Witness 1911 with lead bb

[delta1]

UBC appears to be fine here?

[spaspecker]

been using H&N copper coated lead balls for ages, they shoot very well in my drozd, my dan wesson, my umarex PPK, my umarex MP5k and my asg CZ75 P07 duty!

[blooregard]

Going to have to get some of these, Spaspecker, do you get them locally?

[spaspecker]

Going to have to get some of these, Spaspecker, do you get them locally?

i was buying them mail order from protek until I spotted them in bamfords in eccleston last week - tin of 500 £4:06. All my BB guns seem to like them, and they "squash up" real nice when shot at a target, plus you don't have to wash your hands straight away after loading like when you use gamo's!

[2schimels]

Thanks Spas, I have been using lead bb in a number of my pistols, especially vintage type bb gun like Crosman 677 which seem to have larger bore diameter. Some of us want to use the Witness 1911 for IPAS shooting but the bore was too tight to use standard 4.5mm lead bb. The ones I was given as sample to test are now too small. Has your supplier got any larger diameter around 4.36 - 4.38mm. I believe H&N produce different size options.

Baz

[harvey_s]

The ones I was given as sample to test are now too small. Has your supplier got any larger diameter around 4.36 - 4.38mm. I believe H&N produce different size options. Baz

I thought your original post said they worked well - what was wrong with them?

[2schimels]

Hello Captain, Never mentioned the word "well" in that aspect, said they are a lose fit in the barrel. Said my 1911 was not working well at the weekend due to steel bb in the slide aperture.Have not been down the range for a good accuracy test with H&N BB, but feel velocity and accuracy will be down, so would like to try lead bb the next size up if available in UK. Would like to use the Witness for regular IPAS shooting as I believe it is the nearest copy in size, weight and feel to a .45 Norinco I carry in South Africa for self defence.

Baz

[spaspecker]

Thanks Spas, I have been using lead bb in a number of my pistols, especially vintage type bb gun like Crosman 677 which seem to have larger bore diameter. Some of us want to use the Witness 1911 for IPAS shooting but the bore was too tight to use standard 4.5mm lead bb. The ones I was given as sample to test are now too small. Has your supplier got any larger diameter around 4.36 - 4.38mm. I believe H&N produce different size options.

Baz

the ones I use are H&N copper coated lead, the tin shows a size of 4.4mm

hope that helps

[blooregard]

Cheers for the info dude, I am going to get hold of some.