Hi Folk's, I know this isn't Ruger specific & hope it's ok to ask. Do you folk's know if anyone manufactures a 1911 in .40 S&W ? Hoping to find one in Commander size that's affordable-Thank's for any help-Dave
.40 cal. 1911's ?
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OP
Um, anybody else?
OP
Thank you Mike, I'll check it out-Dave
ArmedinAZ
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revhigh said:gmartinnc said:
Right bore .... Wrong caliber ....
REV
No...it's the big boy pants 40... :wink:
JUST KIDDING :mrgreen:
look here: http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=84271
Jayhawkhuntclub
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Now that's just funny! :lol:revhigh said:
Unless one has access to unlimited FREE .40 ammo, I can't see the point of a .40 1911. If you have a 1911, you can shoot .45 in it! The .40 is a great cartridge for smaller guns that you can't stuff a .45ACP round into.
Backlighting
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Stand in front of a fired .40 cal & see reality bite. lolrevhigh said:
10mm is a good caliber, wish I had kept my Delta Elite.ArmedinAZ said:revhigh said:gmartinnc said:
Right bore .... Wrong caliber ....
REV
No...it's the big boy pants 40... :wink:
JUST KIDDING :mrgreen:
look here: http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=84271
Anthony Williams
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This goes out to my ol' compadre Rev: My belief is that JB's old 1911 is the ideal platform to launch what I feel to be a superior round, that being the bottle necked .357 Sig round. Hard to beat magnum ballistics, and feed reliability of the Sig round. Child's play for an all steel 1911.
A.W.
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ArmedinAZ said:revhigh said:gmartinnc said:
Right bore .... Wrong caliber ....
REV
No...it's the big boy pants 40... :wink:
JUST KIDDING :mrgreen:
look here: http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=84271
If I ever were to get into rolling my own ammunition I would like a 10mm. I like the idea of it & it is the only semi auto caliber that really seems appropriate for a woods gun.
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Snake45 said:
The only thing better than that would be free unlimited .45 acp!
I can see not wanting to add another caliber to stock/reload for. The trouble in this case is .40 1911's seem to be scarce. Good luck, when I googled it, there are lots of references to them. Then when I went to the manufactures pages, there were none listed.
If Ruger came out with caliber exchange kits for the SR1911, I bet .40 would be a good seller. .22lr would be nice too! Ed
Only problem with a .40 conversion kit for (any) 1911 is that you'd have to swap out the frame-mounted ejector, which isn't impossible but is a big PITA*. (This is handled on .22LR conversions by fixing the ejector to the barrel, but this isn't possible on the bigger .40.)eveled said:
*It's not hard to do once, but not something you'd want to do on a regular basis, or switch out at the range.
bigboredad
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Another thread where rev is more interested causing controversy than helping answering the question. It is quite o vious he is more interested in raising his post count than helping anyone.revhigh said:
To the op I'm only aware of sti putting the .40 in a 1911 platform. The last couple of years I have began to really enjoy the .40's and would like 1911 in .40 the only this GS that bother me is the small primers and the . 40 cases get stuck inside my .45 cases.
I can't wait to hear the wisdom and experience the almighty rev will bestow on us the less knowledgeable and unworthy
bigboredad said:
Some people are so thick headed, dense, and lacking in any kind of sense of humor that they can't tell a tongue-in-cheek statement when they read it ....
Your amateurish and immature sniping always makes me laugh though ... Thanks !
Hey ... That's another post .... +1 ... LOL....
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bigboredad
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All your post are all the same never a help only trying to instigate just like now I do appreciate your name calling maybe you should back away from the bottle
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Snake45 said:
Good point. This would be a good use of an external extractor? Like on the S&W 1911's? Ed
Geezer
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A .40 caliber bullet might expand but a .45 won't shrink.
Crazy8
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The Springfield Armory EMP comes in .40 S&W. Not exactly cheap, but small and well made.
Anthony Williams
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Wouldn't it be easier to just go out and buy a Glock? :roll:
A.W.
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Colt made up a run of Gold Cup Elite models with the Series 80 innards, in .40 S&W, years ago and I was interested enough to buy one from a dealer here in KY. Sadly, it's never been the equal of nearly any 1911 in .45 ACP that I've owned...and that's after a lot of tweaking with the slide to frame fit and a new Wilson bushing, as well as with different links. The work was done by two local smiths who've always given me accurate work on .45 ACP chambered guns.
Consistent accuracy has always been the problem...5 of 8 rounds in each magazine would cluster tightly in a sub-2" gps at 25 yds, but the remaining two (and not always the same two) would be flyers, opening the groups out to 3" or better. This was with handloads with a variety of powder/bullet combinations, and many brands of factory fodder as well. It sounds like a gun or magazine fit problem to me, but after a lot of tinkering, it's never come together, and I lost interest.
It's a nice gun, really a collector's piece, but not much of a shooter...at least the kind I like to have around. Here's the pic.
While I like the .40 round for it's velocity and expansion potential, and have two other guns in that caliber, of Sig and Glock make, it's never lived up to my standards of accuracy. As a police or defensive, combat range combination (3-15 yds), it does well, but for real bullseye accuracy out to 50 yds, in my experience with the above mentioned guns, it's no winner.
Best Regards, Rod
Consistent accuracy has always been the problem...5 of 8 rounds in each magazine would cluster tightly in a sub-2" gps at 25 yds, but the remaining two (and not always the same two) would be flyers, opening the groups out to 3" or better. This was with handloads with a variety of powder/bullet combinations, and many brands of factory fodder as well. It sounds like a gun or magazine fit problem to me, but after a lot of tinkering, it's never come together, and I lost interest.
It's a nice gun, really a collector's piece, but not much of a shooter...at least the kind I like to have around. Here's the pic.
While I like the .40 round for it's velocity and expansion potential, and have two other guns in that caliber, of Sig and Glock make, it's never lived up to my standards of accuracy. As a police or defensive, combat range combination (3-15 yds), it does well, but for real bullseye accuracy out to 50 yds, in my experience with the above mentioned guns, it's no winner.
Best Regards, Rod
Rodfac said:
The 40 has no place in any accuracy competition. It is horrendously inconsistent. Unlike other calibers, which can pretty much shoot well out of most factory guns consistently right out of the box .... You have to struggle with 40's .... Both the ammo and the guns, to make them perform like any out of the box run of the mill 1911.
I've owned 3 different 40's, and have found exactly what you've found. I'll never own another ....
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