Ok guys I need some insight. I have recently moved into the world of 1911's and am now totally infatuated with them. The accuracy of my pistol has made me want to wander into the realm of handgun hunting.
Now before someone goes off on a tangent about there being so many better caliber choices, I am very well aware of that. However, I have dispatched "many" animals with calibers much smaller and am very confident in myself as a marksman. I have been hunting my entire life and I understand shot placement, and effectiveness of calibers at various ranges. I don't need anyone telling me that I can't do something or that I shouldn't due to ethics, etc. I'm looking for helpful advice and knowledge.
With that out of the way, what I am looking to do is change the internals of my 1911 to safely handle .45 super loads in order to have more muzzle velocity and pounds of energy to more effectively harvest game up to deer and hog size.
I am relatively new to the 1911 platform so I don't understand 100% of the internal workings. I have completely stripped my gun and have looked it all over but am not familiar with the technical names of each piece. From what I have read, i understand that I will need to change out the recoil spring for a heavier spring. I have also read about an EGW non-radiused firing pin stop, heavy duty firing pin spring, and a recoil buffer.
I have also seen people say that they have run .45 super loads through their stock 1911 with no problems. I'm a preventative maintenance guy myself and I would prefer to add all of the necessary pieces to minimize wear and tear on my gun. However I would like to still be able to cycle standard .45acp rounds as well.
Now like I said I'm new to the 1911 so I don't understand much about the internals, so you may have to dumb it down for me but I'm hoping someone can post their experience of this conversion and with the .45 super cartridge to help me out.
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Now before someone goes off on a tangent about there being so many better caliber choices, I am very well aware of that. However, I have dispatched "many" animals with calibers much smaller and am very confident in myself as a marksman. I have been hunting my entire life and I understand shot placement, and effectiveness of calibers at various ranges. I don't need anyone telling me that I can't do something or that I shouldn't due to ethics, etc. I'm looking for helpful advice and knowledge.
With that out of the way, what I am looking to do is change the internals of my 1911 to safely handle .45 super loads in order to have more muzzle velocity and pounds of energy to more effectively harvest game up to deer and hog size.
I am relatively new to the 1911 platform so I don't understand 100% of the internal workings. I have completely stripped my gun and have looked it all over but am not familiar with the technical names of each piece. From what I have read, i understand that I will need to change out the recoil spring for a heavier spring. I have also read about an EGW non-radiused firing pin stop, heavy duty firing pin spring, and a recoil buffer.
I have also seen people say that they have run .45 super loads through their stock 1911 with no problems. I'm a preventative maintenance guy myself and I would prefer to add all of the necessary pieces to minimize wear and tear on my gun. However I would like to still be able to cycle standard .45acp rounds as well.
Now like I said I'm new to the 1911 so I don't understand much about the internals, so you may have to dumb it down for me but I'm hoping someone can post their experience of this conversion and with the .45 super cartridge to help me out.
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