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Do modern 1911's feed hollow point ammunition reliably?

Have you found any particular brand to be problematic or perhaps ones that feed more reliably?

Or is this going to be a trail and error thing find the right ammo that feeds reliably? This could get very expensive trying to find the right self defense ammo.

A side question. 45acps are pretty slow. Is there enough velocity there to allow the hollow point to expand?

Thanks for your feedback!

Yes they do! And Speer GoldDots are hard to beat for the money!

Barnes 185gr TAC-XPD

Most problems with a 1911 feeding a HP is in the A 1. It was specifitly designed for hard ball and feed ramp on some may need some work.. It is kind of a crap shoot some feed fine and some won't feed at all.
I have mine feeding empty cases.
I did buy a colt 1911 in 40 S&W. that wouldn't feed anything. I got it cheap and worked it over..

Well I bought the RIA 1911a1, so far it has eaten Blazer and plain old Remington 230 jhps. I got lucky i guess.

The only one that gave me problems was my Colt XSE commander.
That one would not even feed ball ammo reliably.Three trips to the Smith did not cure it so it went down the road at a major loss.Both my Kimbers will feed anything I've tried.I* prefer
XTP and Gold dots.

the short barrel ones can have feeing issues. I found Remington Golden Sabers feed fine in those though.

Leo-

So far, this is the only good post here. But, there are other bullets that work well also.

Some do - some don't.. Some that don't can be made to feed better with some magazine tweaks..

I've been lucky. All my Kimbers feed very well; I don't recall a misfeed at this time.. I have been using Hornday XTPs in all my .45s..

Yes.

My Rocks have run very well with everything. They're a lot of pistol for the money.

Utter BS and responsible for more f'd up 1911s than any other hack.

Proper 1911 function with varying bullet profiles is based on magazine release timing.

Agree. But that is just some of the BS that has been said on this thread so far.

I only have so much time.

Most modern 1911s (and a LOT of the older ones) feed and function with the current JHPs just fine.

That has a good bit to do with engineering on both sides (firearm and ammunition). The JHPs for .45ACP are designed to work at those velocities, and they work really well. The GoldDots, GoldenSabres, HSTs, SXTs, Xs, and the rest, including the cheaper "white box" Winchesters and similar, all do just fine.

Handle several, find the one that fits you best, buy it, fire several hundred rounds to break it in and get familiar with it, and carry on.

This schit is only as hard as you make it.

JHP, hard ball, truncated, or a hello kitty bullet tip have nothing to do with function. The key is cartridge length from base to ogive.

A break in of "several hundred rounds" is a personal choice, which trusts everything to chance, so knock yourself out. There are more efficient ways. I generally have things sorted out under 50 rounds.

Agreed, thus the comment about the engineering on both sides having to do with feeding reliability.

You might have one sorted out that fast. Others may as well. The OP sounds like he hasn't had one before. It might just take some more rounds to get as sorted out.

Ditto


Let's see how it goes.

4ager,

You are correct. I am a newbie to 1911s. I bought federal blue box 230g hp self-defense ammo just to see how it runs in my 1911.

My info has been from the web via google searches. The internet is great but also has drawbacks in that some myths, etc keep getting perpetuated.

That stuff would be fine.