2010 Dan Wesson CCO 1911

New member of the family: 2010 Dan Wesson CCO. I've been searching for one of these for the past year. Couldn't find any 2009 anywhere. And on 9/10, a dealer emailed me. And now she's all mine.

Springfield Loaded Ultra Compact 1911 - Round 2

So an update to this little pistol. Just worked in the slide and frame with some JB Bore, so that should help in with the break in period. I ran a box of Remington 45's down range and everything works just fine. No problems.

Out of the box, the stock barrel could only feed ball ammo, and wouldn't even take any defense JHP ammo. Even after the 50 rounds, it still felt like it was new and the JHP's barely budged from the mag, and would just hang up on the ramp.

So I gave it a little polishing, similar to what I had done for the Mil-Spec's barrel and frame. I just used some 600 grit sand papers on the ramp, and ran it north-south on the ramp to take away the grove lines that ran east-west. The end result is a mirror finish.

Out of the box barrel ramp, after the range, 50 rounds of Remington ball ammo:

Out of the box barrel ramp, after wiping off the gun powder and grit:

Polished, 600 grit sandpaper. Don't mind the slight markings on there, it was from my fingernail checking the smoothness of the surface:

Now it will feed JHP's without hanging up on the ramp.

Next will be heading to the range for some more ball ammo, and try out some Hydra Shok JHP's.

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Springfield Loaded Ultra Compact 1911

The fever for 1911's is getting worse. So I gave in and added this to the collection...it's a mini-me to the full-size 5-in barrel.

New Springfield Loaded Ultra Compact Stainless Steel:

From the factory, the slide and frame fit is tighter in tolerance when compared to the Mil-Spec. I really like the Trijicon night sights.

Parts already on order:

1. 10-8 flat trigger
2. Ed Brown rebuild kit with 19# mainspring
3. JB Bore compound to lap in the slide and frame to help with the break-in period.

Now I need to get a holster for it. It's going to be a hard decision since I really like the stainless on there and I don't know if I want to go with a Raven Phantom Kydex holster. Another thing is that Raven doesn't have a Phatom that will house a 3.5-in barrel. Might have to buy a Commander size Phantom and cut it down to fit the shorter barrel. The alternative would to spend the money on a Milt Sparks leather holster. Both will take some time for it to come in.

I will also be spending some time on hand fitting the beaver tail to the frame. Currently, it doesn't flush up to the bottom of the tang, and shows a good amount of extra materials on the beavertail. And will also be filling down both left and right thumb safeties to give a narrower profile.

Will take it to the range and post up a report.

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Magpul Dynamics - The Art of Dynamic Handgun DVD set

The DVD set arrived yesterday afternoon. And last night, I watched about 1 hour 45 minutes of the first DVD. This is one intense video. Magpul does such a great job of breaking down every motions and mechanics of how one should handle their pistol. Everything from admin reload to tactical reload to pushing out the pistol at a target. Check out the Magpul promo video.

I thought I knew how to grip my pistol, and have been playing around with my grips. But after watching the first DVD, I've learned a new way. Will have to test out this grip at the range.
I can't wait to get into the remaining DVD's! I'll report back.

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