Recent content by Daguerre

When a reliable 1911 "starts" to be unreliable and you haven't changed anything, the solution is probably very simple: extractor tension, recoil spring, magazine springs, magazine follower. More people than you can imagine have dumped and lost money on otherwise great guns just because they...

Whatever the .380... stoke it with CorBon. I can't imagine any other round would really be much of a defense round in this mouse caliber. My Colt Mustang runs great on Corbon .380, but I'd sure hate to have to rely on it instead of one of my .45's. :rolleyes:

Skunk... I know how frustrating and demoralizing it is to have a pistol which doesn't run right... makes you want to just dump the damned thing and keep moving on. Problem is, you can get a lemon from ANY maker. If you look through the various forums over on the 1911Forum, you'll see owners of...

Skunkabilly... Owning over a dozen 1911's, I sure do appreciate these things! And I've learned that there are lots of really nice 1911's to have. And you don't have to buy a super-premium gun to get ultra-reliability. My most recent is an Ed Brown Class A Bobtail Commander... a superb gun, but...

I have over a dozen 1911's from Colt, Kimber, and Springfield. I'm into them all in a big way. If i were in your shoes, depending on budget I would buy: 1st Colt Series 70 re-issue (around $800) (polished blue steel) 2nd choice: Colt 1991 new rollmark Series 80 (around $550) (polished...

I have a Kimber Compact Stainless that I really want to love, and I do except for the problem of the occasional empty case mouth catching on the barrel hood during it's ejection. Stops the gun. I can't rely on this gun for this reason. Sent the gun to Kimber and they supposedly "adjusted the...

I'm not a big fan of the .380, but just found a Colt mustang at a gunshow... very nice condition. Runs flawlessly. And small, small, small. Being a locked breech, the recoil is next to nothing (compared to the blow back designs.) Load it up with .380 CorBon 90 gr. +P and I think it would be...

Monkey... yep... they're mine. Thanks for the compliment. ;)

BigG... wow, that Colt Concealed Carry sounds like a true gem of a pistol. I sure wish Colt would make those again. While the Defender is a great little pistol, I believe the barrel (3") is too short, unnecessarily short in fact. It could easily go to 3.8" or even 4" and, in my opinion, that...

I don't see much advantage to the Commander over a Government, though the LW Commander helps a little due to weight... but it's the full size grip that I think works against it. The 3/4" shorter barrel helps a little, but not much. Ideal for me is the "Compact" size which combines an...

My mistake... Colt's Officers model has a barrel length of, I believe, about 3.5" While Kimber's Compact has an Officer's frame with a 4" barrel. Cratz... Kimber's version to the Officer's model .45 has a barrel length of about 4". I can deal with that (I have two, Kimber COmpact CDP and...

The Glock 36 has a barrel length of 3.8 inches. I suspect that the extra .8" beyond 3" makes a big difference in helping increase velocity and making the .45 caliber effective in the small Glock. It doesn't sound like much, but for the .45 caliber, 3" is a heck of a lot shorter than 3.8".

cratz... did you check out the info at AmmoLab? The 3" .45 ain't a bad choice, but it looks like others might be better. And there are VERY few loads which perform really well in the 3" .45 barrel. I'd still take a 3" .45 over a 2" .38, but .40 or 9mm might be even better in a 3" er.

DNS... I'm guessing JMB might opt for .40 or 9mm in his 3" guns. ;)

Looks like .40 and 9mm would be better choices in caliber than .45 when used in a pistol with a 3" barrel. Very interesting test results are here: http://pub57.ezboard.com/fammolabforumfrm27.showMessage?topicID=552.topic