


So please let's stop the hyperbole and arm ourselves with knowledge.Īuto-Ordnance pistols are not the highest quality. Is Colt a blight on the hallowed name of John Moses Browning? No. Making blanket statements and attributing stains on the holy name of JMB to Auto Ordnance.Colt has made some really crummy pistols too. The place of manufacture is stamped on the frame. When they started making them in Worcester the quality went up. When Auto-Ordnance was making these pistols in West Hurley they had problems galore.

A little information might go a long way. Here are the markings on the frame of my pistol. I would hate to lure you into a POS pistol by mistake.įYI. Steve, if I were you I would buy something else since there seems to be some other strong opinions against the Auto Ordinance pistol. I bought the pistol loose/used from a gun show and have no idea how many rounds were fired through it before I even got it. I guess that I may have just gotten a good one by accident or after 7548 pistols before it, the manufacturer may have gotten their act together. I saw no hint of soft parts or peening on any surface, indicating soft or cheap parts. After reading the two negative posts here, I went and fetched the pistol, field stripped it and carefully looked at every nook and cranny. While I am not a gunsmith, I am an Engineer and have been tinkering with and repairing my large number of guns for over 40 years. Well it looks like we have a little mystery here, because after putting over 500 rounds through my Auto Ordinance 1911A1 pistol it still looks and is as good/tight as new. Taylor’s 1911 comes complete with a black carrying case and a total of two magazines. All of the 1911 models are series-70 compatible. Taylor’s offers four models of the 1911 style: the different models feature a unique magazine spring shape, and one has a lanyard ring (details below). This is a single column, magazine-fed pistol with an eight-round capacity. Government Model 1911 semi-automatic pistol. 45 ACP ammunition and is a close reproduction of the original U.S.
Auto ordnance 1911a1 serial numbers series#
1911 Pistol series is a comprehensive group reproduced using specifications from original government issued models. My shooter is an older Springfield Armory 1911A1 "Mil-Spec" model and IMHO the one from Taylor's is every bit as good as my Springfield Armory (which is an 80 Series, by the way.) I have several other 1911s, but I bought one of the Taylor's/Armscor 1911s on an impulse about a month ago just because of the price. The ones Taylor's is selling are made by Armscor (Rock Island) and Armscor/Rock Island has a pretty good reputation.far better than the stuff Auto Ordnance has been putting out. Surplus 1911 magazines can still be found NIW for well under $20. About the only thing funky about the Armscor 1911s is the magazines: they come with a padded/plastic floor plate. IMHO these are about as close to a USGI 1911/1911A1 as you're going to get without dropping significantly more coin. Parts interchange with the WWII-era USGI guns and the 70 Series 1911/1911A1s do not have the hammer block of 80 Series. is currently selling base-model 70 Series 1911A1s for $3s doe $375 kind of tough to beat that price. If Springfield isn't making their GI 1911 anymore, that's too bad. I will never own anything marked Auto Ordnance OR Kahr Arms, their owner. I know you aren't looking for a Thompson here, and I haven't heard major issues with their 1911s, but that experience FOREVER soiled that company with me. I machined the old bolt and got it working properly again, kept it a few years, and got rid of it when it looked like a new federal law might pass, and I reasoned that I would be willing to pay a tax stamp on my Vietnam-style AR, and definitely my M1 Carbine (in the event of such a law), but not one red cent for that Thompson. 125" too long, and would blow holes through primers. 0030" too shallow, so the extractor would just mangle itself against the rim of the casing, and not extract it, leading to some really nasty stovepiping. At this point, I got the old bolt out, and found that it was milled. Apparently, heat treating isn't a big priority with them. worked fine for about 7 months, and then it started cracking where the extractor slides in. Eventually, I got a hold of someone else who sent me a new bolt which worked. Took a week to get anyone on the phone after that. Had they read the letter I sent with it (which they advised me to do) they would have known that I already switched extractors and that it needed to be test fired more than once for it to start jamming up. I eventually sent it back to the factory, where it was lost, and came back late with a note that just mentioned switching the extractor, which I'd already done. Wouldn't function out of the box, brand new at over $1000. I can't speak for the 1911, but I had their Thompson a while back.
