Boomstick Bruce

So I went through all 400 process of 45 I loaded the other day and dropped every one of them into the "tightest" barrel and not one would drop all the way in. Got on YouTube and watched the video on how to set up my taper crimp die, set it up again and tada! There's the problem. I recrimped every one and checked every one and they all drop in now (other than that amerc crap I keep picking up somewhere)

I'm thinking I'm not crimping the bullets enough. Every factory load I have drops in the barrels just fine, only my reloads seem to be the problem. I have a box of someone else's reloads I'll try when I get home from work. If those drop in, then it's definitely me. Those spare barrels are all second hand except for my 6 inch which is from Sarco and has the tightest chamber of them all.

So my main match wild bunch pistol is a chrome Iver Johnson 1911a1. This thing is slick, smooth and beautiful right out of the box! I bought it brand new but accuracy had been a little off compared to my rock island and Thompson. When I first got it I realized it had a white insert in the front sight (dovetailed) so I immediately replaced it with a different sight before I ever fired it. At the last match I shoot last year I realized the front sight was moving around in the dovetail. So over the winter I fixed the issue with the front sight. I shoot the first match of the year yesterday and I'm still missing way more than I did with my rock island. During our lunch break, I pulled the barrel thinking maybe it's full of lead and discovered not only is the rifling very light but it's also over bored so much if you try to drop a love round through the muzzle it stop on the case mouth and not the bullet! I can push a bullet into the muzzle with my fingers! I have a few barrels I picked up over the years so swapping it out is not a problem but each one of them won't fully chamber my reloads like the chambes are too tight. I use cowboy#4 bullets (.452 200gn rnfp) from Missouri bullet. Which chamber just fine in both my RIA and IJ but not my Thompson or any of my spare barrels. What's going on here? I want to order a Wilson barrel but don't want to run into a problem with rounds chambering in a $200 barrel...

sooo say i load 8 in one of my kimber mags, fire the first 3, 4th round FTF, so i clear it and fire the remaining 4 rounds and still be legal???

does the one in the middle and the one on the right go all the way through the plug? im not seeing how they work...

The saga continues: Got the new lifter, it's been jeweled and is gorgeous!!! Removed the old flagged 3" lifter and installed the new non flagged 2 3/4" lifter. Solved my old problem but created two new ones. First the gun is much harder to close with the new lifter in it. Second now the shells are jamming up against the front part of the ejection port when I cycle it fast. To remedy problem one, I disassembled both guns, and I compared the 2 3/4 bolt to my 3" bolt. I noticed the channel that the operates the lifter on the 3 inch gun is much more angled than the 2 3/4 bolt. So I got out my trusty Dremel and got to work reshaping the channel. SUCCESS! gun is much smoother to operate than before and it's actual smoother than the other one! Next I removed the flag from my old lifter, took some measurements and got out the trust Dremel again and went to work. After about an hour of grinding, filing and sanding, I now have a flagged lifter. Now the gun is slick as glass and I can hold it with the ejection port facing the ground and it cycles as fast as I can cycle it!! Monday I'm going to the range and doing a live fire test. I don't foresee any more trouble with the gun now but if I do, I'm selling the damn thing...lol...

No because the Model 12 is so much smoother and faster than the 97. It’s in technique. Why do you think the winners of Winter Range and EOT use Model 12s? +1 i just sold the 97 that i bought from the WV showdown winner from a few years back. my bone stock 12 is much smoother than the 97 and even with all the trouble ive had with my 3" model 12, its still a smoother gun. BTW, my new 2 3/4" lifter came in the mail today. its installed (FYI, the screw that holds it in is LEFT HAND THREAD!!! quite frustrating if you didnt know that :o) seems like that solved the problem but i wont know for sure until i take it to the range tomorrow...

will do, im still waiting for the one i ordered to be shipped so put my buddy's 2 3/4 lifter in my gun and it seams to run fine, i haven't tested it with live ammo yet, just dummy rounds. why do i need to change the bolt? other than the face they appear to be the same

So I discovered 2 things today... 1. the lifter/carrier I ordered is for a 3" gun. 2. The screw that holds it in is left hand thread.. (broke two screw driver bits before I figured it out) I have another lifter on the way. This one is definitely the right one... I hope...lol...

i was wondering on that myself. at sundays WB match i had a misfeed and dropped the mag 3 rounds fell out, i put that mag back in, fired it dry and loaded another full mag in to finish but at the end of the string i had one in the chamber and 3 in the mag. dropped mag, cleared it and was assessed no penalty, which is what i couldn't understand. i thought for sure doing that was wrong.

Yeah, I see the difference in the face now. Mine also has a lug that locks into the barrel that the 2 3/4" gun doesn't have. Good news is I may be trading a Mossberg 500 for a 1940's model 12!!! What I don't understand is why my buddy's 2 3/4 gun loads and chambers 3 inch shells but my 3 inch gun doesn't like 2 3/4 shells...

What's the difference in the bolts? I have a buddy's model 12 torn apart right here next to mine to swap the guts and see if that solves my problem and other than his bolt is "patina" and mine isn't, I can't tell the difference between the two

Does it matter which carrier I get? I see ads for early and later models, mine is 1950 and it has the flag. Can I take the flag off mine and put it on the new carrier if it doesn't have one? Thanks!

I use a solid rib 3" gun. But it doesn't feed 2 3/4"shells well. If the one you're looking at is a 3" inch gun, be ready to fiddle with it. I'm headed to eBay right now to find a lifter.

Awesome! I thought that my solve the issue. Thanks!

So, my model 12 is a 3" gun. And as y'all know, the 3" guns don't like to run fast. If I try to run it faster that 1 round per second it doesn't feed right. How do I fix this? Can it be fixed? Hold it in my right hand and sell it with the left? I'd hate to part with it, I'm sure it was never fired before I got it and still looks brand new.

Wow!!! That's way more than I was thinking of doing! Awesome, now I have a goal to hit! Thanks!

How much can I open up the mag well in my 1911? I see in the rules that "Magazine wells may be beveled, but may not be oversized, extended, or flared." I assume that's referring to those add-on magwells but before I go filing away metal from the frame of my gun to make the beveled part wider, I want to make sure I'm not doing an illegal mod. Thanks!

I'm contemplating cutting a groove in these with my Dremel and sanding drum, but they are sooooo pretty I'd hate to do it...

Ugh... Nevermind... I now see I have an old handbook. Geez... thanks!!!

I still don't see where it says that

I know the rules state "no target grips or grips with a thumb rest" What about grips with the groove next to the mag release like my new Iver Johnson? I intend to shoot traditional with it.

I've had 3 Kimbers, one Colt and now my RIA. Best 1911 I've ever owned! I'm 3000-4000 rounds into it and it's by far the most reliable 1911 I've ever shot. I bought the cheapest, lowest level they sell and it works perfect! Get the RIA, you won't be disappointed!

Here's the calendar for CASS West Virginia for 2019. I'm writing the March match. It's the first match I write!

It's not just the comps, it's the chokes that extend past the end of the barrel. Correct? I cut them off already, ditched the scopes, ordered beads and filter screws for the holes from the scopes. I don't think those scopes are for a model 12, they were flat all the way and didn't contour with the shape of the guns...