Shot a couple hundred through the newly-repaired 1911.
I’m still pulling down and left, but I’m putting a lot more into the center of the target than I used to. I think some of my pulling issue is that my carpal-tunnelled wrists are really weak and I’m simply not holding the gun well — plus I haven’t shot a .45 in over a year. 9mm just doesn’t kick like .45ACP…and the Bersa is a lot lighter to start with.
But I also think that the new springs and plunger tube Gunsmith Bob put in are helping a lot. A new barrel might help solve the keyholing I still see in the target, but this gun just isn’t worth putting a new barrel into, unless I were to lose my head for sentimental reasons.
I also discovered that when the gun gets warm, it refuses to lock back on empty when loaded with the two newer (read “cheap”) magazines I picked up at Cabela’s a couple of years ago. I had to lock the slide back by hand and then poke the mags out with my finger, too. Works fine with the ones Dad got when he bought the gun, though. Guess it’s time to look for some new mags.