Side plate Switch! Results updated! 5-5-15

DonVoigt · 05-05-2015, 11:02 PM

Ok, test fired yesterday with some logic.

Conclusion:
Everything matters! Ammo, magazine, and how you hold the pistol.

Firing the G date shooter- with the strong mainspring that would not hold open:

1- three magazines used- two worked fine, one did not; this is with each of the ammo types through each mag.

2- Would set the hold open and catch the toggle with:
124 g Nyclad hollow pts
115 g Fiocchi ball
Win-Western silver tip hollow points
124 g nato spec ammo

3- Would not set the hold open/toggle with:
"factory" reloads 115g ball
S & B 115g ball
Federal 115 g ball
Remington round nose hollow points
Remington golden sabre

All above standard 9mm P, None is/was +P

Mag that would not work consistently was a blued new Mec Gar; but oddly enough a
new chrome Mec Gar worked fine, as did an original wood base WWI mag.

Even stranger, the blue Mec Gar worked fine including the hold open on a DWM Commercial .30.

See first statement- Everything matters! Maybe even the barometric pressure.

"Limp wristing" will negate any and all of the above!!

But I am satisfied now, the G date shooter will work properly with the right ammo, magazine, and a good stiff hold!

05-05-2015, 11:02 PM	#13
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,355 Times in 2,041 Posts	Ok, test fired yesterday with some logic. Conclusion: Everything matters! Ammo, magazine, and how you hold the pistol. Firing the G date shooter- with the strong mainspring that would not hold open: 1- three magazines used- two worked fine, one did not; this is with each of the ammo types through each mag. 2- Would set the hold open and catch the toggle with: 124 g Nyclad hollow pts 115 g Fiocchi ball Win-Western silver tip hollow points 124 g nato spec ammo 3- Would not set the hold open/toggle with: "factory" reloads 115g ball S & B 115g ball Federal 115 g ball Remington round nose hollow points Remington golden sabre All above standard 9mm P, None is/was +P Mag that would not work consistently was a blued new Mec Gar; but oddly enough a new chrome Mec Gar worked fine, as did an original wood base WWI mag. Even stranger, the blue Mec Gar worked fine including the hold open on a DWM Commercial .30. See first statement- Everything matters! Maybe even the barometric pressure. "Limp wristing" will negate any and all of the above!! But I am satisfied now, the G date shooter will work properly with the right ammo, magazine, and a good stiff hold!