Shooting My Old 1911 Carry Gun

The gun I carry quite a bit is a 1911 Filipino-made .45 ACP. I don't have a lot invested in it but it runs like a clock and gives me the two things I want in an auto-loader carry gun: RELIABILITY & PENETRATION.

I carry hardball or hardcast 230 gr. flat nose ... usually loaded over 6 gr. of Unique. I have some of the cast flat nose loaded over Blue Dot that do a bit over 1000 fps .. but I figure those will hammer the gun pretty hard so I don't shoot many of those. They do recoil pretty hard.

The ivory grips are from my friend Paul Persinger who is a talented grip-maker. He heard I was carrying a 1911 and sent me the set, saying if you carry a 1911 it should have ivories on it.

It's like putting a $50 saddle on a $10 horse ... but they look nice, fit well and feel good. And yes, they are legal because we both live in Texas.