Rival
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Recently I had very embarassing moment at the range. I purchased 250 .45ACP rounds, wudcutters - just because they had a good deal on those. FMJ ammo was twice more costly. After that I took this whole box to the range with my buddies, and we shot a lot of different guns. My 1911 would have 1-3 failures to feed per magazine with that ammo. And I had to keep shooting, cause that was the only .45 ammo we had... The rest of the guns were all 9mm and .38 special, and had no failures of any kind. Now I have shot hundreds of FMJ and JHP rounds from my 1911 without any problems, and the guy at the store told me that I would not have ANY problems with those wudcutters in my Springfield Loaded... I had nothing BUT failures to feed with this ammo. I had to explain to my friends that this is ammo related, but what difference does it make if it was getting stuck every freaking magazine they tried to shoot? As far as I am concerned the gun supposed to eat any ammunition designed for its caliber, never mind the brand. My BHP will eat anything I feed it, the Makarovs will even eat empty brass. Why are 1911s so freaking picky?
I also noticed something about Makarov and BHP. Those two will feed ammo regardless of the speed of the slide. You can ease slide very slowly and quetly, and they will pick up ammo and put it right in the chamber. If you try to do that with 1911 it will get stuck every time, with every 1911 I tried. You have to let the slide go, and it has to slam that round into the chamber, you can't ease the slide down. Why is that?
I also noticed something about Makarov and BHP. Those two will feed ammo regardless of the speed of the slide. You can ease slide very slowly and quetly, and they will pick up ammo and put it right in the chamber. If you try to do that with 1911 it will get stuck every time, with every 1911 I tried. You have to let the slide go, and it has to slam that round into the chamber, you can't ease the slide down. Why is that?