I posted earlier about this hotrod RIA 1911. Well here's the tail of the tape so far.
The thousand round check up saw that the front lug on the barrel was showing the signs of a steady diet of 200 grain Keith spec's launched at 1250 to 1300 fps. The pressed on break also rattled itself loose. The lugs, rails and the rest of the 1911 are all still in very good condition. I tested it with a couple boxes of standard loaded 230 grain fmj's with the stock narrel to make sure the base gun was still in good working orderl after complete disassembly. It functioned like it did when new.
So a new barrel and comp were in order for the next 500. This go round it's a threaded Swenson barrel with a 450 Bushmaster comp. It looks a bit odd but functions much better than the pressed comp barrel.
I'll be using 185 Keith spec's pushed between 1220+ to testing up to 1350, with most range rounds at the 1250 fps range. After chronograph testing the loads between 10.0 to 11.0 of Longshot yielded a bit under what I thought it would, 1210 to 1310. At the high end the large primer cases started showing the same swipes on the large primers. Next week I'll run the loads from 10.8 to 11.5 with the small primer cases using bench rest rifle primers. These cases ran without pressure signs until 1350 fps with the 200 grain bullets.
I ran 100 of the 10.3 Longshot loads today. These ran 1240 and were very accurate. More accurate than the 200 through the other barrel.
The target was shot at 10 yards off hand and again, I know the comp make it look odd but functions very well. On the low end it still bests a 10mm, 357 and operates at a lower pressure.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/4DKWtHoxJ96KUHmR6