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    Russian Gunpowder?

    in 44/45 Caliber

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    I am now using Salut with 220 gr lead bullets for Limited. Thus far I've gotten low SD's and good accuracy. And the load is milder than my old load (175 gr SWC's powered by N310).

    Got any more info? Load weight? Cleanliness--for a cast bullet? Chrono stats?

    THX!

    I apologize for my delayed response, I don't come into the forums much anymore. Using 3.8 grs of Salut, ignited by Remington small pistol primers, with S&S 220 grain cast bullets seated to 1.150" I was getting SD's of around 9-10. This load is about 171 PF out of my 5" Schuemann barrel.

    Identifying weaknesses

    in Training Techniques

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    In the past I practiced the usual drills, and at the time felt I knew my weaknesses (for instance my draw has always been on the slow side), but now I doubt how well I really knew my weaknesses (for instance I don't know how fast my reload was). In other words I've never analyzed times to really know my weaknesses. This year, to make my limited practice sessions more productive, I want to try a different take on things.

    My goal this year is to do better on classifiers, so to identify my weaknesses I thought I would shoot a bunch of Vice Presidente's, get the times for every skill (draw, splits, transitions, reload, points), put it all in a spreadsheet to see what my average times for each skill are (while also looking at my points), and then tailor my drills towards the weaknesses.

    I know shooting only VP's limits the scope of my data, but it seems to test most of the basic skills needed to shoot a classifier well, allows standardization, and is something I can repeat (say once a week) to gauge progress.

    What are your thoughts on my approach? Is there a better way to do this? Is there a better stage that would be an ideal test for overall classifier effectiveness? I expect to make Master in Limited this year, but would like to be working towards GM.

    Ed Brown rear sight - any experience with 'em?

    in Gear & Accessories

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    I picked up a used slide that came with an Ed Brown Bo-Mar lookin' rear sight, which kinda surprised me because I didn't even know EB made these. Anyways, does anyone have any mileage on one of these? I don't want to build the Lim gun and regret the rear sight afterwards.

    I have Bo-Mar and Wilson (Bo-Mar style) rears on all the other 1911's; and the only thing I've ever broken was a Wilson.

    Your Firearm Holy Grail

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    I'd have to go with a two-tone Paul Leibenburg built singlestack 1911 with two fitted barrels. One barrel would be 40 and the other would be 10mm. I was excited when I heard he was back in the pistolsmithing business, now all I need is about $5k and a few years of waiting.

    http://www.pistoldynamics.com/

    Already own the next best thing: an EGW built singlestack with two barrels (40 & 10). This gun gets far more use than anything else I own.

    Cross-training: Shooting IDPA with a revolver over the winter...

    in What I Like

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    I grabbed my cajones a few months ago and decided I was going to shoot local IDPA matches through the winter with a revolver so I could:

    1) actually shoot matches through the winter because all the local ipsic matches take the winter off

    2) learn how to shoot a DA revolver

    3) preserve the life of my 1911's

    I'm pretty impressed with how easily I took to DA shooting, but those reloads still need a lot of work. Whatever the case I am having a lot of fun, in fact I'm going to do this every winter from now on. Why didn't I think of this years ago!

    BTW, I'm shooting an EGW slicked up S&W 66 (pinned and recessed) with 38 Specials & Comp III's. To facilitate reloads I'm using jacketed 38 Super roundnose bullets and getting acceptable accuracy.

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