1911 full size and commander

[canamscott]

I got to wondering, if you wanted to could you keep one 1911 frame set up the way you like and change slide/barrel/spring to have a full size or commander depending upon need or mood of the day?

 

[88E30M50]

That's sure possible, but a 1911 is not like a lot of other guns that can swap parts easily. The slide and barrel would need to be fit specifically to that frame and once you went to that expense, you might just as well buy the second gun and enjoy two 1911s.

 

[AllenM]

Yes and no, It would have to be a custom build based on a full size frame. A Commander size slide won't work on an unmodified full size frame.
However if you were to cut a full size slide short and install a bull barrel you could have both length guns with a slide swap.
Easiest way to do it. plus a Gov dust cover on a commander slide looks cool

 

[churchmouse]

Yes and no, It would have to be a custom build based on a full size frame. A Commander size slide won't work on an unmodified full size frame.
However if you were to cut a full size slide short and install a bull barrel you could have both length guns with a slide swap.
Easiest way to do it. plus a Gov dust cover on a commander slide looks cool

Enabler.........

 

[451_Detonics]

I am starting to shop for a Commander to build a comp gun on...so sad but seeing as I own the barrel it would be a shame to let it go to waste...

 

[churchmouse]

I am starting to shop for a Commander to build a comp gun on...so sad but seeing as I own the barrel it would be a shame to let it go to waste...

Ah-Ha

 

[RustyHornet]

I am starting to shop for a Commander to build a comp gun on...so sad but seeing as I own the barrel it would be a shame to let it go to waste...

Sounds like perfectly good reasoning. Much easier and cheaper to build a gun than to deal with all those wackos if you were to try to sell that barrel...

 

[DocIndy]

I am starting to shop for a Commander to build a comp gun on...so sad but seeing as I own the barrel it would be a shame to let it go to waste...

A comp gun like this??? or Competition gun? I know a guy that can build either one... or both.. And for the record, this one shoots as good as it looks.

 

[churchmouse]

A comp gun like this??? or Competition gun? I know a guy that can build either one... or both..

I know that gun.....

 

[DocIndy]

It has new pretty wood grips now. We need to plan an AllenM range day and everyone with AllenM customs can sample a variety of his work.

 

[churchmouse]

It has new pretty wood grips now. We need to plan an AllenM range day and everyone with AllenM customs can sample a variety of his work.

Hell yeah.

 

[AllenM]

I'll attend

 

[IndyGlockMan]

I'm not a 1911 expert, but it seems to me that if you had 2 complete slide assemblies (1 full size and 1 commander), they could be swapped back and forth on a full size frame.
I think as long as you didn't expect a perfect slide/frame fit on both, it could be done, right?


Count me in for a shoot too!

 

[DocIndy]

I'll attend

You better since you'd be the guest of honor!

 

[AllenM]

Sorry OP but...



I would really like to do it at a rifle range so I could warm up my latest toys.

 

[451_Detonics]

A comp gun like this??? or Competition gun? I know a guy that can build either one... or both.. And for the record, this one shoots as good as it looks.

Oddly enough I know a guy who can build one too...me...lol. Not my first 1911 build...or 2nd or 3rd...not even my tenth . I will be using this barrel set up in it

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Will end up slightly longer than a Government but only by one chamber on the comp.

 

[churchmouse]

Oddly enough I know a guy who can build one too...me...lol. Not my first 1911 build...or 2nd or 3rd...not even my tenth . I will be using this barrel set up in it

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Will end up slightly longer than a Government but only by one chamber on the comp.

Is that a "Clark" offering.

 

[churchmouse]

Sorry OP but...



I would really like to do it at a rifle range so I could warm up my latest toys.

Absolutely

 

[Nam1911]

My ATI COMMANDER slide fits just fine on my springfield Armory government 1911 frame. But not vice versa. No need for a custom build. Just hope it fits.

 

[churchmouse]

My ATI COMMANDER slide fits just fine on my springfield Armory government 1911 frame. But not vice versa. No need for a custom build. Just hope it fits.

Barrel lock up is the key here. If you know what to look for cool. If not, well, you know.

Read post #3 again.

AllenM has handled/fired/built more 1911's than the average man will ever see. I trust his advice implicitly.