Abilene

Please don't use SPP 45acp brass in a wild bunch match. The way the 1911's fling brass all over the place, others WILL get some of your brass. If you absolutely must, then: 1. Mark your brass with a heavy sharpie mark across the bottom or even across the sides if possible, and 2. Let your posse know what you are shooting and how you marked it. Thank you.

I haven't been to this forum in a while. In 2019 V-V powders were darned expensive. These days they seem to have held their price pretty well while many others have gone way up and passed it! Hodgdon seems to still be reasonable.

Thanks very much GJ. If I take them to the meet, I'll just put a "free" sign on it. 🙂 I have no recollection where I got them, just looking through my old junque.

Okay, I'm really ignorant of BAMM rifles and the like. I found an ammo can with 11 clips of 30-06 brass. A few of the shells I pried out had a couple numbers and a couple letters on the headstamp, but one was Rem-UMC 30-06. Is this stuff useful or worth anything? If so, even if I need to give it away, I was going to take it to the swap meet before Comancheria Days soon. Thanks.

The TTN '97's (and later, Cimarron) are supposed to be same threads as Winchester. Those parts would be even harder to find than Norinco/IAC, but Cimarron may have some (I know they used to). There are no parts lists online, though, you would have to call them.

Flat. I have small hands. I've never shot anything but flat, which points properly. So if it ain't broke... ...and I think flat looks better. :)

I have only owned two government size 1911's, the nickled Cimarron Armscor I bought for WB and the high polish blue version I bought as a backup (that was the excuse. I wanted both). I bought them because of the original style 1911 frame and period slide markings. I'm not that good of a shooter or magazine changer, but my guns never seem to malfunction other than a couple of my mags don't drop free. The sights are okay for me but others might find them too small.

Gracias, Amigos!

Joe, thank you very much for that detailed answer. I know considerably less about 1911's than single-actions. And I only just recently finally got Kunhausen's SAA book. I should get the 1911 book. As for blackening, that might be hard on an a shiny all black pistol. Silver sharpie maybe? But then, I think you pointed out the culprit as a loose extractor, since it failed that rather simple test. By the way, I've only shot this gun in two small matches, 182 rounds total through it. So I rather doubt that extractor is going to tighten up with break in. The older nickle gun has only 2294 rounds through it, still pretty new. It passed the extractor shake test and was noticeably tighter to the touch.

Howdy. My 2 WB 1911's are both Cimarrons made by Armscor. The older model ejects to my right rear, but the newer one throws many forward of the line (and often lost as a result). Both guns are stock. Does this indicate extractor adjustment is needed?

Yeehaa! Hopefully I can make this one!

I know primers are the biggest item to be sold out and hard to find, but other reloading components have been hard to find as well. Just FYI, Natchez Shooting Supply has lots of powders in stock. I've been happy with my W231 for 45acp but with so many touting WST I wanted to give it a go. They have WST in stock in 1, 4, 8 lbs. I usually buy locally to avoid hazmat and shipping, so got the 8 pounder to spread it out.

Perhaps you could use a cartridge checker. Seems like if they fit that then should fit any chamber. Got any factory rounds you could check? A Lee FCD might make your reloads fit.

Thin grips or groove grips won't help me, thumb too short. So off-hand index finger it is!

My hands are small and using my right hand thumb to release the mag is way too much gun shifting, so I hit the mag release with the index finger of my left hand, which is holding the next magazine. If I pushed the release then went to the belt for a mag it would be slower.

And try to only let the trigger finger move forward enough for the trigger to reset for each shot. That is important in any case but I'd think more so shooting one handed.

Musta used the Australian font.

The Lee FCD puts the taper crimp right at .471 for me, so no problem there. Like I said, no problem with many lead bullets (and some FMJ and Golden Sabres some years back as well, now that I think about it). Somehow these Hi-Tek coated bullets are more slippery or something.

Howdy. This is a really strange problem. I've loaded thousands of 45acp rounds with no problem, using mostly 230gr RNL. I have always used a Lee dies with the Factory Crimp Die (in a Lee 4 hole turret), and I've been happy that I've never had any ammo problems in my 1911's. But recently I switched to Cimarron Bullets Hi-Tek coated 230 RN. They measure about .453. Very nice bullets. But I started having a problem with some rounds coming out longer after crimping than before. It varies, but sometimes a LOT longer. There is some randomness to it. I experimented with different amounts of belling (Lee dies). At first, I thought the FCD was pushing the bullet up on the upstroke as it resized the finished round. And it might be doing that sometimes. But sometimes it is pushing the case up on the downstroke! I have had a few where the bullet actually squeezed completely out of the case on the downstroke of the FCD. The upstroke was then very easy, with a bullet sitting loose on top of the case at the end. I thought maybe I could seat and crimp with the seater die, then run it through the FCD after to be sure of a good round, but I get shaving of the bullet coating doing that regardless of how much belling. So, I bought a used set of RCBS dies, and am now using the RCBS crimp die after seating with the Lee die. This is making good ammo (according to a case checker - I had never used a case checker before but did buy one recently). But I'd sure like to know if anyone else has run into any similar problems with 45acp bullets (coated or otherwise) pushing out of the case with a Lee FCD.

Well I am sorry that the Championship match that was to be held 27 miles from my house had to get cancelled, but this one will be great for Texas WB! Whether I can make it will depend on my care-giver duties at the time. Hey Spike, that gives you more time to heal up!

Got this message on the Green Mountain Regulators Yahoo group email regarding Texas State Wild Bunch & BAM Matches scheduled for May 30th and May 31st : "While the Governor may indeed relax the current restrictions in place preventing us from holding these two planned events by May 30th, it’s not going to happen in time for a quality match with sponsorship to be produced and for attendees to plan to attend. So it is best to cancel them for this year." Due to the timing and the current situation, I don't think this comes as any surprise. No word on rescheduling.

But now that I think of it, Green Mountain Regulators is more active on Facebook than on their website or Yahoo group, and I'm not a Facebook guy. If you are, you could go there and see if any discussion.

No word locally. So I guess for now it is still on.

Howdy Mortman. Google is your friend. First one listed was this: http://www.cm-machine.com/1911-Stock-Spacers_c_11.html Not sure how much weight they add, guess it depends on the material, but be sure you don't go overweight if this is for Wild Bunch.

The lanyard mags came from Cimarron. They are marked ACT-MAG (Italian) and I think Cimarron had someone add the rings. Some day I want to disassemble them and dip halfway into Vinegar to get the two-tone look.