Posted: 1/21/2007 12:48:26 PM EDT
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Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm thinking about buying a Commander size 1911 in .40S&W and having a BarSto .357SIG barrel fitted. Any thoughts, concerns, ideas? Thanks, GB |
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Another option to get 357SIG performance is to get a 9X23 Winchester. Ammo availability and cost is an issue with the 9X23 though. You could start with a 9mm or Super .38 Commander. You'd need a new barrel (maybe a new bushing), new recoil springs and a new magazine if you start with a 9mm. There are also used 9X23's floating around. Springfield Armory will make you one, or convert their 9mm into one for you. I think that Nowlin makes them too. The shorter rounds like the 9mm, .40 S&W, and 357SIG do not always do well in the 1911 pattern pistols, which were designed around a cartridge with a longer overall length. Ross Carter, the custom gunsmith in or around Harrison, AR, made a nice looking 357SIG Commander sized gun several years ago. A Glock 31 is a 15+1 357SIG. Mine shoots like a champ, it just doesn't point like a 1911 pattern pistol. Look at the pistolsmith forum for more info on the 9X23. Good shooting! 
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