In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

double stack 1911

PhishalldayPhishallday Member Posts: 28 ✭✭
edited January 2007 in Ask the Experts
Is there any such thing as a double stack hi-cap. 1911 .45APC
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There is a BIG differance between a model 1911 and a 1911 type. A true 1911 is single stack and in the 1920's there were some changes and this became the 1911A1 + Now go forward to the 1970's and other people started makeing 1911 TYPE clones this used the same general concept as the 1911A1 but with a number of changes Extended slide stop pin . amie safety , beaver tail grip safety , gripping groove front and back of slide, beveled mag well , one piece guide rod and many others including a double stack grip frame . The answer to your question Is up to you on what you call a 1911 My answer is NO Colt or Remington UMC or Springfield U.S armory or Savage ever made a true 1911 vintage 1911-1927 in a double stack. Your mileage may vary "PRAISE THE HARD-BALL GUN"
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hughes1hughes1 Member Posts: 274 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Kimber and Para Ordnance make 1911 style pistols with double stack mags, other manufacturers do as well I'm sure.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • MooseyardMooseyard Member Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Kimber,Para,STI,Wilson,Springfield and I'm sure many others make double stack 1911 style pistols.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Llama made one.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Hawk CarseHawk Carse Member Posts: 4,383 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am with Perry Shooter.
    There are plenty of guns out there with double stack magazines that otherwise look like a 1911 and work like a 1911 and even use some 1911 internal parts, but they are not fully interchangeable with the US service pistol, model of 1911 or 1911A1. So I will at best call them "1911 type" but more often "1911 mutations."
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • tobefreetobefree Member Posts: 7,401
    edited November -1
    Hmmm... 1911 Type.
    Interesting statement.
    I suppose a purest would say that it must be a .45 ACP with fixed sites. Forget the Ambi Safety. 8 rd mag is out of the question. And absolutely no Beavertail Grip Safety. And it probably should be produced to loose as a goose tolerences. It breaks my heart to think I got scammed into buying a Colt SS GCNM and it is only a 1911 Type. Thank God I have my old Remington Rand to fall back on.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • NwcidNwcid Member Posts: 10,674 ✭
    edited November -1
    There is no Military spec version of a 1911, but..............

    This Kimber is a very nice "mutation":

    Kimber.jpg

    And so is this Para P-14:

    DSC00532.jpg

    Both of these guns are very excelent firearms. It is just too bad they are not "Real" 1911's, but they do hold 14rds of .45. Oh yeah neither are near as cheep to buy as Mil Spec 1911's.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • MossbergboogieMossbergboogie Member Posts: 12,211
    edited November -1
    My fathers department carries a springfield 1911 A1 And all of they are lemons.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.