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I'm working on getting my Dad's childhood 511 back up to snuff and the replacement magazine catch is giving me fits. The original broke off just where the part curves downward into the magazine channel. It is the new, or late, style part 8A on e-gunparts.com (Numrich's) and it matches the...

KBI is now importing the BUL M5 line of double-stack polymer framed 1911's under their Charles Daly name. As I understand it from the BUL and CD websites, the pistols are manufacturered entirely in Israel by BUL, but have the CD engraving on the slide. If I recall correctly, the BUL branded...

I am contemplating my first 1911 build BUT I would like to, for personal reasons, build it in 9mm vice .45. The question is this: does the design of the 1911, which was built from the ground up around a straight-walled, large bore cartridge, function well with a significantly smaller, tapered...

Just picked up a factory refurb'ed P226 with 3 MecGar full-cap mags. Every single one of the mags malfunctions on the 14th round by nosediving the cartridge into the feedramp. Second, none of the 3 will activate the slide stop after the last empty case is ejected. Sounds like weak mag springs...