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As you may know I have been posting about bullets to fit my .45 competition military pistol. I took the advice from a few members and then mulled it over about trying to use my 235 gr Omega Stellar Bullets wicked jagged cut noses Copper heads .
After contemplating doing or having done a throating / ramp job , I listened to Rick to not touch those areas at all . The reason being it is a well balanced and fine working gun with 230 gr round nosed FMJ's . They feed perfectly but i was still trying my best to get my J. H.P's to work in the gun . I love the gun , it's great in hand and just wanted to be able to load up these home defense bullets .
Now comes the good part , even with my bad toe I started to try and figure out why this was not working on many older military 1911's as i had read on the internet . I wanted it to work period and i wouldn't let it go . I lived this day and mostly nights to possibly reason why the hell a lot of shooters had the identical dilemma .
I should guess up to tonight I had invested about 30 hrs easily trying to reason what I could do to make this work for me . I wasn't about to destroy this gun by any means and like Rick said " We can try to reason this thing out " . I tried exactly that and didn't want to bother him for a few reasons .
I had loaded up about [ 40 ] inert rounds with [ 2 ] different head styles . Both identical in gr. weight and fairly close Ogives . The FMJ's worked fine , as they have always functioned great . Now to get the damn J.H.P. 's to fit and function perfectly . I checked everything 5-10-20 x's over and over .
The tolerances are very close as you can imagine on this .45 . I read about how to adapt to different barrels as they may not be exactly the same spec's etc; The J.H.P.'s were finally starting to enter , but when i used the old 'Drop in test' , they would stick just a bit . I was scratching my head over and over , why is this happening with identical set ups on my reloading etc .
Then I remembered the same type thing had happened to me many years ago , just not this particular gun or caliber . The light bulb came on and it was the only thing i hadn't tried as yet . BINGO ! To allow these test rounds to drop in by hand and then have them drop right out was my big problem , they would't . Now I had my answer finally & then guessed I could employ the same thing that i had done perviously .
I had to have a 'Small Base' sizing die , and a RCBS had worked for this problem . So as i had Nothing to use in Any make , I then took out the Shell Holder # 2 and took it down thinner slowly and rechecked . I'm guessing I thinned it down about 1/32 or so . Now my Sizing die naturally came down lower to the case bottom and thinned out that very slight bulge there .
So I went through the exact sequence on the reloaded set up , and tried this newly changed brass case . I kind of Prayed it would work like it had many moons ago P E R F E C T !!!!! I dropped it in by hand , then put the gun back together and fully actuated the slide as firing simulation . It now fit and ejected across my bed !
No one can tell me that many of these older .45 acp 1911' can not fit and fully function 235 Gr JHP's without tearing the whole gun down and possibly ruining it ! THANKYOU MR . RICK . Now I Have A Home Defense Hefty Beautifully Functioning Gun
P.S. - Even at my detriment, I don't give up If I Think I can Reason Things Out 💥💥🔫
I wanted to share this with everyone, now it's Time for My Toe / Back Pain Pills
After contemplating doing or having done a throating / ramp job , I listened to Rick to not touch those areas at all . The reason being it is a well balanced and fine working gun with 230 gr round nosed FMJ's . They feed perfectly but i was still trying my best to get my J. H.P's to work in the gun . I love the gun , it's great in hand and just wanted to be able to load up these home defense bullets .
Now comes the good part , even with my bad toe I started to try and figure out why this was not working on many older military 1911's as i had read on the internet . I wanted it to work period and i wouldn't let it go . I lived this day and mostly nights to possibly reason why the hell a lot of shooters had the identical dilemma .
I should guess up to tonight I had invested about 30 hrs easily trying to reason what I could do to make this work for me . I wasn't about to destroy this gun by any means and like Rick said " We can try to reason this thing out " . I tried exactly that and didn't want to bother him for a few reasons .
I had loaded up about [ 40 ] inert rounds with [ 2 ] different head styles . Both identical in gr. weight and fairly close Ogives . The FMJ's worked fine , as they have always functioned great . Now to get the damn J.H.P. 's to fit and function perfectly . I checked everything 5-10-20 x's over and over .
The tolerances are very close as you can imagine on this .45 . I read about how to adapt to different barrels as they may not be exactly the same spec's etc; The J.H.P.'s were finally starting to enter , but when i used the old 'Drop in test' , they would stick just a bit . I was scratching my head over and over , why is this happening with identical set ups on my reloading etc .
Then I remembered the same type thing had happened to me many years ago , just not this particular gun or caliber . The light bulb came on and it was the only thing i hadn't tried as yet . BINGO ! To allow these test rounds to drop in by hand and then have them drop right out was my big problem , they would't . Now I had my answer finally & then guessed I could employ the same thing that i had done perviously .
I had to have a 'Small Base' sizing die , and a RCBS had worked for this problem . So as i had Nothing to use in Any make , I then took out the Shell Holder # 2 and took it down thinner slowly and rechecked . I'm guessing I thinned it down about 1/32 or so . Now my Sizing die naturally came down lower to the case bottom and thinned out that very slight bulge there .
So I went through the exact sequence on the reloaded set up , and tried this newly changed brass case . I kind of Prayed it would work like it had many moons ago P E R F E C T !!!!! I dropped it in by hand , then put the gun back together and fully actuated the slide as firing simulation . It now fit and ejected across my bed !
No one can tell me that many of these older .45 acp 1911' can not fit and fully function 235 Gr JHP's without tearing the whole gun down and possibly ruining it ! THANKYOU MR . RICK . Now I Have A Home Defense Hefty Beautifully Functioning Gun
P.S. - Even at my detriment, I don't give up If I Think I can Reason Things Out 💥💥🔫
I wanted to share this with everyone, now it's Time for My Toe / Back Pain Pills
