/THUNDER RANCH THE SECOND TIME
1911
Back that give a little bit better bite to the grip-to-hand contact with the pistol while firing. There hasn’t been any parts breakage and even the re- coil spring is still functional. In a world of do-over, I might have had a trigger installed that had no holes in it. I don’t know what the holes do other than collect dust balls and dirt, but this is not a deal breaker, just something I noticed that requires ba- sic daily maintenance, cured by the canned air I keep by the back door. Bluntly, this Wilson 1911 is a darn
system is standard with a standard guide, spring and recoil-spring plug.
Twenty Months Later When I got the gun originally in
April of ’09, I bench rested it at 15 yards with Federal 230-grain FMJ ball ammunition and the big slugs went into a 1-hole group. I now have over 6,000+ rounds through the pis- tol with no issues. The metal coating work has held up well and, even with a couple of dings, the finish is in great shape. The pistol shows some edge wear on contact points like the safety, triggerguard, beavertail and main- spring housing, but none of these are of any problem. I changed the sights to a new fa-
vorite; that being the gold vertical bar and a plain, rear professional-grade sight made with a “hook-” like affair. That could make for easier 1-hand or injury operation, but for me I did it mostly because the sight “picture” is better for my eyes. The stocks I changed to thin black VZ Diamond
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good pistol; if I knew it would come out the same as this one, I would order another one today … two pis- tols are better than one. If no one in my “Imagination Land” is shooting back, the 8" bad-guy plates fall like leaves under the sights of this pistol … zero to 25, it’s a literal death-ray gig. Beyond the 25- to 50-yard mode the pistol is vault door solid, as long as the guy behind the pistol is hooked up and on line. To satisfy my own curiosity I
shot five rounds of factory 230-grain hardball at 5, 10, 15 and 25 yards on paper with these results using a hand held rest. 5 yards: 3/4" group free hand
standing 10 yards: 1-1/4" group free hand
standing 15 yards: 2-1/4" group free hand
standing 25 yards: 3" group free hand rest I simply shot for hits on 12x12"
plates at 50, 75 and 100 yards just recording out of the box hit or miss records with these results 50 yards: 5/5 hand held rest 75 yards: 4/5 hand held rest 100 yards: 4/5 hand held rest
This was not scientific by any
means … I just shot some range and field-type exercises in the snow. The couple of misses at 75 and 100
I think I could have cured with a do over but, either way, the shooting was reasonably effective. The 50- to 100- yard shooting might seem stupid, but with all the goofy people running around shooting rifles in churches, malls and in the general public; you might consider shooting at targets once in awhile that represent a lon- ger range threat, just in case you ever ran into that type of problem. I don’t want to learn how to shoot at longer ranges with my pistol when some- one is shooting at me with their rifle, rather I would prefer to practice a bit beforehand — if you know what I mean. In all of this, the pistol me- chanically shoots better than I can. But in all candor, that is a good point for me to at least start out, with a pis- tol that shoots mechanically as well as possible. I am really satisfied with my Wil-
son pistol as stated before. If you are interested in self-defense firearms or just good-looking equipment that functions, you could never do wrong by searching out Wilson’s gear. I have Wilson shotguns and pistols, and have tested in depth their AR- rifle platforms and all of the guns performed to the task at hand, at or above my expectations. *
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