Best lunch break I've had in a long time...

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A good friend of mine joined a local club, and their range is close to both our offices. So headed out to the range for our lunch break. Managed to put 6 clips of some fresh reloads through my S&W 1911. I had been loading Remington "R-P" brass, and tried a batch of Federal. Loaded with 6.1gr Unique and Berry's 230gr. plated. When I was loading the Federal, I did notice I was getting a variance in the OAL from 1.258 to 1.260--which I was getting consistantly with the R-P brass. Crimping changed slightly too, with the R-P I was getting .470, and the Federal I was getting .471. Had 2 F-T-Feeds, with one being the first round of a mag, when I released the slide, the second F-T-Feed was on the 3rd round of a mag--which showed an impact mark on the boolit. Both FTF's I set aside to check tonight for OAL. One FTF happened when I tried to shoot a clip at 30 yards. Managed to get 6 of the 7 remaining round onto a Birchwood Casey 12" target, one just off bullseye. Put another 3 clips in at 10 yards (target pic to follow). Overall a very satisfying lunch break.

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Picture of target as promised, fired 24 rounds from 10 yards, and 7 from 30. I know I only landed 6 of the 7 on paper from 30, and must have lost one of the rounds from 10 yards--as I only counted 29 holes out of 31 fired. Possibly the mark on the right edge of the paper. Yes I know I am a terrible shot, need to be able to find more time to shoot.


Last night I measured the 2 bullets that failed-to-feed correct. Both showed an OAL of 1.252, down from 1.259. Do you think these 2 need to be pulled, or will they still be okay to fire?