Well the Marushin 1911 arrived, built and posted - as you know Smootik!
https://mp40modelguns.forumotion.net/t3203-marushin-1911-colt-kitset-buildSo now I keep my promise below.
Cheers for the great idea that started this thread! It forced me to buy another modelgun.
But the truth is it gave me an EXCUSE to buy another Modelgun!
A review of this historical firearm would be incomplete without a brief note about its historical inventor – John Moses Browning (January 1855 – November 1926).Sure his 1911 pistol design has
only changed cosmetically over the past 100 years, but many of JMB’s other guns have been made for over 70 – 80 years by Remington, Savage, Colt and FN (Belgium) – AND he held 128 gun patents and designed and built 80 separate firearms — 44 of them manufactured by Winchester.
His final design at the time of his death — the Browning Hi-Power pistol — would become a precedent for today's high-cap 9mm pistols.
There is plenty to find about him on the internet and I recommend one site in particular:
http://lewrockwell.com/shirtz/shirtz15.htmlFrom which he following extract is taken:
“The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, and recoil-operated handgun chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. John M. Browning designed the firearm which was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985. The M1911 is still carried by some U.S. forces. It was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Its formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Calibre .45, M1911 for the original Model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Calibre .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924. The designation changed to Pistol, Calibre .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam era.[1] In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols in military contracts during its service life. The M1911 was replaced by the M9 Beretta pistol as the standard U.S. sidearm in the early 1990s.”
In 1914, in appreciation for help making FN a world-class arms manufacturer, he was knighted to the order of Leopold by King Albert of Belgium.
Something that he found embarrassing when his American friends started calling him “Sir”.
My 1911 Colt replica collection started with a WE Airsoft model bb gun. No markings but fun to shoot in the basement indoor range.
Then about a year later a BFONG Kimar model was offered to me by a local importer. How could I say no? It is fun to shoot outdoors on private farm land - and makes a hell of a bang! Nice recoil and a good weight.
Now having a new Marushin cap gun kinda pales in comparison with weight and caps. But I can shoot PFC Modelguns in my living room (provided my pets are outside of course!).
Here's a chart I made to compare these fine replicas.
Please note that as the replica increases in power, more safety awareness and gun care knowledge is obviously required. That's why I make the case for Modelgun replicas being ultimately the very best introduction to firearms - and if you can't (or won't) be safe in gun handling practice with a Modelgun, then you shouldn't be allowed near a real firearm until you change.
I've seen such people in the local film & theatre business!
Modelguns allow for a wide margin of safety! thank goodness!
The Marushin 1911 Colt Model has become a fine addition to my ever-growing armory! During it's construction I learned much about Browning's design genius. A man who definitely could think "outside the square" of his contemporaries.
Kiwigunner
Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:03 am
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