Al Thompson
Moderator Emeritus
I've probably mentioned that you really have to check ammo by make, bullet weight and velocity. This afternoon, I found the most surprising example of that in my 30 years of shooting handguns.
My 1911 that is more of a target gun (200 gr LSWC mostly) than anything else, slung some WWB 230 grain loads into a group of about 3 feet at 60 yards last week. I was concerned that a bad lot had escaped Winchester. Today I test fired six different loads to see what was up with the WWB fiasco.
WWB at 25 yards - about 8 inches from the bench. Another generic 230 hardball - about the same. Proven (another 1911) 230 LRN - maybe 6 inches. Sucks.
Surprise!
Good stuff - 200 grain LSWC - 2.0 inches. Regardless of type - Ga Arms or handloads - tight groups. Another good one - 185 Gold Dots at 1100 FPS.
Folks, test your loads. The 230 Gold Dots by Ga Arms work fine for HD if I need them, but looks like I'll be trying some 200 grain Gold Dots if this gun goes to the woods with me again.
My 1911 that is more of a target gun (200 gr LSWC mostly) than anything else, slung some WWB 230 grain loads into a group of about 3 feet at 60 yards last week. I was concerned that a bad lot had escaped Winchester. Today I test fired six different loads to see what was up with the WWB fiasco.
WWB at 25 yards - about 8 inches from the bench. Another generic 230 hardball - about the same. Proven (another 1911) 230 LRN - maybe 6 inches. Sucks.
Surprise!
Good stuff - 200 grain LSWC - 2.0 inches. Regardless of type - Ga Arms or handloads - tight groups. Another good one - 185 Gold Dots at 1100 FPS.
Folks, test your loads. The 230 Gold Dots by Ga Arms work fine for HD if I need them, but looks like I'll be trying some 200 grain Gold Dots if this gun goes to the woods with me again.