Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Rob, Frank & Don - Nice toys! All of them - the Leica too! My favorite - a Colt pattern 1911! I built my own up from a Colt Enhanced, added McCormick internals, a match bushing on a stock barrel, and low mounted adjustable sight, Ed Brown ambi and grip safeties, and a few other doo dads. Later I took the full length guide-rod back out and went standard - didn't need the complexity. Shoots 1" from the bags at 25yds using 200 gr LSWC over 4.8 bullseye. Duty load is Hydra Shok. You're right, old slab sides is a boat anchor in the belt after a 12 hour day though, so a lightly modified Browning Hi-Power is my carry choice, with Hydra Shoks- of course. BTW - a darn good belt is critical in making a darn good holster work right for all day use. Now that I can get a Kahr at cost, I think this will become the summer gun of choice (9mm or .45 - it's all about placement). That's another thing about carrying a Leica and camera gear around, you can wear a photographers vest and hide a fair size piece and two spare mag's with no problem - summer or winter. Probably the one problem with carrying is that you have to make an effort to avoid going into those scary places to take pictures. Hell man - you're armed and carrying around expensive toys - now that's got to be a guaranteed way to start trouble. When you're armed it's incumbent upon you to make the extra effort to avoid trouble. Contact me off line at puff11@comcast.net if you'd like and we can talk some more about this kind of shooting without disturbing the citizens. Best of light, Norm ************************************************************************ Rob, Your Springfield looks much like my Kimber Super Match. It really is amazing how far 1911's have come as far as accuracy goes. Mine is a tack driver too. For carry, I stuck with a pseudo-1911 - the Para C7 LDA. Very nice pistol. For competition, single action is great. However, it makes me a bit nervous to carry cocked and locked. That is what is great about the LDA. Frank Farmer Jackson, Miss. On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:47 PM, Rob McClure wrote: > Hi Don, > > Thanks for looking. As to you questions, I recently bought the SA > 1911 used from a gun dealer and am not sure exactly what bushing it > has. I added the wood grips, which I think complement the chrome/black > chrome metal. It has had the trigger reworked and it is light and > precise -- nice for target work, but a little scary for the concealed > carry/ home defense use for which it was purchased. Of course, it is > a kind of big for concealed carry and I am contemplating a Kimber > Ultra-Carry or perhaps a double-action semi-auto for this use. I have > only target shot it at about 25 yards and it is pretty much a > tack-driver at that distance. Of course for self-defense use, you > only need to hit body mass and the big .45 ACP round does the rest. > > To stay on topic, I like to bring my cameras to the range; > occasionally catching shots of wildlife or flying brass and smoke. > The Leica M excels at this with its quick shutter response. > > Regards, > > Rob McClure > > > On Feb 12, 2006, at 7:10 PM, Don Dory wrote: > >> Rob, >> Whoooboy, some of your toys are going to start some conversations on >> the LUG >> and I don't mean the chronographs. >> >> So, besides the hammer and trigger work, what bushing did you put in >> and >> what is the best pattern you have shot at 25 yards? >> >> Don >> don.dory at gmail.com >> >> >> On 2/12/06, Rob McClure <rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I finally got around to shooting a grouping of my favorite toys >>> (which >>> include an M4-2, just to keep on topic). I had a heck of a time with >>> the lighting as I discovered that my Norman studio umbrella light >>> won't >>> fire from a digital camera, so I played with bounce flash. I really >>> had difficulty trying to do closeups of watches with all kinds of >>> reflections. I suppose a light tent or other diffused lighting, >>> plus a >>> nice macro lense, would help. This type of staged photography is new >>> to me and I would appreciate any advice. >>> >>> HYPERLINK http://homepage.mac.com/robertmcclure/PhotoAlbum112.html http://homepage.mac.com/robertmcclure/PhotoAlbum112.html >>> >>> Rob McClure -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006