Ed Brown 1911 .45 drop in barrel.

[Lights]

I was having problems with my Rock Island Armory 1911 leading with lubed lead boolits. Mostly because the bore was rougher than a corn cob. I will say that it shot J-word bullets just fine and never did FTF or FTE with them. But I needed a better barrel. So I fit a Ed Brown SS drop in barrel to my RIA 1911 Tac II FS. This was a pretty easy fit job. I only needed to take .001 off the end of the hood. Wow what a nice snug crisp lockup this barrel has. After fitting I looked at the finish in the bore and it is about the nicest finish I have ever seen in a bore. No chatter marks in the rifling at all. I did notice that the rifling has the opposite twist to it though. But I don't think the boolits will care one bit. I can not wait to take it to the range and test it out with my 200 gr TC boolits and Tac1 lube. I bet I do not get one streak of lead in it.

Mark

[TCLouis]

You know it has to be RIGHT hand for 1911 don't ya.

[Lights]

You know it has to be RIGHT hand for 1911 don't ya.

Sure, But what if I am south of the equator?[smilie=l:

[Shiloh]

You know it has to be RIGHT hand for 1911 don't ya.

Found some .45 auto left-handed jacketed bullets in the berm last week.

Shiloh

[Changeling]

Did you contact Rock Island with the problem?

I was interested in getting one of there pistols!

[Lights]

Yes I sent the gun back to them and they fitted it with a new one. It was better and shot J work bullets just fine. But it was not as nice of a finish in the barrel for my liking. I am a bit anal about the finish in bores. If they are smooth they are so much nicer to clean and problems with leading just don't seem to happen.

[Lights]

Got out today to try out the new barrel with my new 200gr TC boolits from a new Accurate mold. All I have to say is wow what a combo. I held a 2 inch group at 25yrds. The factory barrel would have never done that.

[Shiloh]

You know it has to be RIGHT hand for 1911 don't ya.

;)

Shiloh

[35remington]

Hmm. Most 1911's are left hand twist. My Colts and Bar Sto's all are, as are a number of other makers. JMB's originals were left hand twist. Which were Colts, essentially. If you're going to make a case for a particular direction, it's left hand predominating.