Merlin Orr Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I have decieded to have a(nother) .45 single stack built. Every gun I use in competition for both USPSA and IDPA have ramped barrels - except my .45 single stack. Is there any + or - to ramped barrels in a .45? Are they needed/warrented? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek45 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Unless it's got an alloy frame, I don't think a single stack .45 needs a ramped barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Meek Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 No need for a ramped barrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 George Smith from EGW posted recently on the Gunsmithing and Troubleshooting section of the 1911 forum, describing why a ramped barrel in a single-stack .45 is a bad idea. It's an interesting read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Thanks for the input, Everyone. Mike, I found the thread you pointed me toward. I would think that GS would be in the know. I will go with the non ramped barrel and not worry. I only have about 6 or 7K through my present SS gun - non ramped - and have never had a single failure of Any kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I would think that GS would be in the know. I agree--I didn't mind being corrected by GS one bit! I'd always really had good luck with feeding in my various guns with ramped barrels, but thinking about it later, I realized that not one of these was a single-stack .45! (Sometimes I forget that most of the guys on the 1911 forum always assume you're talking .45...) All of my SS .45s (maybe half a dozen) have traditional non-ramped barrels, and I try my very best to never keep unreliable guns around here. I have a Para 45-14 with an Ed Brown barrel which of course has the C/P ramp, and it works really great--but here again, it's definitely not a single-stack .45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hostetter Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 (edited) 1911's chambered in 45acp tend to work better with non ramped barrels, we recommend not using ramped barrels for 45's............. Edited January 22, 2006 by Bob Hostetter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 (edited) 1911's chambered in 45acp tend to work better with non ramped barrels, we recommend not using them for 45's............. Thank you for your input, Bob. My new child will have a Bar Sto tube. Edited to add. Whoops.. Edited January 12, 2006 by Merlin Orr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Meek Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Merlin, Excellent Choice, All my pistols sport Bar-Stos Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Interesting.... All my wide body guns in 45 (my old Para and my current SV's) have either Bar-Sto or Nowlin ramped barrels. No problems ever. Never put a ramped 45 barrel in a SS gun though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Merlin, you can never have enough single-stack .45s! BTW, I only have two right now .......howmennyougot?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 Merlin, you can never have enough single-stack .45s! BTW, I only have two right now .......howmennyougot?? Sam. You are most definitely right! I am at a low ebb right now and have only 3 .45s and my carry gun in .40. I guess 4 of em will be enough to keep me from withdrawal until I can "stock" back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Merlin, camp perry was won with a kart barrel. Lately a lot of bullseye shooters use them & I have used several with 50yd. groups at about 2". They are the cat's meow for accuracy & reliablity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 Merlin, camp perry was won with a kart barrel. Lately a lot of bullseye shooters use them & I have used several with 50yd. groups at about 2". They are the cat's meow for accuracy & reliablity. Benny, would putting the Kart barrel be wasted with the latest single stack you are building me? The old silk purse from a sow's ear issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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