Reeder Custom Guns - Colt made a run of 38 AMU 1911s. Joe Benner had one that

Gary Reeder
Colt made a run of 38 AMU 1911s. Joe Benner had one that
Wednesday, September 02, 2020, 12:17

he used in the military shoots and shot several records with it. He offered it to me when he was coming down with Alzheimers but I passed on it. It shot a very special 38 caliber cartridge, somewhat similar to the 38 wadcutter. He gave me his High Standard that he set a lot of records with, some of which still stand.
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At the time High Standard was the distributor for the 44 Auto Mags and he gave me his Auto Mag that was his display piece. I felt bad taking those guns but I knew he had a good reason for giving them to me. The 38 AMU didn't interest me but I should have taken it. The AMU stood for Army Markmanship Unit. And there were very few of them made by Colt.

I was wanting to play with brass today if I can sneak away - WB, 2020-09-02, 08:14
- Neck down some 460Rowland? May give a bit more brass length. (nm) - Drdougrx, 2020-09-02, 11:52
- Can not find anything, other than the idea has been - Asa, 2020-09-02, 11:22
  - The charm of the exercise is to mimic the .45 but with a .44 - WB, 2020-09-02, 11:31
- Why not try necking up a 400 corbon? (nm) - Amede, 2020-09-02, 10:56
- Concept pic - WB, 2020-09-02, 08:47
  - I tried it years ago and never had any luck. When - Gary Reeder, 2020-09-02, 10:28
    - I forget what it's called exactly but there is - WB, 2020-09-02, 10:42
      - an old fellow in Florida I used to know did - Gary Reeder, 2020-09-02, 11:38
      - Wish I had kept the pic - Sunny, 2020-09-02, 10:57
        38-55 Clerke - Asa, 2020-09-02, 11:14
        I believe that was originally for Bullseye competition - WB, 2020-09-02, 11:25
        Colt made a run of 38 AMU 1911s. Joe Benner had one that - Gary Reeder, 2020-09-02, 12:17
        here is the 38 AMU pistol and the ammo - Gary Reeder, 2020-09-02, 12:29
        I have run across some empties in the past but - WB, 2020-09-02, 12:36
        In case you missed the pic on the post above - WB, 2020-09-02, 18:06
        Hope it works out Wb, neat project! (nm) - Derek, 2020-09-03, 03:25
        got it. The 400 Cor Bon necked up is the sensible way of - gary reeder, 2020-09-02, 22:23
        I have also come to that conclusion. - WB, 2020-09-03, 07:21
        I agree except for the minimal neck. That has never - Gary Reeder, 2020-09-03, 16:17