.455_Hunter
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Is anybody doing a good 1911 replica right now?
I know Colt had their 1918 re-issue a few years ago.
Thanks!
I know Colt had their 1918 re-issue a few years ago.
Thanks!
It's the WW1 configuration: no scallops behind the trigger in the frame, flat mainspring housing, short grip safety, long trigger. Besides WW1 reenacting, these are also used in "Wild Bunch" CAS competitions.Curious what do you mean by a 1911 replica?
Curious what do you mean by a 1911 replica?
Like my RIA 38 SUPER GI?
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What is the A1 trigger scallope even for?
Having smaller-than-average hands, the frame scallops and short trigger make a big difference for me. I can marginally use the M1911, but the M1911A1 is a perfect fit.The trigger is a lot shorter, just grab the gun and you fall into an "electric drill" grasp with the trigger finger way around over the trigger. The scallop gives clearance.
The RIA "GI" model (a supposed M1911A1 clone) has the same problem. The enlarged and beveled ejection port means that it's unusable for a true GI clone. I actually made an authentic WW2 gun out of one, but I had to replace almost everything except the frame. Even that was not 100% correct because of the beveled magazine well.I just looked at the Cimarron Wild Bunch kinda sorta 1911.
It has an unscalloped frame and flat mainspring housing, but its grip safety is too long, its trigger too short, and its ejection port too big to be a faithful copy.
Couldn't have said it any better myself.I just looked at the Cimarron Wild Bunch kinda sorta 1911.
It has an unscalloped frame and flat mainspring housing, but its grip safety is too long, its trigger too short, and its ejection port too big to be a faithful copy.
Again, A-1 grip safety, short trigger and the thumb safety is contoured all wrong. Should look like the thumb safeties in post # 12. I'm guessing the ejection port it too low as well.Like my RIA 38 SUPER GI?
Yes. I forgot to mention that one of the differences between the 1911 and the 1911A1 is the sights. The 1911 has a small "U" shaped notch on the rear and a thin blade on the front. The 1911A1 has square notch (Patridge) sights.It's a great shooter, the microscopic old school sights excepted.
Very true. People complain about the low profile of the GI sights. I think this was a feature, not a bug. Remember that pistols were backup weapons, and spent most of their time riding in holsters rather than being used. Low-profile sights fit in holsters better.AlexanderA, even the A1 sights are nothing to write home about, but they are in improvement on the 1911's.
One thing I noticed was the almost total lack of recoil as they were firing. And right at the beginning, there was a clip of the .45 being fired sideways, "gangsta" style.that Army training film was a hoot.