I had a Colt Conversion on a Gold Cup which was troublesome and had the Murphy Factor of not being set up in the caliber I wanted to shoot on a given day.
I ended up with an ACE pistol and the floating chamber does give it a bit of a bump but it is not as accurate or as reliable as the Nelson Conversion I leave mounted on my least-used Caspian .45s frame.
Your experience probably explains why I see lots of other 22lr conversions,
such as the Marvel, instead of Colt ACE uppers. Still, everyone has issues with 22lr pistols. Recently shot a 2700 match and there were 12 competitors. The match director mentioned at the end of it, how remarkable it was that with 1080 .22lr rounds (90 X 12) blown down range, no one had an alibi! We had more alibi's during centerfire and 45 ACP than with the 22lr. And that is remarkable.
this container is filled with alibi rounds collected in 2700 Bullseye Pistol Matches.
at this range, when a shooter calls an alibi, a Safety Officer comes and verifies the alibi and collects the alibi round. Which is then presented to the match director, who then drops it in this sectioned soft drink bottle. As it can be seen, 22lr rounds are the least reliable rounds in competition. You can see multiple strikes on some. And this mirror's my experience. I am leaving my M41 in the safe and using a Ruger MKII as that pistol has a more powerful ignition system and therefore I have fewer failures to fire, or stove pipe jams. Weak ignition leads to weak powder combustion and that results in failures to eject.
Aggravating my situation is that I purchased several cases of CCI SV during the Truimp administration, and I am not willing to pay for Eley Pistol Tennex. Those shooting the expensive pistol match ammunition have less problems than I, when I am firing CCI SV. It is remarkable when I can fire 90 rounds without a failure to ignite, or failure to eject.
The shooting community is largely ignorant of the importance of strong, powerful, and consistent primer ignition. It turns out good ignition is not only critically important for function, but also, accuracy at long range.
Yes that is a correct use of "orders of magnitude."
A complete, original, and excellent Singer is worth probably 100 times the .22 conversion.
Two orders of magnitude.
I can say, wish I had found that Singer M1911, but I did not. But I did get pictures.
