Quoted: Hey... I think ya left off one of the answers...he also axed if SA was still making the hi cap 1911....that's my question. It's not on their website any more (that I can see), but one local dealer has one in stock, new.
I'd snatch it up, but: If they're no longer made, what can we expect for parts availability? I had a P14 once upon a day, and was surprised how much isn't interchangeable back to the originally single stack 1911. With the SA....does it use std 1911 parts? para parts? Does it have that goofy slot filler thing on the grips where the trigger bow slides? I do remember that when it first came out, Leatham said it would use 'existing' magazines. Does that mean PO? If so, why is the SA a 13 round (in the mag) and the PO is 14?
I discovered long ago how important standardization is...when I had my baby eagle, and further refined that understanding when i had an IAI square trigger Commander. Anyone have any hints?
jp
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I noticed that it was not on their site. I know that you can still get them new, but if it's not on their site, my guess is that they just dropped them. Next to nobody was buying them.
So, to answer your other questions in no particular order:
-It does take Para mags. I have no idea why the SA are only 13, but I can tell you this. The SA mags I've come across have been unreliable (I've had a total of 3 of these guns in the past few years, and every mag I ever had had different length springs, with different numbers of coils, and a couple had ddifferent followers). I used nothing but Para in mine, and never had a problem.
-Like the Para, there are a few different parts, and a few that are different due to it being a hi-cap. Here's what's not standard 1911. The trigger, the plunger tube, the grip, grip screws, slide release, thumb safety, mag release, and mainspring housing (ILS, which can be replaced by a standard mainspring housing).
-Of the above parts, the slide release and thumb safety can be replaced with standard 1911 stuff. The slide release has a wider shelf because the frame is milled froma forging, and the area by the slide release is wider than a Para or standard 1911. The thumb safety is relieved under the pad to clear the plunger tube, which is a little wider than a standard 1911.
-The mag release appears to me to be the same as a Para. I interchanged them on my guns with no problem, but I no longer own one, so I cannot say for sure. The trigger is different than a Para, and is proprietary to this gun. A para trigger can be easily modified to fit this gun, however. The grip screws are prorpietary to this gun. The head is bigger in diameter, like a Para grip screw, but the thread pitch is the same as a standard 1911 screw. It's also shorter. I know of nobody making aftermarket grips for this gun.
-It does have that "goofy slot filler thing" in the grips.
In summary:
-The parts that are unique to this gun are: grips, grips screws, trigger, plunger tube.
-The parts that can interchange with a Para are: mags, mag release (or so I think on the mag release).
-The parts unique to this gun but that can be replaced by standard 1911 parts are: slide release, thumb safety.