IF you would reload your own self-defense ammo...

IF you would reload your own self-defense ammo...

Would you load "down"? that is to say, would you reduce the charge of a factory load to make recoil more manageable?

I carry a 28 oz 4" 1911 for comfort. I don't have any trouble 'handling' it at all, but truth be told, I'd prefer the recovery time between shots of a full-sized, steel, 5" 1911. Yeah, I'll admit it--if I knew for a fact ahead of time that I'd need a self-defense handgun, that day, I'd carry a 5" steel 1911 strictly because of sight radius and recoil. But since I carry for 'just in case', with a consideration for all-day comfort, I carry a lightweight CCO.

1) Ifn that was your circumstance and you reloaded your own self-defense ammo, would you ever consider reducing your powder charge so's you could duplicate 5" steel 1911 shot-recovery times out of your 28oz JMB?

2) Heck, let's take this one farther--I'd guess 5.3 -5.6 is 'lighter enough' to be cause a proportionate recoil in a lightweight CCO when compared to OEM Hydra-shocks in a steel 5" 1911... would you pull bullets on Hydra-shoks and use 5.3 - 5.6gr WW231 in good conscience?

For myself, I 'reduced' recoil from the Hydra-shok loads by using Silvertips instead; they're definitely less 'stout' than Hydra-shoks.