Just a quick teaser, to let you know that M1911.ORG is present at the 2017 SHOT Show and will report back with all news and interesting things from the 1911 world.
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Just a quick teaser, to let you know that M1911.ORG is present at the 2017 SHOT Show and will report back with all news and interesting things from the 1911 world.
Can't wait. We all could use our 1911 fix.
Looking forward to seeing all the new stuff from Colt.
"The 1911 was the design, given by God to us through John M. Browning, that represents the epitome of what a killing tool needs to be. It was true in 1911 and it's true now." - Col. Robert Coates commanding, U.S. Marine Corp Special Operations Command Detachment 1 (DET 1)
You are my eyes and ears. Please ogle,fondle and report back.
i wasn't there man, our special envoyé, Harwood Loomis had the honor this year, and here is what he wrote, as a preliminary report.
2017 SHOT Show
As we try to do every year, M1911.org is on the scene in Las Vegas to cover the annual SHOT (Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trades) Show for you. The full write-up will be published in our e-zine as soon as we can recover from the trip and get everything organized. This is just a teaser.
John (a.k.a. El Comandante) wasn’t able to make the trip this year so I was tapped as the back-up. I haven’t been to a SHOT Show for several years, and this is the first I’ve attended solo. It’s a daunting experience.
The show gets bigger every year. It would be impossible for anyone or any single team to cover everything and to report on all the exhibitors, so we focus on handguns in general, and 1911s in particular. For a 100-plus year old, “obsolete” design, the 1911 shows remarkable longevity. It seems like around every corner of the display halls there’s another exhibitor showing either a new 1911, or new accessories for the 1911.
We’ll cover several of them in the e-zine.
Colt, Smith & Wesson, Ruger and SIG Arms all had huge exhibits, each staffed by a horde of company representatives. Other 1911 exhibitors had small, single-space booths that could easily be overlooked if someone was rushing down an aisle.
The big deal at the Colt exhibit was a couple of new AR-15 type rifles, and the new Cobra revolver. But, although they weren’t being pushed as heavily as the Cobra and the long guns, Colt had several different 1911s with light rails on display. I only knew about two models with rails, so they added some while I wasn’t paying attention.
On my way from one planned stop to another, I encountered one of those unexpected 1911 exhibitors. Several years ago, I reviewed for the e-zine a Turkish-made 1911 called the Regent 100. The manufacturer was (and is) Tisas, and this year they were at the show under their own name, with several 1911 pistols plus a couple of other handguns that look interesting. We’ll touch on this in the article, too. Hint: Hi-Power.
Those who know a bit about World War 2 and American small arms may recall that one of the makers of the M1 Carbine was the Inland Division of General Motors. A few years ago, a company using the Inland brand name came out with a modern copy of the M1 Carbine. Now they also have a copy of the GI M1911A1 – as well as several other models of 1911.
There were many more, and I admit that I wasn’t up to the task of getting to each and every vendor of 1911s. Be sure to read the article to learn which ones I covered, so you can send me nastygrams for having overlooked your personal favorite.
Looking forward to reading the article.
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