Gary Stevens Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) This is in the FWIW area and provided as a point of reference. I just weighed my guns on my replacement electronic scale after being checked and calibrated with check weights from the factory. My Springfield Armory 45 with Wilson magazine weighed 40.0. This gun is a fairly traditional gun, Bo-Mar's, normal steel guide rod, Heinie Mag well (which requires a bit of metal to be milled off the frame), extended mag button, beaver tail, and is flat topped and serrated, front strap is checkered 20 LPI. My STI 40 cal. weighed in at 41.6 with a Wilson mag. It has all the same equipment as the Springfield except it has an STI tri-top slide. My Colt/STI 38 Super with a Wilson mag weighed in at 40.8. It also has the same equipment as the other guns and also has an STI tri-top slide, and the frame is checkered at 30 LPI. Hope this helps out with the maximum weight rule which is 43 ounces. Gary Edited January 8, 2009 by Gary Stevens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I just checked my .45 Springfield that was built from a Mil-Spec. Kart barrel, steel guide rod, C&S action parts, BoMars, S&A Magwell, Pearce rubber stocks and a boxified Wilson 47DE. 41.6 Oz Later, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Kimber Custom 45ACP with all new internals, S&A magwell, Wilson 47DE - 40.6oz Colt government model 45ACP, Bomar, Ed Brown magwell, Wilson 47DE - 43.4oz Springfield Armory, Bomar, S&A, 40S&W, G10 grips, Wilson 47DE - 42.6oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Schramm Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) Gary, Your post made me run downstairs and pull out the Kitchen scale. My Kimber is 33.5 with a KimPro 8 round and 33.75 with a McCormick 10 round. Whew. Edited January 8, 2009 by Mike Schramm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganShootist Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Did you guys already own scales suitable for this??? or buy them???.... or what??? I have a hard time justifying such a purchase for what I would hope to be a one time 2 minute event. Maybe I should talk one of the clubs I shoot at to buy some scales, Or maybe I can just walk into my local post office in the morning with three 1911s stuck in my waistband and ask them to be weighed:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Stevens Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hey Matt, Going to have to put that Colt on a diet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Stevens Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Being the "Daddy" of the Single Stack Division and having written most of the rules, I thought it would be a good idea for me to have my guns weighing correctly. I know some of my Buddys who would love to bounce me to Open for having an overweight gun That being said the scale cost 35 bucks, it will weigh up to 35 pounds, and can be used at matches I attend, or for other purposes. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSEMARTIN Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Or maybe I can just walk into my local post office in the morning with three 1911s stuck in my waistband and ask them to be weighed:lol: Mark, I called Kinko's ahead of time and asked them if I could bring in a gun to weigh. They had no problem with it. All of my Les Baers with a FLGR and S&A magwell are in the 42.8oz range with an empty Wilson mag. I know IDPA isn't an equipment race, but I had to spend more money on my IDPA gun to get it legal. But a 9mm can weigh 43oz's..... I ended up putting on an aluminum guide rod from Briley and using an aluminum S&A magwell to get the gun under 41 oz's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganShootist Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Thanks Chris Staples can probably help in the same way. Or I'll just do it at the post office..... maybe I'll box the guns and have them weighed.... then take them to my car and un-box them and have the post office weigh the boxes. I'm betting my math teacher daughter could explain to me how to calulate the net weight with those inputs:) I have two 45s and one 9mm that need to be weighed. I clearly don't want to buy a scale for a one time event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Gary, Your post made me run downstairs and pull out the Kitchen scale. My Kimber is 33.5 with a KimPro 8 round and 33.75 with a McCormick 10 round. How can I be that much (7 ounces) under your guns? It is with an empty mag, correct? Mike, What model Kimber is your pistol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Thanks ChrisStaples can probably help in the same way. Or I'll just do it at the post office..... maybe I'll box the guns and have them weighed.... then take them to my car and un-box them and have the post office weigh the boxes. I'm betting my math teacher daughter could explain to me how to calulate the net weight with those inputs:) I have two 45s and one 9mm that need to be weighed. I clearly don't want to buy a scale for a one time event. I did my last weighing at my gunsmith but prior to that I got 2 priority mail boxes and put the gun in one and left the other empty. Sealed them up and went to a place where things are shipped and weighed both on the self-serve postage machine. Subtract the weight of the empty box from the weight of the full box and you have gun weight. Later, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I got my digital scale at Office Max for less than $40. For anyone building a Caspian frame, you have to mill out the panel under the grips if you have any hopes of making weight. Those frames have a lot of extra beef on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Schramm Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Gary, Your post made me run downstairs and pull out the Kitchen scale. My Kimber is 33.5 with a KimPro 8 round and 33.75 with a McCormick 10 round. How can I be that much (7 ounces) under your guns? It is with an empty mag, correct? Mike, What model Kimber is your pistol? Chuck, It is a Tactical Custom II (bone stock) in .45. I checked the Kimber site, and they show it as 31 ounces. I guess based on how it feels to me I was expecting my pea shooter to be closer in weight to the modified guns. Mike "Ignore the flailing of arms" Schramm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Gary, Your post made me run downstairs and pull out the Kitchen scale. My Kimber is 33.5 with a KimPro 8 round and 33.75 with a McCormick 10 round. How can I be that much (7 ounces) under your guns? It is with an empty mag, correct? Mike, What model Kimber is your pistol? Chuck, It is a Tactical Custom II (bone stock) in .45. I checked the Kimber site, and they show it as 31 ounces. I guess based on how it feels to me I was expecting my pea shooter to be closer in weight to the modified guns. Mike "Ignore the flailing of arms" Schramm Mike, Your gun has an alloy frame. The chubby guns mentioned above are steel framed. Later, Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Schramm Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Gary, Your post made me run downstairs and pull out the Kitchen scale. My Kimber is 33.5 with a KimPro 8 round and 33.75 with a McCormick 10 round. How can I be that much (7 ounces) under your guns? It is with an empty mag, correct? Mike, What model Kimber is your pistol? Chuck, It is a Tactical Custom II (bone stock) in .45. I checked the Kimber site, and they show it as 31 ounces. I guess based on how it feels to me I was expecting my pea shooter to be closer in weight to the modified guns. Mike "Ignore the flailing of arms" Schramm Mike, Your gun has an alloy frame. The chubby guns mentioned above are steel framed. Later, Chuck Thanks Chuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 STI Trojan .40, standard STI steel guid rod. I replaced the fire control parts with the following: Koenig hammer, EGW sear, C&S disconnector, M2i extended firing pin, SV trigger with short curved insert, Ti hammer strut, AFTEC, SV wide ambis, Ed Brown mag release button, and Techwell XT cut shorter but only slightly. With a Wilson 47NX mag that I put the longer basepad from a DE and then trimmed slightly the whole package weighs 40.8oz on my digital postal scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Rader Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I hope my scales are off because I am not even close. 46.1 oz so I will have to check the weight at work tomorrow. If it makes weight on known scales, guess what my new target will be on my next range trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjb45 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Thanks for the info Gary. I need to re-weigh mine. It is a Wilson Frame, Caspian, slide, SV Fire controls, Bomars and Brown safeties. I am suspecting my Tripp mags are a tad bit heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadShot Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) Just weighed my .40 Caspian with a nx47 Wilson mag, S&A magwell, came in at 42.0. My.40 Kimber with the same equipment came in at 41.1 ounces. This is on one of those $35 scales from Office Depot. We compared weights on 3 different scales and they varied all over the place. One of them was a fairly expensive postal scale. It was different by about .2 of an ounce... Skip Edited January 9, 2009 by BadShot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Rader Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I weighed mine on good scales and it is 41.6oz so I am in good shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Meek Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Weighed my Caspian Single Stack (No metal removed from under the grips) .45acp Serrated Flat top slide Race Ready Frame - Tactical option Wood grips Steel Arched Main Spring Housing - Checkered Checkered Front Strap Weighed with three different mags. Two Different style of McCormick McCormick Power Mag - 41.8 ozs McCormick Mag - 42 ozs ACT Power Mag - 42.1 ozs -Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Burtchell Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) I got my digital scale at Office Max for less than $40.For anyone building a Caspian frame, you have to mill out the panel under the grips if you have any hopes of making weight. Those frames have a lot of extra beef on them. How is "my precious" lookin', Matt ? Edited January 11, 2009 by baerburtchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVelocity Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) I have a few Single Stacks but my best balanced one is probably also the most plain jane. Kimber Custom II, box stock except for springs, fiber optic front sight (fixed factory rear) Ergo grips and blued steel SV magwell. It weighs 40.5oz with a Les Baer 8rd mag. Edited January 11, 2009 by HighVelocity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Gary, since we are getting a standardized box is there any chance we.....well you guys, will pick a certain brand and model of scale to keep things as similar as we can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Stevens Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 At this point, I would guess not, but that might be something we should talk about. I think the most important thing, regardless of scale, is that you have a set of check weights to verify the scale with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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