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[…] My wife’s favorite pistol is a full-sized .45 ACP Springfield 1911. She loves to shoot it, but hates to shoot […]

[…] between. I’ve had a hankering to customize my own basic 1911 pistol, so I’m starting with “Colt 1911-Style Auto Pistols […]

The 1911

[…] second, a locked-breech striker-fired model (designed to get around the 1911 patents still in effect), also used the staggered mag […]

[…] own accord. We were once mortified to read about custom 1911s in these very pages costing “upwards of $1,200!” in […]

[…] factory Tritium night sights for a well-used Springfield Armory TRP 1911. Wow! What a difference. I wanted to see if […]

[…] is one area better left to skilled gunsmiths. This problem 1911 recently came into the shop because the hammer was […]

[…] magwells, hammers and beavertails. Fast forward through lots of custom 1911 builds, a Pistolsmith of the Year award from the […]

The .45 ACP 1911 Emissary blends form and function seamlessly in a defensive-minded handgun loaded with custom-grade features.

Springfield Armory’s Mil-Spec 1911 in .45 ACP is accurate, reliable and affordable. An entry-level defensive handgun, it combines GI proven […]