why no browning .45 1911
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As with almost any firearm, if you go with a larger cartridge, almost everything else has to increase in size as well. I don't think you would have the same feel if you chambered a HP in .45acp vs. the 9mm version.
The only way I could see keeping almost the same overall grip size would be if you made it a single stack .45acp. At that point you might as well just buy a 1911.
The only way I could see keeping almost the same overall grip size would be if you made it a single stack .45acp. At that point you might as well just buy a 1911.
I've always wondered why there wasn't a Browning 1911! It seems like such a no brainer.
I thought they should have some pretty basic models, like a first edition style (non -A1) 1911, and a 1911A1 model reminiscent of the ones carried in World War II. They'd sell lots to collectors who would buy these just to have them, maybe not even shooting them.
Then, if they wanted a bigger share of the pie, they could make something like Colt's XSE, with all the bells and whistles like the beavertail safety, etc.
As to the .45 A.C.P. High Power, I don't see why not. It would be like the CZ 97B, which is a .45 version of the 9mm CZ 75B. The 97B is certainly a little bigger than the 75B, but no one complains that it lost the ergonomics.
http://cz-usa.com/products/view/cz-97-b/
Anyhow, new models don't seem to be a priority to Browning.
I thought they should have some pretty basic models, like a first edition style (non -A1) 1911, and a 1911A1 model reminiscent of the ones carried in World War II. They'd sell lots to collectors who would buy these just to have them, maybe not even shooting them.
Then, if they wanted a bigger share of the pie, they could make something like Colt's XSE, with all the bells and whistles like the beavertail safety, etc.
As to the .45 A.C.P. High Power, I don't see why not. It would be like the CZ 97B, which is a .45 version of the 9mm CZ 75B. The 97B is certainly a little bigger than the 75B, but no one complains that it lost the ergonomics.
http://cz-usa.com/products/view/cz-97-b/
Anyhow, new models don't seem to be a priority to Browning.
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^^^+1 - absolutley like the CZ - i know its going to be a little bigger but i still think if it took as many characteristics as it could form the 9 it would be a great seller and thought of a retro WWII model would be huge imho to alot of folks - i mean come on this is the man who invented the thing colt just got lucky and got to build it in the begining.browing needs to step up the pistol selection to match their rifle stable - to me they could be right up there with the top players
^^^+1 - absolutley like the CZ - i know its going to be a little bigger but i still think if it took as many characteristics as it could form the 9 it would be a great seller and thought of a retro WWII model would be huge imho to alot of folks - i mean come on this is the man who invented the thing colt just got lucky and got to build it in the begining.browing needs to step up the pistol selection to match their rifle stable - to me they could be right up there with the top players
This reminds me of the CZ-75 vs. CZ-97 issue with the late Col. Cooper. Cooper always said that the CZ-75 was the best of the wonder-nines and that if they would just make one in .45 he would carry it. When they finally did, Cooper complained about the weight. .45 ACP just does not lend itself well to the type of package as a 9mm. A .45 ACP with a double-stack magazine is going to be necessarily larger and heavier than a 9mm doulbe stack of similar configuration. Having handled both a CZ-75 and CZ-97, I can tell you that the handling qualities of each are quite different. In order to make a .45 BHP feel even remotely close to a 9mm BHP, you would have to make it a single-stack, at which point you'd basically have a 1911 with no grip safety.