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Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:53 pm
by sugar land dave
The Rocks really aren't that bad, and I do enjoy shooting my double-stack. Now if my eyes would just get a little younger....

Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:16 pm
by MoJo
AndyC two words Green Loctite. You can find it most auto supply stores. It's medium hold and is put on after you assemble. Meaning you can move the sight till you are happy with it then Loctite it into place and if for any reason you need to disassemble you can.

Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:24 pm
by glbedd53
Probably won't find Loc-Tite anywhere but auto supplys. It is the best though, just don't get the red unless you want it to be permanant.
Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:24 pm
by v-rog
pretty good shooting...Your group would probably be a bit tighter if you were shooting a M&P 45

Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:00 am
by ghostrider
Probably won't find Loc-Tite anywhere but auto supplys
Home Depot lists some on their web site.
Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:28 am
by Jumping Frog
Nice.
How many rounds did you shoot altogether? Get any leading with the new bullets? What powder charge did you mate them with?
Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:45 am
by The Annoyed Man
That's a pretty nice looking mold, and in the picture, the bullets it throws seem more consistent in shape from one to the other than the Lee bullets. Is that the case?
Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:38 am
by SlickTX
Be glad you weren't there Sunday morning. I was 2 shooters down from the guy with a hand canon revolver that took out the bottom of the '&' in the sign on the overhead baffle . . . twice.
I left shortly after the second errant shot.
Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:38 pm
by Jumping Frog
AndyC wrote: using my own recovered range scrap with some 50-50 solder and Thompson's Blue Angel lube. Powder charge was 4.0 gr Clays - v-rog measured the velocity at 848 fps through his Chrony.
Interesting.
I use wheelweights sweetened with some 505-50 solder over 4.0 gr Clays. Nice mid-range load. I use Lee Alox as the lube, however.
Re: Rock Island 1911 at 25 yards
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:48 am
by bufford
I had one of the American Classics for a while. It was very accurate too!!