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Mossyrock

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Well Gents, my Glock 19 and I parted company this afternoon. While the Glock has always appealed to my logical side, it just never felt "right". You know, 1911-ish. I won't even go into the 9mm-vs-.45 ACP debate. Anyway, I swapped it (and three high-cap drop-free mags) for a brand new polished-blue Loaded Springfield 1911A1 in .45 ACP. The quality of this particular gun is leaps and bounds over the last Springfield I owned, which was about ten years ago. The last one was loaded alright; with sharp edges and gunsmithing that needed to be done! This one appears to be ready to go right out of the box. Sure, there are a few things that I will change, but nothing major. One thing that definately won't need to be done is a trigger job. Right out of the box, this little beast had a measured, consistant THREE POUND trigger pull! If anything, I will have someone bump it up a pound or so.

I've only fired 50 rounds of PMC ball so far, but the results look promising. I was getting hand-held groups around two inches at 50 feet (the max limit of this particular range). I am eager to see what it will do over sand bags at 25 yards with Federal Match ball.

Every once in a while, it does your heart good to actually have a product perform above your expectations.

:D
 
I had a SA1911-A1 loaded once and it was a good gun other than the reliability problems of the FTF nature with hardball. I sold it because I could not trust a gun that FTF and I could not afford a gunsmith. How does yours feed hollow-points? I agree on the trigger. They are nice out of the box. :rolleyes:
 
Not a trade I would have made, but congrats anyway. :) The most important thing about your firearm is that it has to work for you.
 
Mossyrock; Yes, there is life after Glock's. I recently bought a SA Champion "lightweight" and couldn't be happier. I'm really impressed for $560 bucks. It indeed exceeds my expectations. So far, only about 300 rounds through it but perfect to this point. I like it alot. Congrats, J. Parker
 
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