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Post by webber on Mar 24, 2024 11:39:31 GMT -5
I dont carry loose rounds for a reload. If I did by the time I fished around getting one or picking one up from off the ground it would be better for me to drop my mag and put another one in.
I carry an extra mag on my belt when out and about.
Sometimes another one in my pocket.
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Post by revolvercranker on Mar 24, 2024 11:40:59 GMT -5
I learned from the much older more experienced many, many, many years ago. Dont drop the slide unless ammo in the magazine. If no ammo in the mag I retard the forward momentum of the slide with my offhand. I am anal about things like that. Then again my wife says I am just anal in many ways You're right, the number one thing to ruin a 1911 extractor. Not so much with other make pistols. |
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Post by AxeHandle on Mar 24, 2024 14:29:39 GMT -5
Ran a few 1911s in my time. Bought my first in November 1973 after finally turning 21. Carried a spare mil spec extractor in my gun box for the 45 ACP Service pistol in case one broke. NEVER used it. OF course I only ran maybe 500 rounds a month for about 17 years. Double that during shooting season. There were some catastrophic gun failures requiring complete gun replacement but NEVER an extractor. Do remember giving one to fellow competitors who did break one. Didn't typically require any fitting. Just drop in. The extractor for the wadcutter 1911 was a different tale. And yes, these, HB and WC 1911s, were military pistol team issued AFPG 1911s. Of course I retired in '95 and the world has changed...but...
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Post by revolvercranker on Mar 24, 2024 15:12:35 GMT -5
Ran a few 1911s in my time. Carried a spare mil spec extractor in my gun box for the 45 ACP Service pistol in case one broke. NEVER used it. OF course I only ran maybe 500 rounds a month for about 17 years. Double that during shooting season. There were some catastrophic gun failures requiring complete gun replacement but NEVER an extractor. Do remember giving one to fellow competitors who did break one. Didn't typically require any fitting. Just drop in. The extractor for the wadcutter 1911 was a different tale. And yes, these, HB and WC 1911s, were military pistol team issued AFPG 1911s. Of course I retired in '95 and the world has changed...but... Truth be known I've never broke an extractor and I shot many 45acps, 10mm's, 38 Supers, 9mm's, 30 Luger's and even a good many 38/45's. Most other make pistols have a pivoting extractor with a coil spring powering it. I can see that being more forgiving on letting the slide drop on a chambered round. I don't have to explain the 1911 extractor to you Axe as I know how they work. They in themselves are the "spring" action. It's interesting in Browning's next pistol he mostly designed after the 1911, the Hi Power, had an altogether different extractor. |
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Post by reflex264 on Mar 28, 2024 9:07:46 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what the 9x25 does.
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Post by AxeHandle on Apr 12, 2024 7:30:56 GMT -5
Haven't loaded any 9x25 yet. Shot the G20 with the original 10mm barrel this week. First shots completely off the paper at 45 feet. May be why it was traded in. Moved the rear sight a bit and shot 20. Still needs a little more tweaking. Maybe some trigger parts too..  |
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Post by revolvercranker on Apr 12, 2024 10:29:08 GMT -5
No doubt... Me too, in a casual recreational range visit. However, in the middle of a timed string during a match and it is drop the slide on a round in the camber or lose the match, I have been known to drop the slide on a round in the chamber. I could also easily picture the same situation occurring in a self defense situation. Drop the slide or lose your life. Axe the use of 40 S&W in the 10mm's I mentioned was solely for practice and recreational use NOT for competition or self protections!!!! So your point is void. |
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Post by AxeHandle on Apr 12, 2024 13:00:31 GMT -5
Void?  Maybe in your world.  Not mine. FWIW the same logic works for 380s in 9mm  |
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Post by revolvercranker on Apr 12, 2024 15:44:10 GMT -5
Void? Maybe in your world. Not mine. FWIW the same logic works for 380s in 9mm In world in certain brand semi auto handguns I won't' drop a round into the chamber and let the slide slam home. I'm positive you can guess the one is the 1911 IF it has the original Colt style extractor. For cheaper plinking with a 10mm I MAY load some 40 S&W's, but truthfully probably not. I'll just load down the 10mm's. I'm not into pistol competition so I don't have to practice hard. As far as the 380 you may be able to do, not sure haven't investigated it any. Off the top of my head I'm not sure the 380 case is the same diameter near the base as a 9mm. I also don't own and wouldn't own a 380. Would much rather use the 32acp. Besides that they have 9mm's out now that are almost that small. I'm not talking about using a very small 9mm for lots of target shooting or plinking, it would strictly be self defense carry. Far as that goes my carry gun may not be a 9mm, more likely something larger or more powerful. |
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Post by AxeHandle on Apr 12, 2024 16:37:08 GMT -5
Hoped to pick up a set of matched 10mm cases to start my 9x25 loading with but the dang Glock sprayed the brass all over. I'll dig through my brass pile for some matched brass to start with.
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Maybe in your world. 
Not mine. 