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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Lightweight Commander and gear Msg# 1151941
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Allan:
From Wilson: NOTE: SHOK-BUFF® buffers are recommended for full-size (5" barrel) 1911's only. Due to space constraints, we do not recommend their use in compact (less than 5" barrel) 1911's. I have been a Commander fan for many years and that's why I questioned your using it in your Commander. Unless you plan to put many, many thousands of rounds through the Commander, I wouldn't be overly concerned in trying to save the frame from battering. (Just my 2 cents.) Oh no! Please don't tell me what else ya got! (although it has been months since we've swapped guns...) OK, I won't tell you. Harvey |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I didn't think you were supposed to use Shok Buffs in Commanders.Shrug (Not enough "room".) I have never heard or read that; I should look into it further. (ETA: Just looked and Wilson sells different Shok Buff systems for GMs and Commanders) They obviously don't work in this case. I hoped the pad would compress a bit and allow a bit more slide travel but that hasn't happened. Now, if the slide is locked back you can't release it by pulling back on the slide and letting it go: the slide can't move back far enough to release so you have to press the slide lock down instead. I really hate to let the steel slide batter the aluminum frame so I hate to remove the pad. The 147 grain bullets add to the problem by adding a bit of recoil. I should probably pull the Shok Buff and step up the recoil spring power and come at the problem that way. The 9mm GM doesn't seem to care what I put in it and likes the 147s fine. But, it doesn't shoot them any more accurately than it shoots the 124s, so I may just stick with them. And here I was going to offer you a trade for it. Oh no! Please don't tell me what else ya got! |
