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Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone for all the great advice, and provide you all with an update.

I'm also sending a special thanks to all who recommended Titegroup.

After a recent shootoff, the winner was 4.6gr of Titegroup behind a 230gr copperplated, round nose and S&B primers. It grouped well, and regulated much better then the Winchester factory shooting an inches high, and almost dead center at 25 yards.

I hoping the Nosler 230gr JHP's will show up on the Proshop soon. I suspect there's a good chance they will like Titegroup as well.

Awesome news, I use the same load and love it. the only draw back is that Titegroup is a dirty powder.

If you carry be sure to try the Hornady Critical Defense 230gr. they are devastating.

Sounds like you got a great pistol. try to keep the Dremel Tool away from the ramp and the barrel throat. Yes there are boatloads of goodies in the Brownells catalog you can add to your 1911 but try to resist modifying your pistol if it is functioning correctly.

Keep the pistol reasonably lubed as previously stated, on the rails, the barrel hood, the end of the barrel where it goes into the barrel bushing. I like Breakfree.

Your pretty much limited to just a few brands of magazines, I have never owned a double stack but with conventional single stack mags I like chip McCormick power mags and some of the Wilson mags. I also like the Trip research cobra mags. I'm sure some of the checkmate and metalform mags are ok. Magazines have a lot to do with any semi-auto especially a 1911.
The heart of you 1911 beside the magazine is the extractor. it controls feeding and of course extraction. learning to tune one isn't rocket science but can be a little tricky.

Go to the 1911forum.com and sift through the B.S. there is a lot of good info there.

I use 231 and bullseye and mostly shoot 200 grain lead SWC bullets. I use carbide dies to avoid using lube and am a firm believer in the Lee factory crimp die to taper crimp the end of the case to about .469 and the overall loaded length between 1.25 and 1.26". take down your pistol and use your barrel as a gage the loaded rounds should drop right in and be flush with the barrel hood.

Good luck! I hope you can avoid the 1911 disease and don't end up with half dozen or so pistols!