I went to the range for a quick visit today. I brought two 1911s this time: my RIA midsized 1911 in 9mm and the Metro Arms AC Commander 45.
The first thing I did was fire 50 rounds from the 1911 that was a solid shooter (the 9mm)…it ate all the ammo without issue, but at first I was shooting very low left with it as well. See the picture’s captioning.
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| I started at the left corner, then went to the right corner, then stopped because I wasn’t hitting point of aim (the red). When I did very slow trigger pulls when aiming at the center target, I hit point of aim. I’m having issues with the 1911 trigger…it wasn’t the Metro Arms that was the issue. That was at 7 yards. |
I then began to focus on my trigger pull. I still had trouble trying to figure out which part of the finger to use, but I found that if I shot slowly, I was dead-on. I went through most of a box of ammo pretty much hitting point of aim. It’s an issue of me not being used to the trigger mechanics of a 1911.
I also had two light strikes, which was weird…I’ve not had such issues before. They both fired when I reloaded them into the mags.
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| Ammo was Remington UMC 115-grain FMJ. |
I then went to my trouble-maker 1911. I had no issues aiming after my 50-round session with the 9mm 1911, although my hands were sweaty and I ended up using gloves.
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| This is MUCH better than my last range visit, when I was hitting very low left and not being even close to center target. |
I also shot 49 rounds of Geco 230-grain FMJ without ANY feed/extract issues. There was 50 in the box…yeah, I had one issue where the round didn’t extract (this is a first…this gun has an exclusive history of not feeding properly). But one in 50 is NOT bad, especially when I was having feed issues several times (ie, 2-3) with each magazine. I think the extractor needs to be replaced, but the tuning I did on it helped a LOT!
So, I’m glad I sorted these issues out. I think I’ll put the 1911s away for a while, because they don’t shoot like my other guns and I don’t want my muscle memory getting mucked up.
Oh yeah, I decided to shoot some extra ammo I had sitting around (Remington HTP 147-grain JHP subsonic). I shot 50 rounds of it through my Grand Power P11. The P11 did NOT like that ammo at all. There were lots of failures to return to battery, so much that I was hitting the back of the slide almost as much as I was pulling the trigger. I thought that HTP wouldn’t be as bad as UMC…I was wrong. I need to remind myself to not shoot Remington out of the Grand Power. EVERY time I do, I’m disappointed.