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Offline Hank08

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1911 in .22 K Hornet
« on: July 07, 2009, 04:31:36 AM »
About 40 yrs. ago with the help of some friends we took an Ithaca 1911 demilled slide and straightened it then welded on 3 1" pieces to make it 8" sleeved the back end of a .45 barrel with one of .22 cal, chambered it for .22 K hornet so the pressure would be reduced when shooting factory hornet ammo, put in a .22lr extractor, bushed the firing pin, fitted a tight bushing and long link, installed an Essex frame ($25 at that time) Wolfe springs made me a long recoil spring for it, cut of the top of a magazine so that on extraction the case falls into the empty mag, put on some target sights and had a pistol that would shoot under an inch @ 100 yds.  Not being auto the trigger is set at about 1 lb. It's really easy to shoot especially if you've shot the 1911 in competition for 50 yrs.  Your hand kinda grows to fit the 1911 frame.
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2009, 04:36:31 AM »

Just thought someone might be interested.  Haven't shot it for awhile but dug it out of the safe and shot some rockchucks last weekend.
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2009, 07:03:39 AM »
Interesting! Not the type of thing that I'd ever do, (Even if I could) but it's gotta be one of a kind!!
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2009, 08:47:20 AM »
WHAOOOOOOOOO..........C'mon someone.....make one of these commercially!!!!!!

Whatta gun!
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2009, 08:55:33 PM »
Dank it all boy---there is some skills in that piece of work.
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2009, 04:02:18 AM »
Thanks, guys, it's a fun gun to have much handier than a contender.  I also have another barrel in .221 fireball but it has to be downloaded or at least I've never chanced firing a full power .221 in it.
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2009, 05:05:12 AM »
Very, very cool!
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2009, 04:31:49 AM »
Did you perhaps chronograph any loads?
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2009, 06:02:58 PM »
Hi CJ,  these days 2200 fps with a 40 gr jsp doesn't sound like much but in an iron sighted pistol where I seldom shoot over 150 yds. it shoots very flat, never having to adjust the sights within that distance.  Lately been shooting the 35 vmax at a little more than that but mostly I've shot 40 gr. at 2200.  Very very little recoil.  It doesn't even push back the slide.
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2009, 12:28:56 PM »
That's a pretty cool 1911 and some interesting thinking went into making it.
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Re: 1911 in .22 K Hornet
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2009, 03:31:38 AM »
Thanks, BR.
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