Glock making a 1911!

[Owen Sparks]

I am a little bit stunned. I thought this was a hoax at first but it appears to be real.

http://cheaperthandirt.com/blog/?p=20180

According to the article these things are backordered already.

 

[HDCamel]

A little late for an April Fools joke, don't you think?

 

[Hamish]

Look at the date of the article - April 1st. This was CTD's April Fools Day prank. It is still a hoax.

 

[Owen Sparks]

I THOUGHT it might have been a hoax! The thing that tipped me off is the fact that there is no notch in the slide for the safety or slide stop.

 

[tarosean]

Well it was certainly ugly enough to be real... Yikes.

 

[rcmodel]

GLOCK cannot build complete guns quickly enough to meet demand due to the 2012 Lanyard Loop Shortage, of which we are all aware.

That 2012 laynard loop shortage was a good clue too!!

rc

 

[LiveLife]

I like this photoshopped Glock 1911 version better. Much more believable and nicely done, but still a fake - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=652530

Here's the original picture, Ed Brown's Molon Labe Special - http://lundestudio.com/2010SHOTShow/edbrown.html

 

[Rob G]

Other the ugle gun I'm pretty sure the part where I decided it wasn't real was when they called it a "game changer." That clearly makes it a Red Jacket Custom Glock/1911.

 

[Skribs]

I thought this was a hoax at first but it appears to be real.

Usually means its a hoax if someone says "I thought it was a hoax, but its not!"

 

[Captain Brown Beard]

Should Glock ever make a 1911, I imagine it will be an abomination similar to the link in OP.

 

[coolluke01]

protected by no less than 12 safety systems including the integral trigger safety, grip safety, thumb safety, other thumb safety, slide lock safety, half-cock safety, and 3 triple-redundant firing pin safeties. The inside of the slide is rumored to be a maze of springs and detents

This wasn't a clue! Thumb safety, other thumb safety! lol

 

[C0untZer0]

There isn't a weapons manufacturer in the world that could create a 1911 that would be a "game changer"

 

[dcarch]

Take a good look at the trigger. lol

 

[peacebutready]

There isn't a weapons manufacturer in the world that could create a 1911 that would be a "game changer"

How about a 1911 without the "toggling link" attached to the barrel. Instead it could operate like the Browning Hi-Power using the cam and bar. Also use an external extractor.

S&W was able to use the external extractor with success.

I've wondered if the "power extractor" Para-Ordnance designed and manufactured would have worked if they made higher quality MIM parts or machined parts.

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

There isn't a weapons manufacturer in the world that could create a 1911 that would be a "game changer"

Clearly you haven't seen the Red Jacket 1911, it's better than all other 1911s because some people in harm's way bought 4 of them for $17,000.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

It's easy to pick on Owen Sparks for missing some pretty obvious tells in that description, but if someone would have told me 3 years ago that we'd have a major manufacturers cranking out zombie-themed ammo, grips, holographic sights, and other bits, I would have thought it was a joke.

Who knows what the future will hold.

If you guys want to discuss a game-changer 1911, please start a new thread so we don't rehash this old joke anymore

Thanks.