JD45

I loved the "stolen trophy" story. RIP Chip McCormick....his name was in there.

I've used 12.5lb. Wolff springs for 10years. I change at about 4000rds. 174PF loads.

Wow. that wasn't long ago.

What happened to Tightloop, Flexmoney, and EricW? and the old topics. Now it's all "Stock 1 or 2?, And PCC problems"

I talked to a tech at EGW. He said that on top of the Ti firing pin, Springfield now uses a way overpowered FP spring to pass the California drop test. He said that Wolff and ISMI extra power FP springs are just right, just use a steel firing pin.

The primers are seated fine. just like I've been doing for 35 years. The hits on factory ammo looks the same. Anyway EGW agrees with the advice here. I was shopping for a firing pin, and right in their specs it says they don't make that part in Ti because they are known to give misfires. Does the Springfield full size R.O. have the same size Ti firing pin as the Commander length Ronin? Both are .45ACP EGW says Springfield should be .075"

Yes it’s a .243 Win. Using factory ammo. The problem is well known.

Just got the gun back from Springfield. They did nothing. Said no misfires and sent it back. I explained in writing and on the phone the issue. They said to leave the 19lb. mainspring in and send it. What a waste of time. Now I know I'm not sending my Kimber Montana in for the same issue. I've been warned about Kimber.

Well I guess that would also clip on a belt loop, which would work fine.

All that's good, but why in the world would they make it without a belt clip??

Someone mentioned it doesn't come with a belt clip if I understand. Then how do you practice alone with it?

"It runs forever on 3 AA batteries" This is a big deal. I'm glad someone figured it out.

Also, don't forget to chrono occasionally. If I have a match load that is falling dead on my acceptable Power Factor range, I won't touch the charge weight.

I'd like to hear more opinions on this.

Wow. I just read about it on their website. If all is true, the CED 7000 will become a 2 dollar timer.

Let's start a modern timer thread. My question is, what do you consider the top timer for practice today, regardless of price? And also name the best deal for the money today.

How does Montana Gold stay in business? They have been out of EVERYING foresver. Do they have big private contracts that we don't know about?

I just now see that this factory trigger has no overtravel screw.

That's the first thing Springfield said to check, the over travel.

It's going into battery properly. Primer dent is dead center. I found some cases fired with the stock 23lb. mainspring. While it was a more full FP dent, it was still weaker and more shallow than any I've seen.

Thanks. I also wondered if the spring weight was mislabeled.

Maybe I should try the pin from my other SA 1911, It's a full size range officer with the same mainspring.

Really? In a factory gun? It just looks like stainless steel. But if it is, I still don't see how there's almost no dent in the primer. It looks like i"m using an 8 pound mainspring.

I had one .45 round with a Winchester primer snap on me twice in a new Springfield 1911. Almost no dent. I got to looking at the rounds that fired and the dent was so pitiful it was hard to see( don't know how they fired. All I changed in this stock 1911 was I out in an ISMI 19lb. mainspring. I used that weight in my Kimber for 40,000rds. I've never seen a 1911 need a 23pounder. What else could be wrong? The pin moves freely and protrudes like other guns.

I would love to see where the trucks loaded with primers go to unload daily for 30 days. They claim to run 24/7. I wanna see where they go.