Posted on 08/14/2013 11:33:53 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
Just FYI, even if you do find conversion parts, 1911 barrels are not drop-in. Even if you are installing a barrel of the same make and caliber special tools and fitting is required. Depending on the natural “fit” of the parts the required job skill level ranges from intermediate to difficult. If you are not a gunsmith you will need one for this job. It is not for beginners. Most smiths have a box of ruined 1911 parts to prove this. I know I do...
Will do. Mr GG2 says thanks.
Recoil pretty harsh?
You both are most welcome! I have installed a trigger kit in an XD and a spring kit in an XDS... if he needs any questions answered.
LLS
I don’t know what you are talking about, I put 45 ACP +p bullets in my clip all the time.
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Aw man, now you’ve really done it! we will no doubt get a lengthy tirade about the differences in a clip and a magazine. BTW, I looked on a recent pistol I thought about buying and it had .45ACP calibre on the side.
Someone needs to take better care of that fine old British revolver! I would love to have one of those. I have one in 38 but not in .45.
Any idea how old it was. The old military models are a little fragile, the newer S&W models can take some pretty stiff reloads.
I really like the 625 S&W put out in the late 80’s. Plus full moon clips are inexpensive. You can buy a hundred for about $50 which gives you 600 rounds ready to go with reloading almost as fast as with a semiauto.
As a bonus, if you reload, the clips keep the rounds nice and tidy, much easier than scrounging through the grass for spent brass.
A Cold 1911 is nice, but you can’t go wrong with a Beretta 92M (or the Civilian version) ... same firepower as a 1911 at less than half the price. Going price around where I live is about $550. A decent 1911 is going to run $1300 and up (at least around where I live.)
“Before middle age spread hit me, I regularly carried a 1911 inside the waistband small of the back. Now it is a home defense pistol, to allow me to get to my battle gun.”
Yep. I swore I would never carry a nine but.....
Before the 625 there was the 25 (and pre-25) which came in a 6 1/2” barrel only for target shooting. Several noted gunsmiths in the 50’s and 60’s did police conversions on these, cutting them down to 4” and slicking the action. I’ve got one from 1959, and it is sweet.
I had a model 92 Beretta for years. It was one of the very early models with the mag release on the lower butt and a 1911 type safety. No decocker at all.
It never had any reliability problems of any kind. It was a great pistol except the grip was just a little too fat for my hand. It was one of the few 9mms I have owned which would detonate sub machine gun ammo every time.
Tayrus actually improved on the Beretta 92, by moving the safety off of the slide. The Taurus PT92AF I have eats any ammo I feed it, so long as I'm using Taurus or MecGar mags.
The first models of the Beretta 92 had the safety not on the slide but like the 1911. Beretta had a factory in Brazil which Taurus took over. That is why the early Taurus copies of the 92 had the same setup.
Beretta later changed to the hammer drop style of the Walthers and Taurus later copied that too.
I like Taurus guns too.
Do the screws back out when you are shooting it?
No, but I do check the ejector rod now and again, they didn’t change them to left hand thread until 1961.
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