The vertical slide serrations, the black plastic grips, the steel trigger shoe - all of these are authentic touches from the original 1911A1. The thumb safety was added at the request of the Army. If needed it would be drawn and the slide would be racked, chambering a round. Generally, when it comes to militaries, a handgun is a back-up weapon. This pistol was meant to be carried by officers (who generally don’t need a rifle) or cavalry troopers (who needed a weapon they could fire with one hand, the reins of their horse in the other). Here’s a little bit of historical trivia for you - in John Moses Browning’s original patent drawing of what became the 1911, you won’t see a thumb safety, just a grip safety. And the grip safety is always engaged unless you’re gripping the pistol. With a 1911, even though it has that scary cocked hammer, unless both the thumb safety and grip safety are deactivated, pulling that trigger does nothing. If something gets wedged in the trigger guard of a Glock/XD-M/M&P etc., they’ll go bang. Let’s do a little “perception versus reality.” That big cocked hammer scares a lot of people, but the truth is that the 1911 with its hammer cocked and safeties engaged is much more immune to accidents and mishandling than the standard striker-fired pistol design. Unlike modern 1911s, the retro Auto-Ordnance piece has a spur hammer, original grip safety, and small thumb safety. With the pistol, you get a cable lock as well as a cardboard box with a foam cut out for the pistol. This pistol is supplied with one seven-round magazine, or one nine-round magazine if you choose to commit heresy and buy the 9mm version. In 19A1 was introduced with several changes from the original 1911, including a short trigger, arched mainspring housing, plain brown checkered grips, and dishes cut into the frame behind the trigger, all of which are found on the Auto-Ordnance piece. 45 ACP load is a 230-grain FMJ bullet travelling downrange at roughly 850 feet per second. The military wanted a big pistol cartridge with a big heavy bullet and that is what John Browning gave them. The 45 ACP cartridge was developed by John Browning in conjunction with this pistol. 45 ACP one, so a sample of that is what I secured. Auto-Ordnance sells an otherwise-identical version of this pistol chambered in 9mm, but the only chambering for the 1911 in the 1920s was the. With an empty magazine in place this all steel pistol weighs 39 ounces. This pistol sports a five-inch barrel, is 8.5-inches long overall, and is 5.5-inches tall. In size and weight, it mimics not the original M1911 adopted by the military in that year, but rather the M1911A1 from 1924, which served our troops so well through World War II, Korea, in Vietnam - more on the difference between the two in a bit. Officially this model is the Auto-Ordnance 1911A1, GI specs, Matte Black Finish. In silhouette the Auto-Ordnance very closely resembles the original M1911A1 from 1924, with its arched mainspring housing and short trigger. To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the Roaring 20s it seems only right to cover one of the many retro-style 1911s on the market, in this case the Auto-Ordnance 1911A1. While designed by John Moses Browning specifically for the military, this pistol was available for sale to the public at least as early as 1912.
The 1911 (designed in 1907) has been around nearly as long as Americans have been driving cars - the Ford Model T, generally considered the first affordable car, was introduced in 1908 - so it should be no surprise that it was a prized handgun during the “Roaring 20s”.
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