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chmeyers · September 18, 2000, 10:08 AM

I bought this gun NIB last week and had a chance to shoot Saturday

. Ammo used was Winchester FMJ and SJHP reloads. I used a total of 75 rounds (limited by ammo supply). First impression: nice looking gun with factory muzzle brake in barrel ports. Rough edges and machine marks in lots of places. Very tight (?too tight) slide to frame fit

. Heavy ?18 lb recoil spring. I sighted-in the gun at 25 yards (had to raise the elevation considerably from how the gun was boxed) But, the groups were around 1-2 inches so I'm not complaining. Reliability was not good with numerous failures to eject

. I'll admit that the gun needs to be "broken-in" more and I did use questionable SJHP ammo. Still, I think the spring may be too heavy or the slide to frame fit may be tight. I'll shoot a couple hundred more rounds and if it's still a problem, Springfield Armory is only 20 minutes from here. I'm optimistic about getting this gun to function. Hell, even my Kimber had problems.

September 18, 2000, 10:08 AM	#1
chmeyers Member Join Date: November 30, 1999 Location: Rock Island, IL Posts: 75	I bought this gun NIB last week and had a chance to shoot Saturday . Ammo used was Winchester FMJ and SJHP reloads. I used a total of 75 rounds (limited by ammo supply). First impression: nice looking gun with factory muzzle brake in barrel ports. Rough edges and machine marks in lots of places. Very tight (?too tight) slide to frame fit . Heavy ?18 lb recoil spring. I sighted-in the gun at 25 yards (had to raise the elevation considerably from how the gun was boxed) But, the groups were around 1-2 inches so I'm not complaining. Reliability was not good with numerous failures to eject . I'll admit that the gun needs to be "broken-in" more and I did use questionable SJHP ammo. Still, I think the spring may be too heavy or the slide to frame fit may be tight. I'll shoot a couple hundred more rounds and if it's still a problem, Springfield Armory is only 20 minutes from here. I'm optimistic about getting this gun to function. Hell, even my Kimber had problems.