Hello, and new to me CW45 problems

[Armybrat]

These CW45s are softer shooters than one would expect, aren't they?

Glad to see it coming together for you.

[Bawanna]

Somewhere around here I posted the story of my 1942 Colt 1911. Given to me by a friends uncle along with a pristine M1 Carbine.

It came with two mags fully loaded in 1945 I believe he said. He put it in his duffle bag along with a junker on top for the inspectors to catch. He said if they found a gun they stopped looking so they missed the carbine and the Colt. Lucky for me.

He got home and I never did get a straight answer on why but he never touched that duffle bag since, this was 6 or 8 years ago, maybe longer.

He took it out as he told me all this. I was shocked to find that the gun and the spare mag were both fully loaded. Must have been well oiled and never got a bit damp, not a speck of rust on either gun.

He started to unload the mags but thinking of all these mag spring discussions I asked him not to. A month or so later I took it untouched other than routine safety inspection to the range and fired both magazines with zero issues. Guess sitting loaded for 50 years didn't adversely effect it too bad.

[imarangemaster]

I actually thought it banged pretty hard in the hand, but that was probably because of the chopped recoil spring allowing it to hit back too hard. It will be interesting to see how it is with the spring. It seems like it is about twice as stiff to pull back with the new spring as it was with the old cut down spring!

[Iggy]

My wife went from a air weight .38 revolver to the CW45 and loves it. I'm use to shooting a 1911 steel framed CCO in 10mm and the CW 45 was a pleasant surprise.

[Armybrat]

Yeah, the recoil on those airweight J-frames with +P can be a little stout.

[Iggy]

She's been carryin' and shootin' J frames for 40 years, but she's got some arthritis in her thumb from dislocatin' it one time when she was sortin' cattle. Horse went right and she went left over it head.

Got to where she din't like shootin' that buckin' and snortin' .38 and took to the Kahr slick as a whistle. First time out she was shootin' groups the size of cigarette pack at 15 yards. She's heck of a fine backup if it comes to that.

[imarangemaster]

Haha! True. I have a Taurus 85 2" .38 (Chief Special clone) I carry in an ankle holster (with a striiper of 6 more in my left front pocket) when I when slacks and tucked shirts. It's loaded with Federal LE only +P+ 158 grain Hydra-Shocks I got when I was still on the SO. They are down right nasty to shoot from the little belly gun. I much prefer shooting the CW45 to it!

The problem with 38s is that most don't break 175 ft lbs in 2" revolvers and some don't break 100 ft lbs!. At least these hit about 250 to 270 ft lbs from the little Taurus, but you pay for it. 380 autos tend to be more effective than 2" 38s in reality., but for some reason, I still prefer the little Taurus. The CW45 is my go to weapon for non-tucked shirt days, though.

[Iggy]

Cowboys wear vest don'tcha know, so I've been playin' with packin' this little Kahr in a Remora holster in the appendix position.. I've got Dunlop's Disease so that rascal fits right next to my suspenders when I'm standin' and pokes out a bit when I'm sittin'. Right quick in either situation. Handiest I've found for sittin' in a car.
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