Had one of those and sold it. I've explained why elsewhere on the site. Searchable if you care.
Had one of those and sold it. I've explained why elsewhere on the site. Searchable if you care.
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DA dork.
I have a 1911-22, and two 1911-380/22 Convertibles (both 380 and 22 slide assemblies)
I like them.
These are fun guns in 22lr and the perfect trainer for my kids being that they are 80% the size of a full size. My sample has been perfectly reliable with myriad different ammo which is rare in rimfire pistols. That said, in adult size hands the ergos are not as nice as the real deal 1911s. Workable but suboptimal IMO.
Never shot one, but I sure feel like a giant when I hold one in the shop.
I'm carrying one of mine right now. I like it almost as well as my 9mm Airweight J-frame Conversion.
Yes.
But one of my 380s was about15" to 18" low at a hundred feet (I fixed that by lowering the front sight about 1/16 inch). The other 380 was spot on. Both of my 22 conversion slide assemblies seem to be pretty close, but I haven't shot the conversions enough to be sure.
A white back, I made a bold claim about a quirk of 1911-380:
Even at the time, there was a certain cloud over that issue, namely I was not successful inducing it on demand. I could swear that it happened, and certainly unfired rounds do not eject properly, but the gun does not jam up solid if I try. I made a video about this issue, and it's exactly what's on film. I did not demonstrate the lock-up.
Maybe everyone here had too much respect and pretended to believe my fantasies, but Youtube commenters weren't as kind.
Either way, 6 years later I found what happened.
It goes like this:
- Hammer falls and a misfire follows.
- Shooter tap-racks, the round fails to eject because of the design issue as described above.
- On the video, extractor lost contact with the snap, but now it held enough to stop the motion of the slide.
- Shooter has no clue what happened, and releases the slide.
- Slide returns back and jams the round diagonally like in the photo in the video background.
- Now the trick happens. By a coincidence, slide stops at the disassembly position. At this point, if the shooter makes an unlucky movement, she can easily drive the slide stop out to the left, for example by the index finger in the home position.
- If the pin is out just a little, the slide is locked and cannot move.
When the shooter, that is to say my wife, passed the gun to me, I grabbed over the the top. This helped to maintain the muzzle direction downrange, while I ripped out the magazine etc. This grip drove the slide stop back in, and allowed the slide to move. I felt it and heard the click, and then everything suddenly released. Only then I realized what happened.
I think anyone who has ejector set too far forward should just file it down, as suggested in my Youtube comments. Then the whole problem is avoided.