I had the opportunity to shoot my 4516-3 this past weekend. I had stored it over a year ago as I had been carrying its 4513TSW cousin instead.

The 4513TSW is slightly lighter weight and has the same reliability as all of the compact 3rd gen 45's. I shot my 4516-3 alongside my early, or original version, 6-round mag 4513TSW.

I found that it is much easier, for me, to get fast accurate hits using the 4516. The slight additional weight making the follow ups a little bit quicker and much more accurate. I shot both at 15 yards using 230 grain WWB.

Shooting controlled pairs at a 3X5 index card I was able to keep all the rounds on the index card using the 4516. I only kept 4 out of 6 on the card using the 4513TSW. This was done with 6 rounds loaded, lay the gun on the table, pick it up and fire a controlled pair as fast as possible, go low ready, bring the gun up in a snap sight picture and fire two more rounds.

The 4516-3 was wearing its factory Xenoy grips and the 4513TSW a pair of rubber Hogue grips that Big Dog was kind enough to cut to fit my 4513TSW's cut out grip frame.

I may have to reconsider keeping the 4516-3 parked. It was a joy to shoot. I had two groups at 15 yards that my shooting partner measured at under 2 inches.

Ideally, I'd like to find a 4516 no dash with an action job, Novak low mount night sights and Wolfe +10% recoil and mag springs. That would be a pretty neat set up, for me.

One other thing I noticed. When I broke down my 4516-3 for cleaning it has the last revision of the guide rod. It is the one piece, not staked. I had not noticed that before. Regards 18DAI

Edited to add: I don't know how that link in the word "sight" got there. I didn't do that.

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