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New-Gun-Owner Question About Ported Barrels, 1911's and Stuff

PaulieDC

PaulieDC

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Hey All,

Have an SA 1911 Range Officer on order (and several months to wait) and I have my eye on this ammo for the range when the gun actually gets here. CCI says not to use this in a ported barrel. I read up on what a ported barrel is, but I have no idea in the 1911 I ordered has one, the specs don't say. Does that pretty much mean a gun does NOT have one unless explicitly stated? I ordered the PI9131L. Just want to make sure it's not ported before I get in line for the bucket-o-ammo. Thanks!
 
PaulieDC said:
Hey All,

Have an SA 1911 Range Officer on order (and several months to wait) and I have my eye on this ammo for the range when the gun actually gets here. CCI says not to use this in a ported barrel. I read up on what a ported barrel is, but I have no idea in the 1911 I ordered has one, the specs don't say. Does that pretty much mean a gun does NOT have one unless explicitly stated? I ordered the PI9131L. Just want to make sure it's not ported before I get in line for the bucket-o-ammo. Thanks!
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Your Springfield 1911 RO Does not have a ported barrel.
Welcome to the forum and the rabbit hole known as firearm ownership. This site is known to cause everyone to buy more guns. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
 
Welcome to the forum and do yourself a favor. If you’re buying ammo before you have the gun especially, I wouldn’t buy more than one box of any type/ kind. Your gun may not like it. You’re going to want to try different ammo in it to see what feeds properly and what am I you like/ prefer.
 
PaulieDC said:
Hey All,

Have an SA 1911 Range Officer on order (and several months to wait) and I have my eye on this ammo for the range when the gun actually gets here. CCI says not to use this in a ported barrel. I read up on what a ported barrel is, but I have no idea in the 1911 I ordered has one, the specs don't say. Does that pretty much mean a gun does NOT have one unless explicitly stated? I ordered the PI9131L. Just want to make sure it's not ported before I get in line for the bucket-o-ammo. Thanks!
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For future reference , any firearm that is ported will be pointed out in the advertisement for said firearm.

Welcome to the forum. By the way , there are a couple members here who .... well it is really hard to describe ..... I am sure you will learn about them shortly. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: 😂 😂
 
Bassbob said:
Welcome to the forum and do yourself a favor. If you’re buying ammo before you have the gun especially, I wouldn’t buy more than one box of any type/ kind. Your gun may not like it. You’re going to want to try different ammo in it to see what feeds properly and what am I you like/ prefer.
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Excellent point. These are the things us greenies wouldn't think of... "don't all bullets just shoot like bullets??" :sneaky: I'm wondering if that's the #1 thing us noobs need to know, so thanks for the advice! Just like acoustic guitar strings, I tell my students to TRY different kinds, not all feel great and the tone depends on the wood type. Forget the ads. Anyway, great advice, thanks.
 
PaulieDC said:
OK, I can see that this place is already awesome, so many other forums for music and photography hold world records for snobbery! Thanks all!
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No snobs here but be very careful of @Annihilator he will try to get you to invest a fake chicken coop. He’s also known as the Tin Man.
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you’ll find him hanging out with @10mmLife and @BET7 dressing up chickens. Very disturbing.
 
Welcome to the forum! @PaulieDC

Since someone did this for me and caused me to buy another firearm... in stock.

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SPRINGFIELD 1911 RANGE OFFICER 45ACP 4' LW CHAMP

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PaulieDC said:
Excellent point. These are the things us greenies wouldn't think of... "don't all bullets just shoot like bullets??" :sneaky: I'm wondering if that's the #1 thing us noobs need to know, so thanks for the advice! Just like acoustic guitar strings, I tell my students to TRY different kinds, not all feel great and the tone depends on the wood type. Forget the ads. Anyway, great advice, thanks.
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Another player on the forum. FANTASTIC.

I'm a bass player for over 40 years now but I spend a lot of time on guitar too.

For acoustic wood is definitely important. I don't fuss too much with acoustic guitars as far as strings. In fact my main beater acoustic has slinkys on it right now. :)
Basses are another story. What I lack in talent I make up for with stellar tone. Main rig is a 1989 SVT II non Pro with Winged SED power tubes and NOS preamp tubes, paired with a 2006 SLM Ampeg 810. Running a stock 1974 Rickenbacker 4001 with Rotosound Swing bass 66 SS rounds and a 2015 Spector NS4 with D'addario ELX170s.
 
Springfield pretty much universally, to the best of my knowledge, refers to their ported pistols as a ”V(X)”, where X is the number of ports...usually V8, V10, and I think they even made a V16 long slide model 1911.

And the reason CCI says not to use that ammo is because it’s a plated bullet; plated bullets tend to shave fragments when the hit the ports, and vent them like tiny bits of shrapnel...not fun.
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Thats a buddy of mine shooting a ported Performance Center Shield 9mm...you can imagine if chunks of metal were flying out of there...
 
HansGruber said:
Springfield pretty much universally, to the best of my knowledge, refers to their ported pistols as a ”V(X)”, where X is the number of ports...usually V8, V10, and I think they even made a V16 long slide model 1911.

And the reason CCI says not to use that ammo is because it’s a plated bullet; plated bullets tend to shave fragments when the hit the ports, and vent them like tiny bits of shrapnel...not fun.
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Thats a buddy of mine shooting a ported Performance Center Shield 9mm...you can imagine if chunks of metal were flying out of there...
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Good info. Thanks Hans
 
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