W Turner
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Tuner, Fuff, etc. please chime in..
I recently bought a Springfield Loaded Lightweight Bi-Tone 5" and absolutely love it. This is my primary carry pistol and has been impressive in terms of fit, finish, and accuracy (3" at 25yds. if I am having a good day). The only reliability bobbles have been with a Cor-Bon 200gr. JHP (very aggressive hp cavity) at about round number 125 and one of my reloads (mixed brass with 230 JRN over 8.0gr of AA#5, 1.26 OAL) at about round number 175. The Cor-Bon hung up on the feed ramp and the reload was a FTE that was likely casued by limp-wristing. Total rounds right now are right around 400.
I know that alloy frames are lasting much longer than they used to and I have no reason to think that this one will be any different. I am not a high volume shooter (200 rounds (+/- 50) per month in each pistol after a 500 round break-in) so this should not be an issue, but with this being my carry pistol, I would like to hedge my bets. I shoot standard pressure ammo for my carry loads (WWB 230 JHP) and I will be changing my powder (Winchester 231 or Unique) to reduce my practice loads a little as my current reloads are running at about 830fps and I would like to get the velocity around 750 or so to save wear and tear on my gun.
All this lead in was to set up my main question...
What mods can be done to insure a long-life for the alloy frame? I have already thought about doing the oversized firing pin stop from EGW, but that was as far as I had gotten. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
BTW- Please don't recommend using recoil buffers or the like or to just buy an all-steel Gov't. Model. I like to practice with my carry gun and the recoil buffer is one more thing that Mr. Murphy could use to his advantage.
Thanks in advance,
W
I recently bought a Springfield Loaded Lightweight Bi-Tone 5" and absolutely love it. This is my primary carry pistol and has been impressive in terms of fit, finish, and accuracy (3" at 25yds. if I am having a good day). The only reliability bobbles have been with a Cor-Bon 200gr. JHP (very aggressive hp cavity) at about round number 125 and one of my reloads (mixed brass with 230 JRN over 8.0gr of AA#5, 1.26 OAL) at about round number 175. The Cor-Bon hung up on the feed ramp and the reload was a FTE that was likely casued by limp-wristing. Total rounds right now are right around 400.
I know that alloy frames are lasting much longer than they used to and I have no reason to think that this one will be any different. I am not a high volume shooter (200 rounds (+/- 50) per month in each pistol after a 500 round break-in) so this should not be an issue, but with this being my carry pistol, I would like to hedge my bets. I shoot standard pressure ammo for my carry loads (WWB 230 JHP) and I will be changing my powder (Winchester 231 or Unique) to reduce my practice loads a little as my current reloads are running at about 830fps and I would like to get the velocity around 750 or so to save wear and tear on my gun.
All this lead in was to set up my main question...
What mods can be done to insure a long-life for the alloy frame? I have already thought about doing the oversized firing pin stop from EGW, but that was as far as I had gotten. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
BTW- Please don't recommend using recoil buffers or the like or to just buy an all-steel Gov't. Model. I like to practice with my carry gun and the recoil buffer is one more thing that Mr. Murphy could use to his advantage.
Thanks in advance,
W