BradyT88

Here's my test results. It was 60-65 degrees out yesterday while I was shooting these. The 230gr are my new powder coated Cheycast bullets. The 200gr shown below are the copper plated Xtreme that I already had on hand and have been shooting at monthly matches. I shot the first string of 5; then chrono'd all the 230gr; and then shot another string of the 200gr just to see if barrel heat had any impact. It doesn't look like it did. Looks like I'll be pretty safe with 3.8gr of TG behind these 230gr bullets. They are round nose and I had them seated at an OAL of around 1.222"; tried seating them like GJ said to. All 25 of them fed just fine in the gun. 230gr 3.8gr TG 4.0gr TG 4.2gr TG 4.4gr TG 4.6gr TG 1 745 794 776 842 836 2 704 746 791 817 868 3 702 760 771 840 854 4 740 753 803 809 834 5 694 740 837 846 AVG 717 758.6 785.3 829.0 847.6 STD 23.64 21.16 14.57 14.98 13.96 Spread 51 54 32 33 34 PF 164.9 174.5 180.6 190.7 194.9 200gr 4.8gr TG 4.8gr TG 1 817 832 2 823 795 3 825 796 4 835 815 5 834 795 AVG 826.8 806.6 STD 7.63 16.56 Spread 18 37 PF 165.36 161.32

Was anything decided on this?

Thanks!! Out of curiousity how does WB test ammo? (If that were to happen). Do they use the shooter's guns or different ones?

Anybody using Titegroup to load 230gr bullets for the 1911? I have a few pounds of it already and it appears to be much lower priced than WST right now. Min load I'm seeing in books is 3.9 or 4.0gr but still going over 700fps. Looks like I would be safe at 675fps. Any recommendations to start at or a good load you know of?

Thanks for the advice. I'll do some more research with this information. My local match consisted of 7 shooters counting me. 5 of us had never shot wild bunch before, 1 was using a sub-$400 RIA that should be Traditional legal. The last guy was good but I'm not sure what he was using. I think it was also a gun that was legal in Traditional, though he was shooting modern. He was going to shoot the WB match at EOT but he slipped on ice the week before and messed up his shoulder. He has surgery this week I believe and won't be able to shoot for several months now. Anyway all that to say that my local guys may not be a lot of help. Though I could ask since they will at least have some knowledge on the subject. I haven't seen the scores yet but listening to the times at the match I won't be surprised if I took 1st. This is the guy with the bad shoulder that isn't supposed to be shooting. https://youtu.be/xHvO2_2VtgY

I shot a match in Modern a few days ago with my Sig 1911, but it's not legal with it's tritium/fiber optic sights. It's also a custom engraved one from my Iraq deployment so I don't particularly want to use and abuse it too much or bother with swapping out sights. I plan to stay Modern, I shoot "one handed" in CAS (Gunfighter). I'll stick to 2 handed for my semi-autos. The used gun was the same standard Ruger 1911. Sorry I missed a few words on that sentence. I read a few threads about 1911's on here but most are asking about the Traditional category and the one or 2 Modern ones I found seemed to be saying Ruger, though they didn't go into details. What are modern upgrades you'd suggest I look for? I read through the handbook but it mostly tells you what you can't have rather than what you can have. I'm not real familiar with 1911's and had to Google some terms like a dust cover. When I think of a dust cover I picture something that covers the ejection port and not the recoil spring/rod. Thanks for any help!

My local Sportsmans has this Ruger 1911 in stock for $849. https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear-gun-supplies/handguns/ruger-sr1911-standard-45-auto-acp-5in-low-glare-stainless-pistol-81-rounds/p/1275945 They also have a used for that was $600-$650 (I can't recall the exact price). They have trigger locks on them now so I didn't pull the trigger but I did run the slide and everything felt nice and smooth. I didn't notice any obvious issues with it. Any concern with picking this used one up for Wildbunch? Or should I potentially save myself the headache and just get the new one? If I do go with new, in WildBunch is there any incentive to spend the extra $100-$150 for the Target Model that has the adjustable rear sight?