Do all 1911's have a grip safety????

[Brown-Bear]

I was showing a co-worker a site for grips I want for my 1911 and he says " Wow, those are cool looking. I've never seen a 1911 with that thing on the grip, what is it?". What? Seriously this guy is usually kinda retarded but everyonce in awhile he says things that make me think. So do they? I thought they did, but this guys got me all beffudled.

Dave

[P-11 shooter]

I've never seen a 1911 without one.

I'm far from an expert. Maybe there's a kind of 1911 I don't know about.

[Lycanthrope]

Maybe....but, I've never seen one.


Lycanlikesbeavertailthrope

[mpi]

all true 1911 designs have them. there have been some near 1911 and some 1911 derivatives that have gone without, but not anything true to the design.

[NineseveN]

Only one that I know of, and it's not even mass-market yet. Well, besides some custom guns that just use a milspec/colt type safety and pin it in.

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[Brown-Bear]

Thats kinda what I thought, but this fella is the kinda person who is basically stupid but like the proverb says " Even a busted watch is right twice a day". He'll be right about this and I'll call him on it. Then he looks like the smart guy and I'm the idiot. Anybody else know what I'm talking about here, with these kind of people.

Dave

[TonyF]

JMB's original design did not have a grip safety. It was added at the request of the U.S. Army.

[Frenchy]

1911 (style) guns are ever so popular now, and yes there are variations I remember seeing that had no safely grip or modified safety grips. There is an insert with beavertail that is one piece that with modifications can remove the “safety” but more people are confused by 1911 clone type guns. I have had people say I have a nice “1911” yet it is a CZ 75.

Browning, when he made the 1911 style gun started off the Browning Models and worked towards a Colt. The Models 1905 to 1907 look some what similar to the 1911 and have outer looks of a Browning. The High power is a very close look to the 1911 model



As to the CZ models, that are basically copies of the High Power, Most of the internal parts are very different, but the outer look makes many call them “1911” pistols. For the same reason, the 2011 is often confused to the 1911.

The original 1911 design or prototype had no safety on the grip, it is the US military that asked there be a safety there.

[Bama Man]

The Browning 1911 design as accepted by the military all have grip safeties in their design.
Some foreign country knockoffs do not have that, like the Ballister, and Star, although they can be confused as dead ringers for a 1911 upon a quick look.

[fabiocrow07770]

1911 (style) guns are ever so popular now, and yes there are variations I remember seeing that had no safely grip or modified safety grips. There is an insert with beavertail that is one piece that with modifications can remove the “safety” but more people are confused by 1911 clone type guns. I have had people say I have a nice “1911” yet it is a CZ 75.

Browning, when he made the 1911 style gun started off the Browning Models and worked towards a Colt. The Models 1905 to 1907 look some what similar to the 1911 and have outer looks of a Browning. The High power is a very close look to the 1911 model



As to the CZ models, that are basically copies of the High Power, Most of the internal parts are very different, but the outer look makes many call them “1911” pistols. For the same reason, the 2011 is often confused to the 1911.

The original 1911 design or prototype had no safety on the grip, it is the US military that asked there be a safety there.

dont dont see how anyone can say that's a 1911

Tony "Fabio"