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stickmakerWent out shooting again today, and was reminded once again why I love my Series 80. (That's a Colt M-1911 Series 80 in .45 ACP.)
It was accurate with everything I tried, from top-quality defense loads to some junk handloads with which I worried about case separation.
From a rest at twenty-five meters, five-shot groups averaged a bit over ten centimeters. Freehand they opened to about half again that. At fifty meters from a rest the groups were over fifteen centimeters.
I also shot my .30 M1 Carbine. Naturally, with the longer sight radius, it was inherently more accurate, but it was also much less fun to shoot. I had problems with two different magazines. Both seem to have weak springs. Aside from fussing with failures to feed and/or eject, though, it was very accurate.
Now I need to clean guns and recovered brass.
It was accurate with everything I tried, from top-quality defense loads to some junk handloads with which I worried about case separation.
From a rest at twenty-five meters, five-shot groups averaged a bit over ten centimeters. Freehand they opened to about half again that. At fifty meters from a rest the groups were over fifteen centimeters.
I also shot my .30 M1 Carbine. Naturally, with the longer sight radius, it was inherently more accurate, but it was also much less fun to shoot. I had problems with two different magazines. Both seem to have weak springs. Aside from fussing with failures to feed and/or eject, though, it was very accurate.
Now I need to clean guns and recovered brass.
