Posted: 11/3/2008 5:05:17 AM EDT
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I asked my friend a while back where I could find the best WWII 1911 reproduction. He sent me a link to Auto Ordnance's website. Auto Ordnance 1911
Does anyone here have any experience with these 1911's? If so, I would appreciate some opinions. Thanks. |
| They used to be kinda iffy as far as quality but I hear that since Kahr bought them things have improved. The Springfield GI is probably your best bet. Other than the thumb safety, they are pretty much exact copies not to mention 1st rate as far as quality and dependability. |
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I am trying to figure out the same thing. I also just got a thompson. Colt makes WW1 reproductions. colt
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| i recently picked up a thompson 1911. used from a local gun show and havent had any problems with it at all. the sights leave something to be desired and i need to put an ambi safety on it (southpaw), but other than that it seems to be a very nicely put together pistol. am hoping to put some upgrades on it once funds come in(new safety,sights, ring hammer) mine had a custom trigger put on it already and not sure what else may have been put on it. overall am satisfied. no malfunctions so far |
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I have an OLD one that just recently was fired for the first time. It was purchased by a gunsmith who was turning it into a custom model, sometime in the 1980s. Paid $300 for it, including all new Wilson Combat parts like trigger, hammer, mainspring housing, beaver-tail (fitted too) extractor...all stainless bits. The rails have been peened, aligned and lapped to the slide.
Anhow, I kept the slabs brushed flat, then masked and bead blasted the top, bottom and curved parts. Installed Wilson sights, Colt NM barrel, bushing and fit it to the frame. Feedramp is polished with the throat left as is. Bushing was fit to the slide, extended ejector installed. Ejection port was lowered and the roll-over is done. It shoots hardball just great. My HP load, 5.2 grains of N320 with a 200 grain XTP is also perfect as are 200 grain Cor Bons. Now, the STOCK barrel, and this was a finished pistol, had about 1/16" excessive headspace! It could nearly chamber a .460 Rowland!!!! Not that I would EVER fire it like that. I just don't have a real good judgement on the fit of these older West Hurler NY pistols. I have the original parts. Junk, to say the least. Stock trigger pull stacked and was naturally, rough. About equal to my early 1990s P14. I replaced all the parts except the barrel and bushing. The extractor failed at 100 rounds. |
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I asked my friend a while back where I could find the best WWII 1911 reproduction. He sent me a link to Auto Ordinance's website. Auto Ordinance 1911 Does anyone here have any experience with these 1911's? If so, I would appreciate some opinions. Thanks. Ordnance, not Ordinance. 
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