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02-24-2009, 11:45 AM
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I have a new to me SW1911 PC coming at the end of the week. My intention is to shot it in a league next fall. Can anyone share their experience on feeding 185 or 200 grain LSWC cartridges with low velocity(785 ft/sec) and muzzle energy(250 ft lbs) Also can someone share what they used for a recoil spring for such a low power load? I suspect I will have to play with that too.
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02-24-2009, 11:45 AM
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I have a new to me SW1911 PC coming at the end of the week. My intention is to shot it in a league next fall. Can anyone share their experience on feeding 185 or 200 grain LSWC cartridges with low velocity(785 ft/sec) and muzzle energy(250 ft lbs) Also can someone share what they used for a recoil spring for such a low power load? I suspect I will have to play with that too.
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02-24-2009, 03:05 PM
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You may want to get yourself a few recoil springs and try them with your loads.
A 14lb'er should do it, but you may just have to go lower. I know Bullseye shooters that go down to around 9. At that level the mainspring has to be dealt with as well.
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02-24-2009, 03:29 PM
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The 1911PC has extremely tight tolerances. Mine needed to work in a little to shoot reduced loads. That said, it is my "shoot the wings off a gnat" SA.
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02-24-2009, 04:52 PM
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Yep, 14-16 lb spring, 3.6- 4.0 bullseye 200gr.
Mine cycles 4gr flawlessly with a 16lb spring, 3.6 and I have to concentrate on my grip a little more for reliable ejection. I also have a square firing pin stop installed, which reduces slide speed a little.
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02-24-2009, 06:21 PM
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Wow! This sounds great. No one has problems feeding Lead Semi-Wadcutter cartridges in their SW 1911PC. I was really worried about this. I looked in my Gil Hebard Catalog and will order a reduced rate spring kit with rates that range from 9 to 16.5 lbs. And it looks OK to go ahead and order 1000 rounds of 200grain Lead Semi-Wadcuter(reduced load) cartridges.
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02-26-2009, 02:50 PM
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Here is a picture of the new to me SW 1911PC. It took me a while to assemble/disassemble. There was a lot of thick red lube on the sear/disconnector/trigger. I wasn't what to do so I left most of it on. If it collects burnt powder/dirt I will remove it after the next disassembly.
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02-26-2009, 06:06 PM
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Steve here... I cast my own for my Sig P220.
It eats all these Lyman's
I shoot the bullet on the far right in bullseye league. 3.4 grns bullseye. Mold is the Lyman 452460
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02-27-2009, 01:20 PM
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I have had my PC 1911 for a few years, feeding thousands of rounds to it. I had been using a 14 weight recoil spring for light bulls eye loads, hard ball or semi-wadcutters. It started to misfeed, alittle, so I just went to a 12 weight. Works just fine.
The PC 1911 eats what it is fed, with a 14 to 12 weight spring.
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How do you remove the ambi safety?
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07-22-2013, 08:04 PM
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Quote:
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The 1911PC has extremely tight tolerances. Mine needed to work in a little to shoot reduced loads. That said, it is my "shoot the wings off a gnat" SA.
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What he said... I shoot 3.1 of BE under a 200 gn H&G with a 9lb spring.
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07-22-2013, 08:30 PM
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How do you remove the ambi safety?
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Very carefully.
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07-22-2013, 08:33 PM
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There was a lot of thick red lube on the sear/disconnector/trigger.
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Yep just high-temp grease. Put 500 rounds through it and then do a full strip. It'll be interesting to note where the grease still remains and where it doesn't.
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