Tell me more about the .460 Rowland

mikikanazawa

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Was flipping through the Brownells catalog today looking for some ideas on my 1911 project. (I know, looking through a catalog for ideas = I have too much money?)

Brownells carries a .460 Rowland "drop in" kit for 1911s, which is basically a barrel w/ comp and slide.

(More: http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/rowland.htm)

Clark's web site says that this conversion is sold only with the comp, because the comp prevents damage to the gun.

When firing higher-powered cartridges like this from a 1911, what are we looking at in terms of excessive wear? Any ideas on what that comp does to supposedly moderate wear?
 
Hey Joe, thanks for the links.

Those didn't turn up when I did my Google search. I did see the Taffin article, which is pretty much what I expected. (He loved it, as he loves everything that goes bang.)
 
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