mattsbox99
Hunter
I have been thinking about a 9mm 1911 for a while. I saw this in my local shop a few days ago and almost picked it up then but decided to do a little research. Reviews were mostly lacking so maybe this one will pop up on Google for those looking.
Anyway, I when I got off work this morning I went over and they still had it so a little paperwork later and it was mine. Overall its a 1911, so it feels good in the hand. Its a fullsize gun but felt a little lighter than a .45 for some reason. Maybe it just balances a little better because of the thicker barrel. Unlike Citadel's .45s this one has a bushing barrel like a regular 1911. Its also got a full length guide rod, which doesn't bother me, although I have a slight preference for the traditional plunger guide rod.
Its basically a traditional parkerized gun with a cast frame and extruded slide. These are built by Armscor in the Phillipines. I have a feeling they just dunk them in light oil and pack them up because this one was very oily and needed a complete teardown to get all the oil cleaned up. It also had lots of dirt that needed to be wiped out. Not a big deal as I was planning on going through it to see what the guts looked like.
Its a traditional 'series 70' type gun with no firing pin safety and titanium firing pin. Disassembly is pretty straightforward. Parts were all metal except the plastic mainspring housing. I've got a steel one on order from brownells. Magazines are stainless 9 round capacity made by made by Metalform. It does have Novak style sights on it and the rear is windage adjustable.
I put about 150 round through it this afternoon. 100 of them were 125 grain Lead Round Nose handloads with HS6 powder loaded to 135 power factor and 50 were factory Federal 147 grain FMJ NT. Recoil was pretty light, which was expected. The magazines were pretty stiff so I loaded them this morning and left them loaded all day so they would soften up a bit. One review I read mentioned this. Feeding was good with no failures of any kind. The first 50 rounds or so failed to lock the sear reliably. The hammer would be resting on the safety notch. After that I had no problems. That could have been from grit and oil that I didn't clean out good enough.
Grips were traditional double diamond wood checkered, wood looked like a mahogany type wood. I can't really place the words to describe it overall, the parkerizing makes it look like a GI gun but the beavertail grip safety and commander hammer modernize the look a little.
Accuracy was decent, it shot to point of aim at 7, 10, & 15 yards. The snowmelt here made the range pretty muddy so I didn't try it rested. Most of the range had about an inch of standing water and it was getting busy so I didn't too excited about checking targets.
I gave $450 out the door for it and its worth that.
Anyway, I when I got off work this morning I went over and they still had it so a little paperwork later and it was mine. Overall its a 1911, so it feels good in the hand. Its a fullsize gun but felt a little lighter than a .45 for some reason. Maybe it just balances a little better because of the thicker barrel. Unlike Citadel's .45s this one has a bushing barrel like a regular 1911. Its also got a full length guide rod, which doesn't bother me, although I have a slight preference for the traditional plunger guide rod.
Its basically a traditional parkerized gun with a cast frame and extruded slide. These are built by Armscor in the Phillipines. I have a feeling they just dunk them in light oil and pack them up because this one was very oily and needed a complete teardown to get all the oil cleaned up. It also had lots of dirt that needed to be wiped out. Not a big deal as I was planning on going through it to see what the guts looked like.
Its a traditional 'series 70' type gun with no firing pin safety and titanium firing pin. Disassembly is pretty straightforward. Parts were all metal except the plastic mainspring housing. I've got a steel one on order from brownells. Magazines are stainless 9 round capacity made by made by Metalform. It does have Novak style sights on it and the rear is windage adjustable.
I put about 150 round through it this afternoon. 100 of them were 125 grain Lead Round Nose handloads with HS6 powder loaded to 135 power factor and 50 were factory Federal 147 grain FMJ NT. Recoil was pretty light, which was expected. The magazines were pretty stiff so I loaded them this morning and left them loaded all day so they would soften up a bit. One review I read mentioned this. Feeding was good with no failures of any kind. The first 50 rounds or so failed to lock the sear reliably. The hammer would be resting on the safety notch. After that I had no problems. That could have been from grit and oil that I didn't clean out good enough.
Grips were traditional double diamond wood checkered, wood looked like a mahogany type wood. I can't really place the words to describe it overall, the parkerizing makes it look like a GI gun but the beavertail grip safety and commander hammer modernize the look a little.
Accuracy was decent, it shot to point of aim at 7, 10, & 15 yards. The snowmelt here made the range pretty muddy so I didn't try it rested. Most of the range had about an inch of standing water and it was getting busy so I didn't too excited about checking targets.
I gave $450 out the door for it and its worth that.
