So I loaded up 20 rounds of SRP ammo hoping that it would cut down on the variability of the load. Nope.
Well - it's better but not a ton. The extreme spread from my regular small pistol magnum load is 47 FPS. On the Small Rifle primer the extreme spread was 46 FPS. The SD was slightly worse (14.3 vs 14.9) . Conditions were similar - more humid this day but I don't think it'd have materially changed the results.
What I can report is my average velocity did increase with Small Rifle Primers by approximately 28 FPS - so using straight line math - the equivalent of reducing the load by about .2 grains. So if I'm shooting SRP primers - I could load about 9.3 grains of powder versus the 9.5 I am loading with SPPM - which would net me an extra 16 rounds per 1# of powder - (That's 752 rounds per pound versus 736 rounds per pound - assuming no spillage). So probably not worth mentioning. For those that didn't read the prior ammo loading post - the powder I'm using is Shooters World Major Pistol - which is equivalent to Alliant Accurate #7 on relative burn rate - it's slower than the popular Vhita Vhouri powders for open guns slightly and the result is I am getting a lot of unburned powder - which is leading to large extreme spreads.
I noticed - after taking basically 3-4 months off my open guns - how my dot is moving. Multi port compensated guns take on a life of their own as the gas hits the comps. The dot moves left then darts back right then loops up liek it's moving to about the 12:30 position then sort of curves toward 2:30 before looping back down to the point of impact
I'm going to pick up some Winchester AutoComp at the store today to try (assuming they have 1# jugs at Scheels - which they seem to have been recently) and see if I get more reliable combustion. Goal being to get ammo that performs consistently - and then I'm going to evaluate a 115 load versus 124.
So there's it happening - it was a good stage up until that point . You can actually see the issue starting as the gun hangs out of batter entering the position which forced me to rack a round out to get it back into battery - which I handled well. This sequence was paper, mini popper, mini popper activator, distant open target, bobber (didn't engage), partial (didn't engage) - so I ate 4 mikes and 2 procedurals right there. And it still was a 3.44 hit factor.
The good news so now the guns working I look forward to two days of mayhem!
Below - you can see a shock buff - it's a washer, basically that threads onto the guide rod. The theory of what a shock buff does is it alleviates some of the impact when the slide opens all the way - they're usually made out of Delrin or rubber or whatever but this one is aluminum and was supposed to be maintenance free. It kind of compresses the spring a bit more since you don't trim the spring so it makes lighter springs work more like a higher poundage ...
I got this pretty epic slow motion in the range of the Deagle going off. that gun is silly fun to shoot. The fireball is massive - I started to chrono the ammo I have for it - it's not as impressive as the fireball would suggest. It's about 1200 FPS with a 300 grain projectile. For comparison - the 6" 10mm with a 180 grain Blazer Brass was doing 180 grains at 1200 FPS.
The 10mm 1911 is pretty tame to shoot - not wildly different form a 45.
I was going to do a video on 10mm ammo and then shoot water jugs and slow motion of them popping - but then the sky opened up on me.
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I got back from travel first bit of the week and took out the P211 - I took them to my indoor gun club bright and early this AM and only had enough time to to put about 150 or so rounds through the P211. Here's what I discovered about the gun so far.
The grip is really good. There is a texturized aluminum plate up under the safety that bites into your support hand at the turning moment. It's probably the best - in this area - of any 2011 grip I've tried that's not an MJD grip. Accuracy is very good - that picture is a group shot with some Sig Elite V Crown 124s (they sent them with the gun) - the fliers were me not having good aim. It's capable of all X ring.
The comp works very well. I really want to compare it to an XC. I shot Buffalo Creek 115s and the Sig 124 VCrowns in doubles - my group was smaller with the doubles on the Crowns than the 115 range loads. There was more hit in the hand but the gun feels more stable with spicier ammo - if you can hold on to it - which you can - because see above.
It does not fit 2011 ...
Curious what you guys think - if this is starting to bark up the tree of "watchable"
So this is a NDA gun launch. I've had it for a while now - probably better part of two months - so I have shot it and carried it a bit. This style of gun is pretty decent for someone who wants a P365/365XL sized gun but just doesn't like strikers. I carried the old CDS9 I got last summer quite a bit as my go to "I want to bring a gun but I don't want to deal with carrying a gun any more than I have to" since last year. It's a fine carry gun - the biggest gripe was holster selection was "cheeks" (as the kids say) up until a few months ago when Muddy River Tactical picked it up. The Kim Pro finish probably wears off high points on the gun a bit quicker than even a cerakote - but it looks nice in the case. If you haven't had a Stainless gun - the slide will mark if you hit it on other stuff - which is basically entirely the process of me putting it into my carry safe (it has a rack, I sometimes hit it on the other guns next to it) But the biggest difference is this de-featured gun - it ...
