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  1. 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
  2. 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."
  3. The Box is cut away to let a CO protrude, dimensions apply to the bare gun.
  4. It can be a trap for inexperienced shooters, our latest recruit was disqualified for leading the way out of a tight spot muzzle first.
  5. Sidebar Now that we have IDPA SSP 15 and USPSA Production 15, I asked the MD/AC yesterday if he thought IDPA would increase Division Capacity for ESP/CO. He would not comment. On the one hand, that would obsolete a lot of single stacks, on the other hand, it would create an arms race, selling a lot of sponsors' guns. On the gripping hand, I tried SSP 15 when it first went in but soon returned to ESP 10 so I can remember where to reload.
  6. A friend got lucky on his, barrel and magazines were good, feeding reliable. He put in one of those Nighthawk package action devices and came out under 3 lbs.
  7. Titegroup is probably the best of that list for light loads. I use Bullseye.
  8. It did indeed JUST fit. Had to take off the powder measure and seating die to get it on and adjusted. Three or four hours over two days. I wouldn't do that again for pay. Pro: It lets me load while seated with the 1050 on the bench, standing had gotten painful. Con: Filling the bullet feeder "gatling magazine" is tedious. Magazine tubes won't hold 25 each, so I am now going to be loading in 80 round lots. If I stay with it, I will get another tube bundle.
  9. Cinched down. It has only missed one case and that may have been operator error while working on the @#*** bullet feeder.
  10. A friend has one on order to replace an unsatisfactory pistol of another brand. We shall see.
  11. My Super 1050 .45 ACP's case feeder will sometimes fail to get the rim under the shell plate lip. The case feed plunger is clean and waxed. It misses less often if I slow the upstroke on the handle. Is there an adjustment or modification to hit the plate reliably?
  12. Will the cheap Lee Inline Bullet Feeder work on a Super 1050? Clearance looks tight under the case feeder bowl. I guess one could shorten the bullet magazine tubes but I would not want to get below 100 = 17 .45ACP in each of six tubes. ETA Nobody? I finally found my way around the Lee site to a video and literature. Looks like it will just fit.
  13. A friend has his eye on one to replace his disappointing metal M&P.
  14. A lot of the Cool Guys here start in a gunfighter crouch with their gun hand near the gun butt and their off hand hovering over their crotch.
  15. With consideration for cover and concealment - MD here likes to play "vision barrier" games - you may reload any way that does not leave ammo behind. They would rather you went to slide lock but a Tac load or a loaded chamber/empty magazine reload is acceptable. The type of reload is no longer specified in the CoF.
  16. Just wait until April and we will get reports on the LX.
  17. Speer HBWC seated flush, roll crimp for feeding, 3.2 gr W231.
  18. Local store/range has one for demo. It shoots "flat" but is most notable for a really tough trigger pull.
  19. I quit ringing the changes on Scotch and settled on Irish, Jameson in particular.
  20. I have seen pictures of myself. I bite my lower lip when concentrating on fast shooting.
  21. I figure that is their rationale, but when SSP went to 15 I shot there for a while. I saw that MDs were setting up more 17-18 shot stages so as to force a reload. It became very common to go most of a match firing 16 shots and reloading to hit the last target. Yawn. I went back to ESP where I reload halfway through one of those long stages.
  22. I am seeing some of that, too. My Protege went to a Women Only match. And The Other Guys do it right up to the Nationals. I think it is an effect of the attempt to provide a Division for everything.
  23. Reportedly the holster wording was changed after some subjective interpretations of the pious platitude "suitable for all day carry."
  24. A friend had a AA2520 Spherical vs Varget extruded mixup. I borrowed testing sieves from my agency's laboratory and got a very clean separation. Bullseye vs 3031 ought to screen out. Is there a large strainer in the kitchen?
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