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How's the recoil on the bobtail/Scandium frame gun vs. the standard full steel frame?
Light weight usually means more felt recoil.
CM speechless?
I've got one that looks like the photo below. It's the scandium version and though I am not as knowledgable about 1911's as most others, the recoil is nothing out of the ordinary, it's functioned great, and looks beaut
Ditto I also have that gun and it is flawless, dead accurate and a pleasure to shoot with very little recoil!
You guys have this covered. Good solid choices/decisions based on solid research.
Me, I just blew a lot of time and money dinking around trial and error with 1911's over the years. We didn't have no interwebs.
I can't help but agree that the 5" version would be a good choice.
I held a bobtailed Sig Nightmare today that was pretty impressive.
Can't help but to like the bobtailed frame.
It fit my hand very well. Better than the standard frame.
A part of me still can't believe I'm considering a 1911 purchase but there's another side that pretty excited by it
Nothing like a good smiley to convey a man's true emotions
I can't help but agree that the 5" version would be a good choice.
I held a bobtailed Sig Nightmare today that was pretty impressive.
Can't help but to like the bobtailed frame.
It fit my hand very well. Better than the standard frame.
A part of me still can't believe I'm considering a 1911 purchase but there's another side that pretty excited by it
Nothing like a good smiley to convey a man's true emotions
I'm ok with the large external extractor especially if it works better (and it seems to from what I've read), but I don't want to turn this topic into an extractor debate.
Coming from a Glock heavy background, I naturally prefer function over form or originality.
That full size Sig Nightmare is pretty nice. Full 5" slide, and it has a bobtail frame which is great.
There's not too many bobtailed full size guns out there. All the bobtails seem to be commander size.
Cost is still a factor for me. Would probably be best to cut my teeth on a 70-series traditional full size like the stainless E-series.
I love all the choices!
Full size 1911 with a bobtail? Mmmmmmmm..................
Only issue I have had with my "70 series" Smith is that they use a titanium firing pin. If you reload you better make sure the primers are seated firmly because the gun doesn't pop the high primers.
You know Indy, you really should just come down here and try some 1911s. Bring The Mouse with you. Scratch that! I think we need a 1911 shoot somewhere.
Full size 1911 with a bobtail? Mmmmmmmm..................
Only issue I have had with my "70 series" Smith is that they use a titanium firing pin. If you reload you better make sure the primers are seated firmly because the gun doesn't pop the high primers.
You know Indy, you really should just come down here and try some 1911s. Bring The Mouse with you. Scratch that! I think we need a 1911 shoot somewhere.
I'd be down with that
Oh and Indy reloaded some .45 that we tested and it worked fine. Only issue we had was the bullet was seated too deeply on a couple "test" bullets and they wouldn't go into battery correctly. The others he had reloaded worked just fine.
It wasn't a seating issue, it was a crimp issue. The 1911's have a tighter tolerance chamber and some of the rounds were not crimped quite hard enough.
I adjusted the crimp die in a little more and we're good to go now. I also adjusted the power/flaring die to flare a little less.
I loaded up about 20 more at 4.6 and will test them out and make sure that's still our best 45acp recipe.
Sounds good. Are you in Indy today, or still up North? I took a mental health day today and plan to hit ITP later...