When I was much younger...

by Brian A, Thursday, March 28, 2013, 07:41 (4261 days ago) @ Glen

One of my favorite loads for bowling pin matches was a 255 gr SWC loaded quite warm and shot out of a 1911 with extra heavy springs and a recoil buffer. It was probably not good for the longevity of the gun, though it never showed any signs of the stress and still shoots just fine 30 years later, but you could not have cleared pins with any more authority if you had used a baseball bat. We used to use a big piece of plate steel on our practice range as a backstop and it had contained thousands of rounds of 9 mm, 38 special, 380 acp and 45 acp without any noticeable ill effects. The first round of that hot SWC to hit it, bent it into a concave shape.