mikemyers
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I'm new to this forum, but I've been using forums since before they were called forums. There already is a thread on what I'd like to ask about, but I got a warning message when I tried to reply, telling me it's over two years old, and suggesting that I start a new thread instead.
The thread I was looking at was:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=427973&highlight=1911+reliability+accuracy+tuning
I spent about an hour organizing what I wanted to ask about on my own forum - the text, photos, and so on can be found in response #12 of this thread:
http://www.sgrid.com/forum/showthread.php?301-Maintenance-of-a-1911-pistol
(If posting something from a different forum is not OK here, I'll copy things over, but it's really just background information.)
Basically, I've got a Colt that has never shot as well as I had hoped for, and all this time I assumed the problem was me. Then I had an opportunity to shoot a Wilson a few days ago, and suddenly I was shooting much better. So, maybe the problem with the Colt wasn't all me...?? If you look at the targets I photographed, the top one is with the Colt, the bottom with the Wilson. Since all I'm concerned with right now is the grouping, look at the "reversed" target images shown at the right.
I'm thoroughly confused right now. I don't think I'm ANYWHERE close to being good enough to spend $3000 on a Wilson, even if I had it to spend. I suspect that the thing for me to do might be to send my old Colt out for some rework, but then I was told that for not much more than the cost of improvements to the Colt, I could buy a whole new 1911 that would do everything I want.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. If it's OK to re-post my image here (it's big), I can do that as well.
My goal, is to have a 1911 that I can take to the target range and shoot well. It's not for competition, or self-defense, or night use, and I don't need any "fancy features" other than ones that help enhance the accuracy. If I can get a gun that will help me get better, that's fine - when/if I do, I can always then get a better gun, if that's the way I need to do things.
The thread I was looking at was:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=427973&highlight=1911+reliability+accuracy+tuning
I spent about an hour organizing what I wanted to ask about on my own forum - the text, photos, and so on can be found in response #12 of this thread:
http://www.sgrid.com/forum/showthread.php?301-Maintenance-of-a-1911-pistol
(If posting something from a different forum is not OK here, I'll copy things over, but it's really just background information.)
Basically, I've got a Colt that has never shot as well as I had hoped for, and all this time I assumed the problem was me. Then I had an opportunity to shoot a Wilson a few days ago, and suddenly I was shooting much better. So, maybe the problem with the Colt wasn't all me...?? If you look at the targets I photographed, the top one is with the Colt, the bottom with the Wilson. Since all I'm concerned with right now is the grouping, look at the "reversed" target images shown at the right.
I'm thoroughly confused right now. I don't think I'm ANYWHERE close to being good enough to spend $3000 on a Wilson, even if I had it to spend. I suspect that the thing for me to do might be to send my old Colt out for some rework, but then I was told that for not much more than the cost of improvements to the Colt, I could buy a whole new 1911 that would do everything I want.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. If it's OK to re-post my image here (it's big), I can do that as well.
My goal, is to have a 1911 that I can take to the target range and shoot well. It's not for competition, or self-defense, or night use, and I don't need any "fancy features" other than ones that help enhance the accuracy. If I can get a gun that will help me get better, that's fine - when/if I do, I can always then get a better gun, if that's the way I need to do things.