Reloading for the 1911 6"

[wisconsin]

Is anyone here reloading for thier long slide (6"). I was experiencing some problems with my reloads this past weekend. I used the same load data for the 5". W231 5.6-6.3, Bullseye 5.2-5.8 under a 200 gr. Rainer CRN, oal 1.200, case length. .888,mixed brass, WLP primers. Also I used W231 5.8gr and Bullseye 5.2 gr. with a oal of 1.240 same case and primer. There was a noticable difference in recoil/noise when used with my machine pistol rest. Enough that WTF came out of my mouth and I stopped. Brass was fine except for noticable nickel coloring of the brass on one side. I was not sure if that was because of brass lube residue. Oh! by the way the 5" with the same reload data ran just fine.

Edited February 17, 2009 by wisconsin