With my slightly modified norinco I can give it to anyone, even with no pistol experience and they shoot 1 cloverleaf per mag with it. My son and his girlfriend both did it on seperate targets. I would think seeing this on paper at 20/25 yds would make me think my changes are working in the right direction. They both have no pistol experience at all.
Extremely good ju ju, and all the planets are aligned. Otherwise Les Baer would like to know your secrets.
Savage
I'm no gunsmith nor a 1911 guru, nor claim to be mikey here knows me better than that.
I fitted the new barrel and the national match barrel bushing myself. I figured a way to actually have it hold the barrel firm when its in full battery yet its able to pivot down to load a round with out any barrel spring. Its so easy to understand how to do it. I did it and it works awesome. My old barrel bushing had more play in it to the slide fit than the barrel to the bushing fit had.
Barrel & bushing/slide fit 101
First; I had a very loose barrel bushing in the slide so i fitted the national match barrel bushing to the slide first. Its only snug and the bushing wrench is needed to turn it the last 1/4 turn into place. It doesn't take too much pressure with the wrench to turn the barrel bushing into place.
Second; I fitted the bushing to the slide next. Looking at the barrel bushing from the side, think about it.(cut away view) The rearward upper part of the barrel bushing bore should only contact the barrel firm when its in full battery. So about 1/2 to 2/3 from the front of the barrel bushing can be relieved for the pivoting into the load position. Yet it also has to be fitted on the upper rear part of the barrel bushing so it goes into full battery with no barrel spring when its in the slide lugs.
At the sametime the lower section of the national match barrel bushing has to be fitted too. In the opposite direction. The rearward lower section has to be relieved so the barrel can hinge to load a round again with no barrel spring. While the front section holds the barrel in full battery with no barrel spring at the lug section.
You have to go slow to fit the barrel bushing properly. When you first fit the new barrel bushing to the slide the centerline of the bore can be off too. Meaning the new barrel can sit on an angle too before fitting just a tad. You need to look closely and think about that during the fitting process too on where to remove more metal out of the ID bore of the barrel bushing..
The upper rearward section and the lower front section hold the barrel snug when its in full battery. Think about how the barrel moves. It works my norinco shoots cloverleafs ju ju? Trust me it works i did it myself.
Its not rocket science to figure it out. I'm just a machine builder by trade. I understand how parts work together and move all the time.