rhino Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 The old joke about carrying a .45 because they don't make a .50 isn't going to work much longer ... http://www.classichandguns.com/50GIpage.html Beginning in 2004 I will be working with talented Engineer and Pistolsmith Alex Zimmermann, we have worked together in the past and we have decided to join forces and introduce a new line of 1911 style pistols and products under the name of Guncrafter Industries here in Arkansas. We are now ready to introduce a new 1911 style pistol chambered in a new proprietary round, the 50GI. The Model 1 has been designed to be a Tactically sound defensive pistol with great controllability and power. Guncrafter Industries: 50GI 1911 Model 1 50GI 45acp Model 1 Specs: Proprietary Barstock Frame and Slide Original 1911 Size Match Grade Heavy Barrel Heavy Duty Stainless 7rd. Magazine Heinie Slant Pro Tritium Sights 20lpi Carry Checkering on Frontsrap 20lpi Checkered MSH w/ Integral Lanyard Loop Tactical Single Side Thumb Safety Lightweight Trigger, tuned to 4# Beveled Mag Well Olive Drab Aluma-Grips Parkerized Finish Cordura Carrying Case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Pistolsmith Alex Zimmermann and Who? Do these people already make any firearms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Now here is the question on everyone's mind....Will it be allowed in CDP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 HMMMMM Let's see 350 gn bullet at 500fps = 175 pf , man you better not wait to see your shot hit the paper ........... might take awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Why re-invent the wheel? Is .50 Action Express too long for 1911 magazines? Good to hear it has a Tactical safety and is Tactically sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moneypenny Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 not unless bill wilson makes them..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Rhino, Does this mean that when they make the wide body version, you'll be carrying two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 just when I thought I had seen it all, along comes something new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Rebated rim. Wonder if it'll be offered in linkless barrel. Someone tried putting a 41 bullet in front of a 9mm case rim once. Didn't work out well for anyone but the gunrag publishers. I wish them luck - be fun to score those targets at a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruzr Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Pistolsmith Alex Zimmermann and Who? Do these people already make any firearms? The "I" is Vic Tibbets. http://www.classichandguns.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 But for the rebated rim, I think it'd be kind of interesting. I wonder if they have to reduce capacity down to seven rounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Why??? Why not? Makes more sense than the Harvesting Combine demo-derby I just saw on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonub Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 HMMMMM Let's see 350 gn bullet at 500fps = 175 pf , man you better not wait to see your shot hit the paper ........... might take awhile. You know now there is a new man's gun out there. 500fps about as fast as an air pistol round you will actually see the bullet flying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 The good news is that EVERY pistol will be able to shoot a .5 inch group. Just fire one round... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted January 18, 2004 Author Share Posted January 18, 2004 Rhino,Does this mean that when they make the wide body version, you'll be carrying two? You buy a pair and the ammo for me and I'll carry 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Looks like cut-down .50 AE brass to me, which is a big mistake IMO. Ok, so maybe you need it like that so the breechface of the 1911 doesn't require the extractor be duct-taped to the side of the slide, BUT.. anybody ever try reloading the .41 AE with it's rebated rim? The cases stack neatly in a reloader casefeeding tube... one rim inside the mouth of the next one, for a nice perfectly un-separatable stack of brass.. It's like a 40 in a .45 case or 38 in a 40 case for the whole tube-- Check out the photo-- there's a couple of cases 'spooning' right by the frontstrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 "The good news is that EVERY pistol will be able to shoot a .5 inch group. Just fire one round..." (tightloop) LOL...!!!!!! That means I'll be asking the range if I can shoot this in league. Anything to get slightly better scores!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 check this out. http://www.guncrafterindustries.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Lynn, maybe you missed this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james h Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Oh thanks ... now I'm really p***** off with the government or more precisely the ignorant sensationalist media yours dreaming of my .40 cal james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Sweeney Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 I heard about it before it got inveiled, and I'm angling to be first in line to write about it. I'll get to fondle it at the SHOT Show, and tel you what I find out. You know someone will try to improve the ballistics about five minutes after they create their first empties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 You know someone will try to improve the ballistics about five minutes after they create their first empties. I'll bet Clark already blew his to smithereens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Skywalker67, i only missed it by 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 .."I'll get to fondle it at the SHOT Show, and tell you what I find out." Of course, he may come back with one hand missing, but it'll have been fun...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBaneACP Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I'm a little pissed at Flex for dis'sing the Harvester Combine demo-derby. To me, that sounds like Good Family Entertainment! Not as cool as, says, racing semi tankers filled with liquid nitrogen, but, hey, you takes what you gets! I'm certainly excited about a .50 cal 1911. As J.D. "BIG BOOM" Jones told me after he sent me a 10-inch Contender in .45/70, "It'll stop a charging garbage truck in its tracks!" Well, that's a big problem in *my* neighborhood, and it's good to know I'll have a handweapon that does the job and doesn't require me to get any new holsters. Plus, later this year, I'm planning to go to Montana for velociraptors, and state law mandates *at least* a .50 caliber bullet, liability insurance and an armored car. In my impetuous youth (which is continuing as we speak) I tried a *double tap* with one of those .45 Win Mag steroidal 1911s, which resulted in a neat .45 hole in the ceiling of the indoor range, so I know I can handle the recoil. I'm thinking it has been a long time siince we had any matches involving a stage shot from a Harvester Combine. I wonder if there's any more cold medicine in the house? Funky cold medina... Michael B, presently dying of Terminal Head Cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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