Best M1911A1 Clone?

Get a real one.. Here is my WW2 Remington GI

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Dang Aquila! Made me miss my Springer GI that I gifted to one of my sons foe Christmas. Now it looks like a Mil-Spec is on the want list.

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Auto Ordinance makes almost an exact copy. Kahr owns them now and I've heard good things about them. Check out YouTube videos.
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Not even close. Questionable quality and it has a firing pin safety. That's the problem with YT videos. Most of the clowns doing them have little to zero knowledge.
 
Not even close. Questionable quality and it has a firing pin safety. That's the problem with YT videos. Most of the clowns doing them have little to zero knowledge.
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Seeing you have owned damn near all of them I certainly wouldn't disagree with you my friend.
 
At this point, it might be helpful in the OP (Original Poster) would jump in and tell us what he considers to be the most important aspects of pseudo-originality for an M1911A1 clone. There is probably nothing on the market today that is a fully accurate reproduction (i.e. "clone") of the M1911A1. All of the near-clones fall short of being an accurate/correct reproduction in some way, so the person seeking a clone then has to decide what's most important.

The Philippine clones from Metro Arms and Armscor (Rock Island), for example (don't remember about S.A.M.) have lowered ejection ports. If I were looking for a visual clone, that would immediately be a disqualifier.

Springfield no longer sells their GI model. Their Mil-Spec (which isn't mil-spec) has slanted cocking serrations and a locking mechanism in the mainspring housing. Inaccurate.

Visually, the Tisas seems to be pretty close but the finish is wrong. Mechanically, the Colt Series 70 is the same, but it's blued rather than Parkerized, and it has wood grips rather than composite.

Visually, the Kahr/Auto-Ordnance is the most correct-looking clone I'm aware of ... but it has a Series 80 firing pin safety. So it's visually close but mechanically incorrect.

We don't know what's most important to the OP.
 
Their Mil-Spec (which isn't mil-spec)
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Is there any 1911 made in the last 40 years that was ever really "Mil-Spec", I always thought it was just a marketing gimmick. Much like SA being the "The Oldest Name In American Firearms" even though since the early 70's they have only been a name, often just having foreign companies making their products.
 
Is there any 1911 made in the last 40 years that was ever really "Mil-Spec", I always thought it was just a marketing gimmick.
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I pulled out my Springfield that was purchased in the 80s (blue and white cardboard box) thinking it was mil-spec, and, while it's close, no cigar. The ejection port is cut slightly lower, the thumb safety is teardrop, and the hammer is cut with straight striations that resemble some of the WWII guns, but is not exact.

So I guess the answer to your question is "no."

Interestingly enough, there is a bright red tag in the box that says "FORGED," so I guess that was the big selling point then.
 
rinspeed said:
Is there any 1911 made in the last 40 years that was ever really "Mil-Spec"
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Probably not. But Springfield Armory is (AFAIK) the only 1911 manufacturer to actually call a clearly non-mil-spec pistol "Mil-Spec" by name.
 
I pulled out my Springfield that was purchased in the 80s (blue and white cardboard box) thinking it was mil-spec, and, while it's close, no cigar.
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The early SAs were such dogs I wondered if they would survive. Unlike Kimber which embarrassed the hell out of Colt or SA in the late 90's/early 2000's. Anyone who likes 1911s should really give Kimber their due respect. If it weren't for them you would still be sending every 1911 purchased off to a smith to actually shoot. :confused:
 
Not even close. Questionable quality and it has a firing pin safety. That's the problem with YT videos. Most of the clowns doing them have little to zero knowledge.
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Granted my small sampling size of one isn't going to prove much, but I don't have any quality complaints about my Auto Ordnance.

I do realize about the firing pin safety, but to the average joe the Auto Ordnance looks the closest by far, so care to share why its not even close?

I'm certainly no expert and I'm not trying to be a smart@%%, but I think some elaboration on your post would be a good addition to this thread.
 
The early SAs were such dogs I wondered if they would survive.
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And where did you come up with that? I also purchased some bare frames at the same time and built guns on them which are still going very strongly some 30 years later.
 
If you don't want to spend a lot go Colt or Springfield Armory. Low cost and bang bang, target hits is up to you. I say low cost because there are lower dollar guns. But you won't be happy with these.
 
racedawg said:
Rocks are made off old colt tooling in the philippines..
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No, they are not. Armscor (Rock Island) pistols are made using modern CNC machining centers. They were using CNC before Colt made the switch.
 
Y'all can quibble about SA's Milspec not being milspec, but I look at the slight changes as being improvements that don't radically change the classic profile of John Browning's masterpiece. If he had lived longer, he undoubtedly would have made similar changes himself.
 
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