WW2 veteran told me his group would get a box of barrels and a box of bushings
before being in a landing and they would get the best match they could for
accuracy.
Wish you the best with your project, and congratulations.
It's really nice to use the center of the target!
Blessings
Miss Lilly - a change in grip pressure will add up a 1/2 to 3/4 inch larger group at 25 yards. A 3" group at 25 yards rested is usually a decent group for the average shooter with most 1911's, as they will sometimes change their grip and pistol location on the rest - not unusual at all.
Maybe all you want is a crisp 3# trigger pull and a target rear sight? When you tell a 1911 gunsmith you want a accuracy tune-up, better ask for a price and what he plans on doing. I doubt it will be inexpensive.
Here's a good read for the beginning 1911 shooter.
The last step in fitting a national match barrel bushing is honing it for 100% lockup in full battery. The barrel doesn't move in full battery. I perfer not to use a rest.
Great information, 5hole. 1911crazy, I suspect you don't like to use a rest to test accuracy because of the variables involved in a rested gun vs. an unsupported gun, but I can not shoot well enough to really see what the gun can do shooting offhand.
Its ok to rest it to see what it can do. It's your call. But after many years of shooting 44 mags I pretty much have it down. But old age is beckoning.
If you reload, the classic Bullseye match load is a 200 grain LSWC over four grains of Bullseye powder.
Another very popular target load is a 185 grain jacketed or plated HP over four and a half grains of Bullseye.
Many shooters eschew Bullseye and load with W231, Clays, or Vihtavouri N320.
Btw, refresh,,, I fitted the nm barrel bushing to the slide so the bushing wrench has about 1/8 turn to lockup in the slide just snug enough so the bushing isn't loose. The barrel is then fitted to the bushing for 100% lockup in full battery with no barrel spring. It's allowed to hinge down to load the next round again with no barrel spring. The lug ingagement is within specs. This slide work is very important and must go slow when moving the angle of the barrel into place.
I questioned MIKEY here about reworking my project norinco first. We talked about the reworking of the frame rail to slide fit too. Mikey felt the barrel to bushing fit is more important. He was right.
I may try to tighten up the front of the frame to slide fit after I throw some target rounds down the pipe.
I'd like to figure out why the front frame rails are loose in the slide while the rear frame rails are still tighter. I'm wondering if the recoil spring binds and has a horizontal force on the front frame rails. This isn't OT what I mean is we must figure out how to stop this wear.
Having cancer that's now in remission I'm finally getting back on track.
I had Dick Heinie build me a full house comp gun years back and shot it in NRA bullseye competition when no judge weighed the trigger but, most gun fights are from 3-7 yards and John M. Browning's design works well for that,
Steve
How important is 1911 .45acp accuracy to you? Do you have a minimum group size that is acceptable? The production 1911 won't shoot such tight groups unless you happen to get a very abnormal one. I mean I've had very tight shooting 1911s, but they came with problems, such as feeding reliable only certain ammo. In my experience, the most accurate of the bunch has some kind of problem. Who makes one that is utterly reliable and amazingly accurate?
I don’t dwell on it, an issue style 1911 . 45 is fine in my estimation. It shoots every time that the trigger is pulled, and at close range, fine accuracy is not needed. It’s nearly a moot point, plus, I have a beat up S&W that is accurate, but looks like something. that the cat dragged in. It doesn’t bother me a bit.
Note: I answered a Zombie thread, well here’s hoping that I gave a good answer.🙈
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