Originally posted by Xargos
Mave, what .45 do you use for competition?
I had a slightly modified 70 series Mk4, not a Gold Cup. It was previously owned by a FBI agent that was going through a divorce. I got it at a REAL good price and that was good since I was a starving college student at the time. It was mostly stock other than having a S&W revolver sight mounted on it and a trigger job. It always shot better than I could. I used my own hand loads for competition with 185 gr. hard cast lead semi wad cutters (no copper base check) at about 800 FPS. It made for a medium soft recoil and was rock solid on cycling the slide so I had no issues with jams.
Today's "race guns" would make it look just about box stock. I left competition when it got to be a gamey operation with those who could afford the gimicks and toys getting the nod. I stopped using the .45 after I got on the department since it wasn't what I carried for real.
The last straw was being told my duty weapon (a Glock) had to be loaded to less than full capacity because the guys with the .45's couldn't carry the same number of rounds as I could. These guys had scopes, vented barrel recoil adapters on their guns along with competition holsters / gear and were afraid that my stock gun had more rounds than theirs did. I used my duty rig including snap holster and mag carriers. My idea was to practice and compete with the rig I had to use to depend on at work.
I haven't gone back to competition for over 20 years now.
