Gun Owners?

[mister]

Wow, just found out.... Colt is making a 1911 Specifically for the Aussie market. 9mm  - spoke to the importer today. As they need more stock, Colt will make them to order. Sweet 

[adidasguy]

Wow, just found out.... Colt is making a 1911 Specifically for the Aussie market. 9mm  - spoke to the importer today. As they need more stock, Colt will make them to order. Sweet 

so for the Aussie market, is the rifling backwards like the way your toilets flush?

[Janx101]

Again with the toilet thing? ... I've never seen a loo swirl in a circle .... Always more like a waterfall .... 

... And it wouldn't matter which way the rifling twists I think.... So Nyah!! 

[slipperymongoose]

Bought some Norma brass and a hornady neck size die for the swede.

[Janx101]

Make sure you check the flash holes in that brass ... And use a primer pocket reamer to smooth them if you have one ... Good brass for longevity ... QC sometimes lacking though

[steezin_and_wheezin]

First clean on my B6P last night. Really liking the pistol! Stripped and cleaned w/o a hitch

Put around 120 rounds through it over the weekend with my gf. Starting to get the first time jitters out and get some decent shots. We only have access to an outdoor range. I have decent accuracy on further targets that are more level with my sight, but can't seem to adjust to targets that are lower and closer. Any pointers from the pros?

[Kijona]

I guess they're making them for the Australian Market so they don't have to make that many.

[Janx101]

zing! 

its a pity they went for the 9mm though....

10mm is SO much more entertaining!! 

[adidasguy]

So what's different? Trigger on the lift side like they drive?
Ammo goes in upside down?

[Janx101]

...  .... just generally cooler and more manly i think! .. we dont have to carry down every street, generally a simple glare and backhander suffices! .. plus as we have nicer air .... the bang sounds sharper ... the burnt powder smell has deeper tones of cordite .. and the light glints off the metalwork 'ting' .. 

.. and most of our criminals know that laying the thing on its side and saying "ima gon' cap yo ass Mofo!" .. is generally bad for accuracy .. and grammar! .. most! .. some are delusional from too many late nights watching gangsta movies..

... plus .. we have Emu or Goanna oil  ... its well known to improve the smoothness of the actions, decreasing the inertia of firing .. allowing for a quicker follow up shot! .. also gives the metal a more sinister look! 

[slipperymongoose]

Nah they make it so it works properly unlike the yank crap we usually see

[Kijona]

So what's different? Trigger on the lift side like they drive?
Ammo goes in upside down?

[Kijona]

zing! 

its a pity they went for the 9mm though....

10mm is SO much more entertaining!! 

.40S&W = 10mm Short & Wimpy.

<3 10mm

[Janx101]

+1 ..

back in the day .. Had a Glock20 in 10mm .. (.40S&W pfft!) .. handloaded Hornady 155gn XTP with 10.5gn Bluedot ..  ... target loads were 170gn lead TC with 8.5 gn bluedot .. mostly... 

as Clint Eastwood said in Firefox "man.... what a machine!!"

[mister]

I guess they're making them for the Australian Market so they don't have to make that many.

Normally, what we have available is only left over stuff after the US has had their fill.

For example: Ruger Mark 3 Target 22lr- on back order as we get US left overs. Meanwhile, the Made To Order always in stock.

Here's an Aussie doing a review of the 1911 9mm Aussie pistol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WdpmBXpADU

Why 9mm and not a 40 cal or 45ACP? I didn't say you couldn't get them based off of the 1911, just that the 9mm is available in Aust only, made only for Aust. And I think the reason the importer had them made is to do with our IPSC rules. See, no more 40 cal. So it's either a .38 super or a 9mm. As such, all scoring is now Minor as well.

The Standard division is dominated by 1911-types. The Open division is dominated by 1911 types and the Classic Must be 1911 types - and in Aust on 9mm 38super or 357Sig

Not saying the Aust champ uses a 1911 in 9mm, just that, as our laws say nothing allowed of 40cal and up for IPSC, then we pretty well only have 38sup and 9mm, so it makes sense to sell a 9mm version from Colt.

If you want to shoot a 40cal or 45ACP, looks like Met Silhouette is it as far as reactionary shooting goes.

[Janx101]

That's sad.... I can remember an AGM at pistol club ... Where one of the 'hand wringers' put up a motion that all matches start with the words 'commence when ready' ... Instead of Fire! ...

Now IPSC is all Minor? .... That's just so the pussies with excuses about 'bigger than 9' is too heavy hitting and recoils! ... Can have matches their way! ... 

... Met Sil ... That probably want last much longer if this is the way things are going!! ... "Too much danger/insurance probs from ricochet" .. Or similar ... Thus removing last need for above 9mm ... 

... The tree huggers and hand wringers will win in Australia .. Eventually .. Pity the Crims aren't subject to their rules! 

[mister]

I think the simpler solution would have been to have a Minor and Major seperate thing so the limp wristed limeys could shoot their 38supers and those who wanted to shoot 45ACPs could. But the other issue involves the mag size. With nothing over 10 rounds in a mag allowed, the larger mags that you might find in the US, for example, can't shoot here. Sure it limits US shooters from even bothering coming down... but that's how it is. Just means we need to change mags more often - yeah lose some time but oh well.

[Janx101]

Yeah true... Split the matches would have been fair .... And fair counts how? 

Even with the Glock ... 15rounds of 10mm ... Could've blocked the bottom of the mag to comply .. But IIRC they ruled it out because of barrel length more than anything else official ...

... Which still made zero difference to the illegal trade!

[adidasguy]

Magazines are so fast to change that I think the anti-gun people are idiots. They must thing when a mag is empty that you have to stop to fill it up again. Fast mag swap is under a second.
Use a uplula speed loader and you can refill one pretty fast - not the slow way you see on old TV shows inserting one at a time and pressing down with your thumb.

Fortunately Washington has no limit. CA, DC, NYC and Chicago are some places that have limits. Not like the criminals really care. Only honest people obey the laws.

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[yamahonkawazuki]

Wow, just found out.... Colt is making a 1911 Specifically for the Aussie market. 9mm  - spoke to the importer today. As they need more stock, Colt will make them to order. Sweet 

so for the Aussie market, is the rifling backwards like the way your toilets flush?

i think the bullets fire backwards. not twist backwards