There's just so much TV to watch, & so many honey-do's and neglected projects, at least that I'm willing to tackle, so started looking for other avenues to break the boredom.
Then I remembered a rainy day passtime from AMU era 50 some years past, and started hunting for a wooden #2 pencil and a piece of paper. The 1911 was much less difficult to find.
Remove magazine and be sure chamber empty! Insert pencil in bore and shoot for groups. It is amazing how accurate a .300" diameter projectile, propelled by the force of a 1911 firing pin only, can be when launched from a .45 caliber barrel!
The resulting five shot group above reveals that I got on the trigger producing the 3 shot group to right. Oh well, looks like I'll have a lot of time to apply a few doses of group tightener in the coming days.
Oh, if you try this at home, suggest you find a harder surface to hang your target, rather than a hollow core door, unless you wish to save your groups for posterity.
Regards,
hm
Then I remembered a rainy day passtime from AMU era 50 some years past, and started hunting for a wooden #2 pencil and a piece of paper. The 1911 was much less difficult to find.
Remove magazine and be sure chamber empty! Insert pencil in bore and shoot for groups. It is amazing how accurate a .300" diameter projectile, propelled by the force of a 1911 firing pin only, can be when launched from a .45 caliber barrel!
The resulting five shot group above reveals that I got on the trigger producing the 3 shot group to right. Oh well, looks like I'll have a lot of time to apply a few doses of group tightener in the coming days.
Oh, if you try this at home, suggest you find a harder surface to hang your target, rather than a hollow core door, unless you wish to save your groups for posterity.
Regards,
hm