Hey in all fairness to the 1911 crowd, something needs to be said about the conditions at the FARM during that week. There was dust and grit everywhere - a lightweight powdery white stuff that wafted about on every breeze we were lucky enough to have pass through and there was plenty of dust being thrown in the air by the 140 or so eager shooters! We even went through a bit of a dust storm on Friday brought in from the winds caused by an overpassing thunder head which dropped no rain. Grit got into everything! That kind of lightweight dust will soak up oil in a heartbeat, leaving your gun bone dry!
Also most of the classes were firing 500-600 rounds a day. My last class on saturday was with Bank Miller and we fired 800 rounds while practicing such things as prone positions and ground fighting susing multiple shot strings! Guns got hot as well as dirty. Tough conditions.
We also observed every type of firearm there malfunciton in some way or other - S&Ws, H&Ks, Glocks, Sigs, all of them. Well maybe not Colts or Rugers - don't remember seeing anyone carrying one!
(That doesn't mean they weren't there - I just didn't see one!)
Specifically mentioning 1911s the usual problem was running dry, but I saw a Kimber lose it's front sight during a firing string and several others of different makes seize up and refuse to function reliably. On Friday I also saw a Wilson made gun loose its slide lever and spring all apart, just flung parts around. The user hunted aroung, found his parts and replaced them before continuring on with no more problems - I think he must have punched it out somehow during firing, but not sure...
Also most of the classes were firing 500-600 rounds a day. My last class on saturday was with Bank Miller and we fired 800 rounds while practicing such things as prone positions and ground fighting susing multiple shot strings! Guns got hot as well as dirty. Tough conditions.
We also observed every type of firearm there malfunciton in some way or other - S&Ws, H&Ks, Glocks, Sigs, all of them. Well maybe not Colts or Rugers - don't remember seeing anyone carrying one!
(That doesn't mean they weren't there - I just didn't see one!)Specifically mentioning 1911s the usual problem was running dry, but I saw a Kimber lose it's front sight during a firing string and several others of different makes seize up and refuse to function reliably. On Friday I also saw a Wilson made gun loose its slide lever and spring all apart, just flung parts around. The user hunted aroung, found his parts and replaced them before continuring on with no more problems - I think he must have punched it out somehow during firing, but not sure...
