I have an old colt M1911 (from 1922) that I don't want to shoot anymore. I recently bought a Ruger P345. The Ruger shoots my 230gr FMJ RN bullets just fine. However, it usually jams when I shoot my Rainier bullets.
At first, I thought it might be because I started out with light loads with the Rainiers (5.3gr Unique). I thought it might need "stiffer" loads to cycle the action properly. So next time I loaded some Rainiers with 6.4gr of Unique. Still a jam in each mag.
I don't mind shooting FMJ RN bullets out of my ruger, but I want to load plated bullets (rainier & berrys) also. I want another .45... a full-size M1911 one.
I was wanting an XD-45 but its a little out of my price range. I'm thinking about the Rock Island 5" M1911 for $350. I was wondering how these handle Rainier or berrys bullets, or in fact... any bullets...
I reload everything I shoot and I'd like to stick to plated bullets, or hard-cast for my .45s.... except with the Ruger which seems to need FMJ...
thanks for any comments on the RIA. I know there's an RIA thread going, but I didn't see that the plated bullet issue had been addressed yet...
At first, I thought it might be because I started out with light loads with the Rainiers (5.3gr Unique). I thought it might need "stiffer" loads to cycle the action properly. So next time I loaded some Rainiers with 6.4gr of Unique. Still a jam in each mag.
I don't mind shooting FMJ RN bullets out of my ruger, but I want to load plated bullets (rainier & berrys) also. I want another .45... a full-size M1911 one.
I was wanting an XD-45 but its a little out of my price range. I'm thinking about the Rock Island 5" M1911 for $350. I was wondering how these handle Rainier or berrys bullets, or in fact... any bullets...
I reload everything I shoot and I'd like to stick to plated bullets, or hard-cast for my .45s.... except with the Ruger which seems to need FMJ...
thanks for any comments on the RIA. I know there's an RIA thread going, but I didn't see that the plated bullet issue had been addressed yet...