Harriw
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So... I've never had the opportunity to shoot a 1911 (woe is me...), but have every intention of owning one (or 3....ish....) someday. I HAVE, however, had the pleasure of shooting .45LC rounds from an Uberti-made SAA clone belonging to my Uncle. They were just factory loads. I'm aware .45 Colt can be loaded anywhere from "did you hear something?" to "HOLY $#!^!." And while I didn't happen to see the box he was using, I'm fairly sure they were probably on the light-side, intended for Cowboy Action shooting.
How does the recoil from standard .45acp loads in a 1911 (for simplicity let's just say its a steel government model, not an alloy frame, commander size, or anything like that) compare to .45 Colt from a SAA?
For whatever it's worth... I'm a bit too young to have grown up playing "Cowboys and Indians," and my firearms "collecting" interests tend to run more towards WWII stuff than old west stuff. But that SAA was SOOOO pleasant to shoot. The recoil was simply sublime, even one-handed... No muzzle rise at all, just a nice, slow, hard push backwards. Nothing like the 9mm's I own and am used to. Prior to shooting his, I really had no interest in them at all. But MAN was that thing fun to shoot. It immediately jumped to the top of my wish list.
So... is that what a 1911 in .45acp kicks like as well? Or would 9mm be a better comparison?
Thanks!
How does the recoil from standard .45acp loads in a 1911 (for simplicity let's just say its a steel government model, not an alloy frame, commander size, or anything like that) compare to .45 Colt from a SAA?
For whatever it's worth... I'm a bit too young to have grown up playing "Cowboys and Indians," and my firearms "collecting" interests tend to run more towards WWII stuff than old west stuff. But that SAA was SOOOO pleasant to shoot. The recoil was simply sublime, even one-handed... No muzzle rise at all, just a nice, slow, hard push backwards. Nothing like the 9mm's I own and am used to. Prior to shooting his, I really had no interest in them at all. But MAN was that thing fun to shoot. It immediately jumped to the top of my wish list.
So... is that what a 1911 in .45acp kicks like as well? Or would 9mm be a better comparison?
Thanks!