need a little guidance -- colt has my defender

[mandel7172]

my defender is back to colt --its brand new, never fired, has slide rub marks. the amount of slide/frame play was shocking--im sure that colt will take care of this --- i figured that while they have it should i ask colt to do some work on it?? -- here is what they offered--they offered to set, adjust trigger to min. spec's -- does anyone know what they mean by min. spec's --- is that good enough for a target/defense carry trigger pull? -- also i would like to make sure it will consisitantly feed SWC's --- should i ask them to do any throat/polish work while they have it -- any suggestions as to what i should do while they have it?? - thanks--al

[dakota1911]

Again I am an engineer, but any "minimum specs" should be spelled out to you, hopefully in an email, fax, or letter.

[Hawkmoon]

I believe "minimum specs" means a clean trigger that's not so light as to be a "hair trigger." Probably around 5 pounds. I'm sure it will be VERY appropriate for concealed carry and self-defense purposes.

Why are you concerned about SWCs in a self-defense pistol? That's what the Defender is. If you want it to feed SWCs then I suggest you mention that to Colt while they have it. I'm sure they are building the Defenders to feed JHP self-defense rounds. If it were my pistol, I would be looking to feed JHP reliably and not worry about SWC stuff.

[mandel7172]

thanks for the responses-- its a good idea to call and ask to confirm as to what they mean by "min specs" – I go to the range every week -- i reload so i can afford going to the range, so i shoot more--using JHP's for me would be prohibitively expensive – SWC’s seem to be very accurate and feed perfectly in my Ruger 345 – but not so well in my 1991 compact -- which i'm considering sending it out for barrel/ramp work as well--not to mention I can see the holes in the target much better w/ SWC's, LOL.

[Hawkmoon]

But what do you carry for self-defense? SWCs?

I started reloading to reduce the cost of practice, too. But I carry 230-grain JHP self-defense ammo, so I reload 230-grain FMJ or plated LRN bullets that shoot to the same point of aim as the hollow-points.

[egumpher]

I carry 230-grain JHP self-defense ammo, so I reload 230-grain FMJ or plated LRN bullets that shoot to the same point of aim as the hollow-points.


Me too. I want to practice with as close to my defensive ammo groupings and feel as possible.

Rgds
Eric

[mandel7172]

your point is very well taken-- but i feel that if there is no trouble feeding SWC's then ther will no trouble feeding anything, like my ruger 345 -- i understand your point that i should practice with the same weight of bullet i would carry --which are rem golden sabers and speer gold dots thay weigh 185/200gr.-- they are around the same weight as the SWC's -- there's one more thing --your lucky to get what you can find these days

[HAIL CAESAR]

But what do you carry for self-defense? SWCs?

I started reloading to reduce the cost of practice, too. But I carry 230-grain JHP self-defense ammo, so I reload 230-grain FMJ or plated LRN bullets that shoot to the same point of aim as the hollow-points.

I carry 200 grain JHP and shoot 200 grain SWC's for practice. Alot of them. ;)

[mandel7172]

now that i see i'm not the only one that uses SWC's -- would you suggest or recommend that i ask colt to do somethig with the barrel/ramp/slide to make my new little colt feed SWC's better

[HAIL CAESAR]

Why not. They will just polish the ramp and throat the barrel. All that will make SWC and HP's feed better. It's a win/win. Then load thousands of SWC's that mimic your defensive loads and proceed to heavily practice on the cheap.

[daveohno]

Tell Colt what you want and they should be able to accomodate you. Good luck finding primers right now. Even powder is scarce now also.

[mandel7172]

primers are getting very hard to find -- small standard primers are no where to be found--i asked colt what min specs were? i was told that they will check to make sure the the triger pull will be 4 1/2 to 5 pounds, which sounds good to me. Also, before they recommend anything they' re going to shoot my pistol w/SWC's to see what happens, before making recommendations.