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I presume it is a .45 ACP (the loading data suggests that), but 1911's come in more than one caliber.
Plus, we NEED pictures (it didn't happen if there are no pictures
Congratulations on your purchase! A few years ago, I was at a friend's home and he showed me a Kimber CDP II in .45 ACP. It was SO pretty, that I did something that was completely out of character( I am NOTHING if not practical
). I swapped a Colt 1911 Commander that had been worked on and was TOTALLY reliable. I had never seen the Kimber CDP II before, and was taken by it's appearance. I KNEW it wouldn't be reliable, as everyone KNEW that was the case with these short barreled compact 1911's.
As it so happened, I only had rounds with me that were loaded with the H&G #130 short nosed SWC bullet that was only loaded to target level. I KNEW it wouldn't cycle the new acquisition. i stopped by our outdoor range and figured that I would singly load it, if necessary as I REALLY wanted to shoot it, just to see what I had. There were a couple of my pistol shooting friends at the range, so I waited for the next relay, and set up a timed fire target at 25 yards. I started off with a full mag, of those short nosed target loads. I was shooting standing, two handed. I fired five, reloaded and fired five more. The worst shot on the target was a couple of nines and the gun was totally reliable, even with those light target loads. It also shot to the sights, was reasonably comfortable to shoot. All these years later, I still have this wondrous little piece. in a belt slide it works perfectly and properly loaded makes a FINE carry piece.
Hopefully, your Springfield will do the same: