1911 Hardballer AMT

[smee781]

Does a AMT hardballer take standard 1911 parts?

Thanks,

 

[SpamHandler]

Many of the parts are interchangeable. I've replaced many parts in mine just to make it function, .

 

[MCgunner]

Many of the parts are interchangeable. I've replaced many parts in mine just to make it function, .

Hmm, I'm not alone, then? I swore off 1911s after that thing got ripped off. I got a Ruger P90 with the insurance money and the thief got screwed. LOL!

At the time, it did piss me off, but in retrospect, I came out smelling like roses. That P90 is sweet.

 

[Zach S]

Yes. The trigger pad is wider than a standard 1911. You can use an aftermarket trigger, but it will have gap between it and the frame.

I rebuilt mine into a dedicated host for a .22 conversion using mainly take-off parts out of my gunsmith's parts bin (pin set and ambi safety were new).

Mine was pretty reliable before I started stealing pins out of it to replace ones lost for other 1911s. It was so inaccurate I dont think I could have shot myself with it though...

 

[Olympus]

The AMT Hardballer is not a mil-spec 1911, though many of the parts are interchangeable. AMT quality does not represent the overall quality of the 1911 pistol.

 

[Slamfire]

The AMT Hardballer is not a mil-spec 1911, though many of the parts are interchangeable. AMT quality does not represent the overall quality of the 1911 pistol

Back in the late 80's I asked the experienced IPSC shooters about buying an AMT. They said it would work fine, as long as you replaced enough of the AMT parts with Colt parts.

So, I guess some parts are interchangeable.

 

[Olympus]

Yes, some parts are definitely interchangeable. I'm fairly certain that it's not milspec...but I could very well be wrong.

 

[SpamHandler]

To date I've replaced the barrel, link and pin (all from Sarco), extractor (Bushmaster), as well as the hammer, disconnector and a rear sight pin (gunshow random parts bin). It works well enough now, even with the questionable pedigree of its' constituent parts. Either the parts are milspec or reasonably close, or the manufacturing tolerances are just sloppy enough to allow milspec parts to fit.

 

[Jim Watson]

Back in the late 80's I asked the experienced IPSC shooters about buying an AMT. They said it would work fine, as long as you replaced enough of the AMT parts with Colt parts.

Two guys here bought Hardballers in the 1970s.
One was an experienced gun tinkerer and did just that. I don't remember how many Colt parts he had in that gun, but it was a lot. Shot well, with no signs of wear other than burnishing the bead blasted bearing surfaces with some thousands of what would now be rated +P loads.
The other guy was a toolroom machinist and he made the factory stuff work by milling, grinding, even welding.