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Matt Barrow wrote:
"W P Dixon" wrote in message ... I believe Mr Whiting is speaking of a standard issue 1911 Colt .45. Which does have an awful pattern even at 50 yards. Mine is a Springfield Armory, with a bit of trigger work and my onw reloads. At 50 yards through a Ransom rest it shoots about a 4-5" group. The load I use has been tweaked for this particular gun and it's had a couple thousand rounds through it. Mine is a Colt (I believe series 70, but can't remember for sure) that is factory stock and it only groups 3-4" at 25 yards off a sandbag (I don't have access to a machine rest. I'd say I could hit a 12" pie plate at 100 yards maybe 50% of the time if I was shooting off a sandbag. Shooting off-hand would probably lower than to less than 25% of the time. That was my point. My Super Blackhawk is much more accurate and will group about 2" at 25 yards, but even that would have a pretty low hit rate at 100 yards, especially shooting off-hand and at a 12" target moving at 80 MPH or more! There are some mods that can be done, as in with some of the new modified 1911's. Which very few of those are "real" 1911's, but aftermarket copies. The term "1911" is for any version of the original J.M. Borwning design. True, but very few short of match tuned will shoot less than 12" at 100 yards with factory ammo. A Kimber 1911 come to mind. Which is a very nice weapon with alot better patterns than it's old standard US military version. Just a good old Colt .45! Great for close combat, but not a reach out and touch someone kind of weapon. Which is the point I made about a .44 Mag being much better at 100 yards and further. Could I hit a Cessna 150 at 100 yards? Sure. Every time? Probably not. The point wasn't to hit a 150, but to hit something the size of a pilot's head! Hitting a 150 that was sitting still would be trivial. Hitting one that was moving at 80 MPH would be tougher, but not impossible to be sure. To consisently hit a spot the size of a human head, would be nigh on impossible. Matt |
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