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There is nothing wrong with that, just don’t bet your life on it feeding hollowpoints, especially the truncated cone types unless the mouth of the chamber has been throated.

Funny, the Navy SEALS I last shot with at NWSC Crane had no problems at all with their Remington 230-grain Golden Sabers. Nor with the 1000-round can of 230-grain M1911 ball ammo that I'd brought along.

[MikeSteelBe]

“Funny, the Navy SEALS I last shot with at NWSC Crane had no problems at all with their Remington 230-grain Golden Sabers. Nor with the 1000-round can of 230-grain M1911 ball ammo that I’d brought along.”

The 1911 was designed to shoot ball. The 230 grain hp ammo maintains the ogive of the ball to help feeding.

I’ll bet the Seals are not using stock 1911s either, probably with throated chambers. The problem rounds are usually the lighter 185 grain types, which tend to be a truncated cone shape, not ogive.

Carrying a stock 1911 is fine using ball ammo, but I doubt you will find a pro like a seal carrying a stock 1911 with an unthroated chamber using hollowpoints.