I have been toying around with trying one of the little bitty .45 autos for several months. Really love the Kimber Pro Carry and Elite. The small Springfields look good too. I have been putting off buying any of the small .45s due to concerns of reliability, accuracy, control, etc.
Well, my dealer owed me some money from a credit I got from a defective rifle. He owed my $659.00. He had a Springfield V10 Ultra Compact (the light weight aluminum frame) in stock for many months. He has no trouble selling the less expensive non-ported compacts, but the ported ones are slow to move. The ecomomy out here is terrible. Well I got the pistol at wholesale and have been shooting it.
I noticed there are two entire pages devoted to the ported barrel models in the manual. In particular, only shoot factory ammo, no reloads (lead?), no +p, etc. Is this all just CYA babble for liability purposes or is there a real reason not to shoot lead reloads in a ported barrel?
Also, I am having some trouble finding a load that groups well. Only have about 300 rounds through the pistol so I am still optomistic about finding something that shoots well. It bugs me no end that my old G27 shot tighter groups at 25 yards. All BS and nonsense aside (please) what kind of groups can I expect to get out of this pistol at 25 yards? Let's not talk about my ability. Let's just talk about reasonable expectations. Also, I just have to get some custom work done whether the pistol needs it or not. I am going to start with a decent trigger job. Any of you know of a pistolsmith who specializes in the sub compact pistols?
By the way, this little baby is a blast to shoot, literally. The recoil is manageable and the muzzle flip isn't that bad. You just have to get used to the quarter stick of dynamite going off in your face when the fire ball boils up out of the ports.
[This message has been edited by Ankeny (edited February 13, 2000).]
Well, my dealer owed me some money from a credit I got from a defective rifle. He owed my $659.00. He had a Springfield V10 Ultra Compact (the light weight aluminum frame) in stock for many months. He has no trouble selling the less expensive non-ported compacts, but the ported ones are slow to move. The ecomomy out here is terrible. Well I got the pistol at wholesale and have been shooting it.
I noticed there are two entire pages devoted to the ported barrel models in the manual. In particular, only shoot factory ammo, no reloads (lead?), no +p, etc. Is this all just CYA babble for liability purposes or is there a real reason not to shoot lead reloads in a ported barrel?
Also, I am having some trouble finding a load that groups well. Only have about 300 rounds through the pistol so I am still optomistic about finding something that shoots well. It bugs me no end that my old G27 shot tighter groups at 25 yards. All BS and nonsense aside (please) what kind of groups can I expect to get out of this pistol at 25 yards? Let's not talk about my ability. Let's just talk about reasonable expectations. Also, I just have to get some custom work done whether the pistol needs it or not. I am going to start with a decent trigger job. Any of you know of a pistolsmith who specializes in the sub compact pistols?
By the way, this little baby is a blast to shoot, literally. The recoil is manageable and the muzzle flip isn't that bad. You just have to get used to the quarter stick of dynamite going off in your face when the fire ball boils up out of the ports.
[This message has been edited by Ankeny (edited February 13, 2000).]