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On Friday I went out to Mac's Gunworks to zero and get some drops out to 500 yards with my two Pachmayr Dominator's. These both have long eye pistol scopes on them with external turrets. It is very difficult to shoot accurately at distance with just holding over.
With a 1911 frame and trigger, and not being able to use a bi-pod, makes the Dominator system a little more challenging to use. I used a front rest and a Holland's small field bag under the pistol grip.
The Dominator on the left is a 6.5 Creedmoor with a 15" barrel. Scope is the Leupold 2.5-8 EER. The drops on the grip are for my 140 A-Max load, which I did not use yesterday.
The one on the right is a 25 Creedmoor, and it has a 14" barrel and a Harrel brake. The barrel is heavier also. Once new trigger/hammer parts were put in, the trigger pull is great for a 1911.
Initially, the trigger pull was quite heavy, and being the trigger snob that I am, I didn't like it-Now I love it!
It shoots the .257 110 grain Nosler Accubonds at 2726 fps.
I like the classic looks of the 6.5, but the 25 has become my favorite.
This is the first time I have used the new Weaver 2-6 pistol scope.
You can zero these turrets easily, and so far the adjustment have been spot on to meet me needs.
I like the eye relief better on the Weaver than the Leupold on the Dominator at least.
I knew the velocity with the 110's, so I stated with the 25 Creed.
I had to re-zero at 100 yards, since I had put a new scope on it.
I got lucky, and within 3-shots I was off to shooting steel.
I started at 300 yards on a 10" piece of steel, and I didn't hold or dial for wind. I shot right.
Either the wind was doing something weird then or I pushed the shot right with some bad fundamentals. I am not really sure.
With all the further shots, from that time forward, I had to deal with an ever increasing quartering tail wind to full value wind from right to left.
I was just checking to make sure my drops were solid.
300 yards
https://youtu.be/d3zrtvKhxdI

Then, I jumped out to 500 yards.
https://youtu.be/J7LHdOVNYWY
You don't have to have a lot of magnification to connect at distances further than 500 yards.
If I had my druthers though, I would like to have more than 6x, but I was happy with the shots at 500.
Took some pics, videos, and painted targets.
The wind continued to get faster with some gusting-Notice the swinging steel targets as an indicator!
Time to shoot the 6.5 Creed Dominator.
I tried some Hornady factory ammo that used the 120 grain GMX bullet that I traded for during WY-SHOT.

After a 100 yards zero, I went to the 10 inch plate at 300 yards, and kept subtracting my guesstimate on the velocity until the drops got close.Then, I went to 500 yards where there is a large target, so I could get my wind figured out and it be able to see if my vertical was close. I had to drop my MV more than I thought I would. Notice the swinging plates at 300 and 400 yards.
I shot at 300, 500, and then back to 400 yards

https://youtu.be/zD9VoOnnYF0
https://youtu.be/XWjKKUMNvh4
https://youtu.be/bucddad8_vc
The factory ammo shot pretty good.
Looking forward to deer and antelope hunting this year.

Now that's showing off.
Good looking pieces

Why? Why did you do this to me? I didn't know this type of gun existed. I guess I will put it on my list.

Thanks.
It is a lot of fun.
I like to play at distance with handguns of most kinds.

It is my job to enable as many handgun shooters as possible

I have been in love with these since they came out in the 80's.
They are hard to find, but patience and persistence will pay off.
There were at least two other specialty pistols built off 1911 frames as well FWIW.

God bless the 1911 platform and all of her wonderful offspring….those pistols are too cool, thanks for sharing Ernie.

Thanks for sharing Ernie!

They are a lot of fun.
So far I have taken doe antelope, buck Mule Deer, and whitetail doe with the 6.5 Creed Dominator and a Axis buck with the 25 Creed Dominator.
This is my first Dominator Kill.

Cool guns!!! I've seen your other guns on different sites and have always been impressed.

How do these compare against the TC Encore/Contender??

That's really cool 👍

Thanks!
The Dominator can handle cartridges that would not be safe in the Contender or G-2.
It can handle the same pressure as the Encore, but in a different frame obviously.