What JMB envisoned is up for debate..he also envisoned a gun with two links on teh barrel, and no grip safety, etc.
Orginal blued 1911's(not 1911A1's) were hand fit by the Colt factory..loose clearances were not part of the design. Only later during WW2, did tolerances loosen...maybe. I think most of the looseness in GI guns, comes from the fact that we bought the last ones in 1945, over use and over cleaning.
FWIW, we had a hard time putting the Moros down with .45LC, 30/40Krag, 30/06 and 12g.
IIRC the Norincos had good hard forged frames, but the small parts left something to be desired. Either way, tehy are no longer imported, and demand a bit of a premium, last I checked.
Back during the Y2k craziness, a co-worker asked me about his Norinco 1911, & "what's it mean when the slide goes foward & the hammer drops"...I told him "it means you shoulda bought a Colt."
I beleive that Colt addressed the issue of the cracking frames well before it was selected by the USMC.
Bob
Orginal blued 1911's(not 1911A1's) were hand fit by the Colt factory..loose clearances were not part of the design. Only later during WW2, did tolerances loosen...maybe. I think most of the looseness in GI guns, comes from the fact that we bought the last ones in 1945, over use and over cleaning.
FWIW, we had a hard time putting the Moros down with .45LC, 30/40Krag, 30/06 and 12g.
IIRC the Norincos had good hard forged frames, but the small parts left something to be desired. Either way, tehy are no longer imported, and demand a bit of a premium, last I checked.
Back during the Y2k craziness, a co-worker asked me about his Norinco 1911, & "what's it mean when the slide goes foward & the hammer drops"...I told him "it means you shoulda bought a Colt."
I beleive that Colt addressed the issue of the cracking frames well before it was selected by the USMC.
Bob