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A question for all of you folks out there.
I was watching one of my customers shooting a battery of his guns the other day. He was firing a pure production 1911, a semi custom 1911 and a full house one man shop custom 1911. I was very surprised standing off to the side to watch the difference in muzzle flip in each of the three guns.
The question is why.
For the sake of no name calling and flaming of work by manufacturers and builders I will leave who made what out.
Ammo was the Federal Eagle 230 cheap range stuff at least a box or more of same per gun.
All functioned with all of the ammo.
Naturally the semi and custom had the best accuracy. But this was not a accuracy session. We could not tell the group difference but the conditions of the shooting were off hand and not conducive for pure tight groups. Just at action style targets and can bouncing.
All guns were steel five inch 1911's the semi and customs did not have a guide rod, the production gun did.
Here is the question.
Why would there be less muzzle flip and more control with the semi-custom and custom than the production with the additional weight of the guide rod.
I am not addressing the accuracy and reliability of anything here. Just muzzle flip with steel guns of the same design and weight. (exception is the production with the guide rod was a couple of ounces more)
The pure full house was slightly better in rapid fire than the semi-custom but both the full house and semi were noticably better than the pure production gun in rapid fire. (chasing a can around, emptying a mag or two into a target and hitting a reactive target.
I understand the accuracy and the rest but the muzzle flip was the surprising observation.
Is it lock up, timing, or what.
I was watching one of my customers shooting a battery of his guns the other day. He was firing a pure production 1911, a semi custom 1911 and a full house one man shop custom 1911. I was very surprised standing off to the side to watch the difference in muzzle flip in each of the three guns.
The question is why.
For the sake of no name calling and flaming of work by manufacturers and builders I will leave who made what out.
Ammo was the Federal Eagle 230 cheap range stuff at least a box or more of same per gun.
All functioned with all of the ammo.
Naturally the semi and custom had the best accuracy. But this was not a accuracy session. We could not tell the group difference but the conditions of the shooting were off hand and not conducive for pure tight groups. Just at action style targets and can bouncing.
All guns were steel five inch 1911's the semi and customs did not have a guide rod, the production gun did.
Here is the question.
Why would there be less muzzle flip and more control with the semi-custom and custom than the production with the additional weight of the guide rod.
I am not addressing the accuracy and reliability of anything here. Just muzzle flip with steel guns of the same design and weight. (exception is the production with the guide rod was a couple of ounces more)
The pure full house was slightly better in rapid fire than the semi-custom but both the full house and semi were noticably better than the pure production gun in rapid fire. (chasing a can around, emptying a mag or two into a target and hitting a reactive target.
I understand the accuracy and the rest but the muzzle flip was the surprising observation.
Is it lock up, timing, or what.