Posted: 11/1/2012 2:59:31 PM EDT
| Why is it that I've never seen a 1911 with a lockup mechanism similar to a Glock, XD, HiPower, etc. Is there some reason that I've only seen barrel link guns? I was talking about this at work today with a friend, and he said that he thought he had seen something about one once, but I can't find anything. I did find one with a gas-retarted blowback action, but that looks kinda complicated, and I'm thinking that a locking block style lockup would simplify the design. |
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There have been a few. They seem to make the slide taller than a typical 1911 slide so I don't see how it would be much of a benefit.
I believe the STI LS9 / LS40 is one of these currently in production. Springfield Armory offered a model called the Omega around 20 years ago. You still see some of them floating around out there. |