11.25mm is the metric designation for the .45ACP round. I think its their measurement of the bore diameter, not the groove, but I know its their name for the .45acp. The Norwegians also call it the 11.25mm.
Sistema Colts are, if I remember right, license built copies, and parts should interchange (with some fitting, probably)
why do people swear by the 1911?
Some of us remember the days before JHP ammo was common. We remember the days when the first 9mm JHPs were touted as the new best thing. After 30 some years, it appears they may have figured it out, but the .45 bias is strong.
Probably because while its effectiveness has been blown out of reality (and what isn't these days??) it is based on solid historical performance.
Like wise, the 1911(A1)'s reputation for always working. Nothing does all the time, but the 1911 worked BETTER than its competition, foreign and domestic.
Personally, I think the 1911A1 is the best blend of power, controllability, accuracy and ergonomics devised for a combat handgun. No design rivaled it, let alone exceeded it in any way for over half a century. Today we have more modern designs that perform better for some people or are more pleasing to some people, but the 1911 not only still holds up, its made today by almost everyone, so that right there should tell you something. Colt, Sig, S&W, Ruger, and many others make a gun that is a 1911 "type" either a true reproduction of the original or their "improved" versions.
I was Army trained as a Small Arms Repairman, when the 1911A1 was still our service pistol. While I think those who (jokingly) refer to the gun's design as coming down from on high are going a bit too far, there's no denying it was a work of design genius.
One of the things I always felt was pure genius was the fact that the original GI design guns can be detail stripped with one "tool", and that tool can be a rifle cartridge, a pen, a bootlace, a toothpick, a twig or almost anything with a point on it that can push in the firing pin. The rest of the pistol can be disassembled using only the fingers and the parts of the gun itself.
Sistema Colts are, if I remember right, license built copies, and parts should interchange (with some fitting, probably)
why do people swear by the 1911?
Some of us remember the days before JHP ammo was common. We remember the days when the first 9mm JHPs were touted as the new best thing. After 30 some years, it appears they may have figured it out, but the .45 bias is strong.
Probably because while its effectiveness has been blown out of reality (and what isn't these days??) it is based on solid historical performance.
Like wise, the 1911(A1)'s reputation for always working. Nothing does all the time, but the 1911 worked BETTER than its competition, foreign and domestic.
Personally, I think the 1911A1 is the best blend of power, controllability, accuracy and ergonomics devised for a combat handgun. No design rivaled it, let alone exceeded it in any way for over half a century. Today we have more modern designs that perform better for some people or are more pleasing to some people, but the 1911 not only still holds up, its made today by almost everyone, so that right there should tell you something. Colt, Sig, S&W, Ruger, and many others make a gun that is a 1911 "type" either a true reproduction of the original or their "improved" versions.
I was Army trained as a Small Arms Repairman, when the 1911A1 was still our service pistol. While I think those who (jokingly) refer to the gun's design as coming down from on high are going a bit too far, there's no denying it was a work of design genius.
One of the things I always felt was pure genius was the fact that the original GI design guns can be detail stripped with one "tool", and that tool can be a rifle cartridge, a pen, a bootlace, a toothpick, a twig or almost anything with a point on it that can push in the firing pin. The rest of the pistol can be disassembled using only the fingers and the parts of the gun itself.
