Springfield Mil-Spec Full Size 1911 : Round 2 & 3's : Range Report

After round 2 and 3's modifications, I took the Mil-Spec to the range this afternoon, and I'm COMPLETELY HAPPY!!!

Round 2's recap:

1. new flat trigger.
2. new ambi-safety
3. new lighter mainspring
4. new flat mainspring housing
5. new barrel bushing
6. trigger and sear work

Round 3's recap: polished feed ramp

All of these combinations make for a new found pistol. The flat trigger and sear worked paid off wonderfully. The pull is quick without any creep, and the break is clean! New, lighter, mainspring and tighter barrel bushing helped and kept the grouping tighter. And the new flat mainspring housing also helped my grip and I got back on target quicker.

I also tried a new grip method, which came from Magpul Dynamic's Handgun DVD - Disc 1. Both arms were kept locked straight, and I used equal amount of pressure from both hands.

So now there are another 105 rounds thru the Mil-Spec. One hundred of them are ball ammo from Remington's UMC ammo stash; 230g bullets. And the other five rounds were from Federal's Hydra-Shok JHP collection; 165g bullets. The polished feed ramp is just AWESOME! Every round feed without any objection. And every rounds fired and ejected perfectly.

Next round of mods:

• bobtail stock mil-spec hammer
• reshape stock mil-spec grip safety

Consideration of doing a bobtail mainspring housing from Ed Brown. We'll see how I feel about this later.

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Raven Concealment Systems Holster

I saw this holster in Magpul Dynamics Handgun video and was intrigue as to what kind of holster the instructors were running. After hearing Christ Costa mentioned it was a Raven holster – www.ravenconcealment.com – I was on the internet looking up some information, and seeing what the company's all about.

After some initial searching and reading, I found out the company is a local company, based out of Elyria Ohio. That's great! And their products seems to have really great reviews by everyone who has their holster. The plus is that they are better liked than some of the more high-end leather holsters.

Picture compliment from RCS's store front The Malabar Front

Since summer is approaching so I'm thinking of getting a thinner holster for my Glock 26, which I carry daily. This should help to reduce the printing signature. The positive retention and belt holders should also help with the pistol to stay put.

The cool thing about this holster is that it can be either a IWB (in the waist ban) or OWB (out of the waist ban) holster. It's just a matter of just changing the adapters on the rivet areas. It comes standard with a couple of loops for a OWB option. I've ordered some additional hardware and will try to fabricate my own hooks/attachments and set it up as an IWB holster.

I can't wait to get this new holster and try it out! The only downside... Raven is backed up on their orders, and it won't have something to ship within the next 60 days! Oh well, order placed and will have to wait.

Will give a in depth review when the holster arrived.

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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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