rfoil007 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I can not find the Max 1911 in 40cal but the 45 are all over here. I was woundering if you can buy the 45 and put a 40cal barrel in the gun. Some say yes a round town and some say no. Who is right? I ready to shoot 40cal now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Tompkins Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Can you? Yes. Will it be reliabe? Maybe not. The case will be 0.05 narrower which leaves a lot of room for the case to slip out of the extractor and fail to eject properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob01 Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Pick up an STI Trojan in .40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranoel Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 You do not want to put a .40 barrel in a .45. There will not be sufficient case support at the breech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWprotected Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I think the Sig Max in 40 is a myth kinda like the para pro custom 16.40. I was interested in both and got tired of waiting and bought something else. As far as putting a 40 barrel in a 45 gun it may be possible but I would think that you would have a lot of slop at the breech and the case could easily slip out from under the extractor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcc7x7 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Easier to start with a 9 and open the breech face up until it feeds then put an extractor in that works . Some work with 40s some with 9/38 super comp extractors. I did this 30 plus years ago to make a 10mm out of a 38 super gun and a month or so ago to make a 40 out of a 9mm SA. Or do it the easy way and go and buy a SIG match elite for 800.00 and change and an ICE magwell and you're good to go with a forty that runs and has a warranty from the same company you want to buy from now. Just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gcountry Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I asked a couple months ago, and the general OP pinion was to just get a different gun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertg5322 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 You can but you'll be fighting to get it to work reliably. Proper solution is to replace barrel and slide. Also have frame cut for ramped barrel. But you'll find yourself into the gun for about $500.00 or more, not including the cost of the gun. With this logic, a Trojan seems like a bargain. And you'll have someone to blame if it doesn't work (and someone to send it back to to get it to work) where if you add the barrel, slide and all other requirements it'll be you who will be doing the customer service work. I know cause I did it. Would I do it again, maybe. I had the barrel and bushing so that saved me about $220.00, plus I had an old Kimber laying around doing nothing. But it'd be so much easier to just buy a Trojan and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bceglinski Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 it's always good to have more than one gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertg5322 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 On further reflection, would I do it agaim? Yes. I would cause I like shooting guns I built. They ain't pretty but they shoot as well as custom guns costing lots more than I spent. I'm weird that way, if you're the DIY type, build on and shoot it. Forme ii makes my mediocrity bearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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