Posted: 9/5/2010 6:57:14 AM EDT
| At my favorite fun shop and they had just got in a Springfield Amory GI. I am looking for a WWII 1911 or as close as possible to WWII I can find. I asked to see the GI and the salesman comment was "Not mil-spec but still a nice gun". So what is a Mil-spec 1911? If I can't find a WWII 1911 what should I buy? |
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Kinda depends what he was talking about. Springfield makes a "Mil-Spec" pistol that's almost identical to the GI except for a lowered/flared ejection port, taller sights, and slanted rear cocking serrations. I think a Colt Series 70 and Springfield GI are as close as you're gonna get to a real "mil-spec" 1911. The Springfield GI is an almost identical copy. Personally, I love both of my GI's. |
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At my favorite fun shop and they had just got in a Springfield Amory GI. I am looking for a WWII 1911 or as close as possible to WWII I can find. I asked to see the GI and the salesman comment was "Not mil-spec but still a nice gun". So what is a Mil-spec 1911? If I can't find a WWII 1911 what should I buy? Milspec if u mean officially US military spec, is not what the SA GI is built up as. Unless you want a GI gun that is historically accurate, I would go for the SA GI and not think twice about the "non milspec" features on it. |