The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - My son belongs to a singles event group

My son belongs to a singles event group (reply)

stonewalrus — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:17:06 +0000

They have gone shooting several times. EVERYBODY loved his Hi Power, including the ladies. To me the next best thing in feel is a CZ75/Witness and it is double action.

now you need to get a Hi Power (reply)

Remington40x — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:22:47 +0000

It took me until I was 59 to purchase my first Hi-Power. What an idiot I am. They are wonderful, wonderful pistols. Mr. Browning had some very good days designing that one. (Not that there are any flies on the 1911, mind you.)

I'm mostly a revolver guy, but lately (probably because of all the fussing about magazine capacity and such folderol), I've been on a semi-auto tear. I'd owned an S&W 945 for a while (bullseye pistol), and a High Standard I've had since I was 16, but I've added a SIG P938, a Star Model B (hey, it was cheap), an S&W 39 (great trigger on that one) and the Hi-Power.

Of course, I now need to feed them. Since I never owned a 9mm before this, I still don't have dies or a shell plate for my Dillon. Hope to rectify that soon.

Oh yeah! (reply)

Catoosa — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:14:16 +0000

That's a whole 'nother addiction! Shooting 1911s is fun - chasing cans around a berm with a High Power is glazed-eye, drooling, silly-grin fun.

now you need to get a Hi Power (reply)

stonewalrus — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:31:25 +0000

You are doomed, Louis (reply)

Catoosa — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:20:44 +0000

1911s are addictive. Don't ask me how I know. I was once a sane, sensible, Smith & Wesson revolver crank. I had a 1911, but didn't shoot it much. Then I started playing with the thing, then I bought another one, and another, and another. I can't leave the things alone now. I bought a nice set of elkhorn 1911 grips a while back, and then had to buy a Combat Commander to put them on. This is your future once you start messin' with the dang things.....

Thanx (reply)

RidinLou — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:37:34 +0000

Sarge and Woody.

That was my assumption, but I wanted to check before I ran a bunch off to practice with.

Unlike my SRH I figured 6 inches at 50 yards was the best I could expect mixed or separated brass for that level of 45.

Some may find it hard to believe I had to wait til I was 65 to even shoot a 1911.

It is getting to where it is almost "fun".

A whole new world of handling to learn for a "wheelgun" guy.

45 Brass and Accuracy (reply)

woody — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:07:35 +0000

No. I shot mixed brass for years in IPSC. Never mattered. My Dawson built gun with a Barsto barrel shoots more accurate that I could ever shoot it.

45 Brass and Accuracy (reply)

Sarge — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:05:46 +0000

If I'm shooting well on a particular day, I can see the difference made by sorting headstamps- shooting 50 yards from a rest. For the uses you describe, I'd never notice the difference.

45 Brass and Accuracy

RidinLou — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:00:32 +0000

If one had a decently snug, but no bullseye competition gun and they were shooting cast bullets with say PROMO, Clays, or even AA#5 would they notice the loss of precision using mixed brass.

Most it would be used for would be local defensive gun matches

Plinking playing

and social interaction if need be would be the only other use.