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After Market 1911 Frames
- Thread starter Rock
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George Stringer
Staff Alumnus
Rock, unless something has changed they all manufacture their own frames. McCormick does make Kimbers because Chip McCormick is Kimber. I have heard that he also makes some for Wilson but I don't know that to be true. George
Daniel Watters
New member
To be more precise, Kimber makes the McCormick, Wilson (current), and Nowlin frames. Kimber machines them from forgings produced by one of Smith & Wesson's side operations.
Earlier Wilson frames were made by Caspian. I understand that Caspian's wide-body frame is cast by Ruger's Pine Tree division. Whether this is also true of their single-stack frames is not known.
The forged frames used by Rock River and Les Baer reportedly come from a single source.
Entreprise's source for their frame castings is not known to me.
[This message has been edited by Daniel Watters (edited September 13, 1999).]
Earlier Wilson frames were made by Caspian. I understand that Caspian's wide-body frame is cast by Ruger's Pine Tree division. Whether this is also true of their single-stack frames is not known.
The forged frames used by Rock River and Les Baer reportedly come from a single source.
Entreprise's source for their frame castings is not known to me.
[This message has been edited by Daniel Watters (edited September 13, 1999).]
Daniel Watters
New member
No, I was being unclear. The Les Baer and Rock River frames are produced by the same sub-contractor. To the best of my knowledge, they are unrelated to any of the other frames on market.