 16lbs of the stuff.
Initial results were dismal at best with 230grn Bayou Bullets loaded at 1.250 OAL
Just out of curiosity i shortened to 1.200 and the groups tightened substantially with 4.6grn TG.
I didn't like loading the cartridge to that short of a length so I increased the OAL to 1.260 and raised the charge to 4.7grn and started getting the accuracy I was looking for.
I had to do a lot of experimenting with TG to achieve the results I was after. It seems that TG will work great for 45, it just takes a lot more effort to find what your gun likes. As opposed to a 40 which will accurately shoot almost any load of TG.
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Switched to Titegroup 4.7 grns at 1.260 OAL.
Now my 10 shot groups are 2" at 25yds.
Problem solved.
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Here is an update.
I got rid of the lee fcd and replaced it with a hornady taper crimp.
I'm still getting 5-6" groups with every load but the 5.0, which gives a 4" group!!!!!!! WTH
My dad was with me when I was testing it, and he tends to believe its the bullets. He walked to his shop and brought me back some of his homemade flat point 230's that were loaded over a small charge of Clays. The four rounds went into a 2" group.
Evidently my gun does not like the bayou bullets.
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Using the Lee FCD die may be your problem.
The sizing ring in the crimp die can swage down lead/moly coated lead bullets and cause accuracy issues.
https://www.google.com/search?q=lee+factory+crimp+lead+bullets
Kinda thought the same thing, but have used one on every caliber I've ever loaded and had excellent results.
Have always used Precision Moly in my 40's and got incredible accuracy with the FCD.
I'll try using a regular hornady crimp seater die.
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I tried several loads yesterday out of my Ruger SR1911. Results were dismal at best..
Tested at 20yds from a sandbag. All bullets were loaded to 1.250 length and crimped to .469 with lee fcd.
Five shot groups
W231
4.0grn 7" group
4.2 6-7"
4.5 6-7"
4.7 6"
4.9 5"
I was convinced that something was wrong with the gun so I loaded some factory Hornady 185grn critical defense rds in the gun and shot a 5 shot group that measured 1 1/4", so it ain't the gun.
I had my dad go get his XDM 45 to try. All groups with the XDM were 3" or less with the 4.9grn load grouping into 1.5".
I've been reloading for 10 years and never had such horrible results, but this has me puzzled.
Also tried 5 different loads with Titegroup and had the same poor results.
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I finally got my hands on some W231 for loading my 230grn Bayou Bullets.
Anyone have an accurate recipe with this combination they would like to share?
Don't really care about PF, just accuracy.
Recoil spring question
in Tanfoglio (EAA / IFG)
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Where do you find the sprinco recoil reducer for a witness?
I can't even find different mainsprings. I used to buy from Hennig, but after two phone calls, emails and messaging from this board with no response, I'm guessing he no longer sells stuff.