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  • #1
    Squid
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2010
    • 1041

    why derth of long-slide 6" 1911s?

    Only Springfield seems to have a production model (good luck finding one, much less for sale) as Para seems to have dropped theirs.

    Rock Island has one but it looks all funny, and not in a good way.

    To me, a long slide makes more sense (for that "platform") than all the shorties everyone is making.
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    • #2
      9mmepiphany
      Calguns Addict
      • Jul 2008
      • 8075
      Well, since the .45ACP was developed alongside the 1911, you'd think they would have optimized the barrel length.

      I've shot a 6" 1911 and didn't care for the recoil characteristics
      ...because the journey is the worthier part...The Shepherd's Tale

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        • #3
          SNEAKS
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2007
          • 1449
          Les Baer makes a few but it would have to be done SSE. I have a SA Loaded with some custom work done and love it.

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            • #4
              keenkeen
              Calguns Addict
              • May 2011
              • 6782
              SA, Baer, Fusion, Ed Brown, Caspian, Nighthawk, Wilson, STI, Used AMTs, RIA...there are enough out there if you really want one (or three).
              "But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much." -John Dryden

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                • #5
                  Fishslayer
                  In Memoriam
                  • Jan 2010
                  • 13035
                  "AMT Longslide with laser sighting."

                  "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
                  You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
                  You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

                  Originally Posted by JackRydden224
                  I hope Ruger pays the extortion fees for the SR1911. I mean the gun is just as good if not better than a Les Baer.
                  Originally posted by redcliff
                  A Colt collector shooting Rugers is like Hugh Grant cheating on Elizabeth Hurley with a hooker.

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                    • #6
                      Canucky
                      Veteran Member
                      • Dec 2007
                      • 4260
                      Para makes a long slide warhog I think.

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                        • #7
                          IVth Horseman
                          Senior Member
                          • Jul 2009
                          • 1583
                          Para makes the super hawg, I got mine about a year ago, im not sure if they're still made. Also try to find a springfield V16 longslide, my personal favorite.

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                            • #8
                              wjc
                              I need a LIFE!!
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 10869
                              heh...

                              I've always wanted a brace of long slide 1911's.

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                                • #9
                                  9mmepiphany
                                  Calguns Addict
                                  • Jul 2008
                                  • 8075
                                  Originally posted by wjc
                                  heh...

                                  I've always wanted a brace of long slide 1911's.

                                  I Blame...The Shadow!
                                  Better a comic book than a video game
                                  ...because the journey is the worthier part...The Shepherd's Tale

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                                    • #10
                                      ih8ca
                                      Member
                                      • Apr 2010
                                      • 457
                                      I love my springfield longslide. Fun to shoot and accurate.

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                                        • #11
                                          Glockrocks
                                          Senior Member
                                          • Apr 2012
                                          • 628
                                          what about a 6" barrel on a standard size frame, less weight and slide mass to contend with...

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                                              keenkeen
                                              Calguns Addict
                                              • May 2011
                                              • 6782
                                              Originally posted by Glockrocks
                                              what about a 6" barrel on a standard size frame, less weight and slide mass to contend with...
                                              Weight is not a bad thing in a bulls-eye gun...
                                              "But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much." -John Dryden

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                                                • #13
                                                  Oceanbob
                                                  I need a LIFE!!
                                                  • Jun 2010
                                                  • 12719
                                                  To me a longslide doesn't make sense in .45 auto. I prefer and own a longslide in 10MM; which makes more sense in the foot pounds of energy catagory.

                                                  The 10MM has more energy at 100 yards than a .45 auto has at the muzzle.
                                                  May the Bridges I burn light the way.

                                                  Life Is Not About Waiting For The Storm To Pass - Its About Learning To Dance In The Rain.

                                                  Fewer people are killed with all rifles each year (323 in 2011) than with shotguns (356), hammers and clubs (496), and hands and feet (728).

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                                                      redcliff
                                                      Calguns Addict
                                                      • Feb 2008
                                                      • 5670
                                                      Longslides aren't about ballistics; they're about longer sight radius and more weight at the muzzle end of the gun to reduce muzzle flip.

                                                      Personaly I use compensated pin guns when I want both those advantages.
                                                      "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
                                                      "What we get away with isn't usually the same as what's good for us"
                                                      "An extended slide stop is the second most useless part you can put on a 1911"
                                                      "While Ruger DA revolvers may be built like a tank, they have the aesthetics of one also,
                                                      although I suppose there are a few tanks which I owe an apology to for that remark"

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                                                        • #15
                                                          JTROKS
                                                          I need a LIFE!!
                                                          • Nov 2007
                                                          • 13093
                                                          Originally posted by Oceanbob
                                                          To me a longslide doesn't make sense in .45 auto. I prefer and own a longslide in 10MM; which makes more sense in the foot pounds of energy catagory.

                                                          The 10MM has more energy at 100 yards than a .45 auto has at the muzzle.
                                                          Why yes! IAI Javelina.



                                                          Depending on what powder you use for reloading will gain significant FPS.
                                                          Last edited by JTROKS; 12-20-2012, 9:22 AM.
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                                                          Seek the roses along the way
                                                          Just beware of the thorns...                                                           K. Meine

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