Browning 1911A1 in 380 ACP

[Abulg1972]

I was reading my Guns and Ammo last night and saw that Browning intends to release its 1911a1 in 380 ACP. I can't find anything on the web about it. Currently, Browning offers this configuration only in a 22LR (called the 1911-22 A1). It's an 85% scaled version of the full-sized 1911a1. I have the 1911-22 and love it, so I am very excited for the release of the 380. It's an expesive toy, really, but very fun to shoot. Unlike some of my friends who have full sized 1911s in 22LR, I have never had a FTF or FTE using any kind of ammo (standard velocity or HV). My friends, on the other hand, always experience some FTFs, even when using HV ammo. The only things I don't like about my pistol are (i) the sights (front site is black and the space between the rear blades is narrow, making it difficult to acquire a target, especially at an indoor range) and (ii) the frame is aluminum and the finish wears pretty easily. Since I bought it, Browning has come out with composite frames.

Has anyone seen anything further on this future release?

 

[BigDaddy]

Not an answer to your question but the C&R guys were talking about the LLama 1911 in 380 a recent thread.

Rock Island is supposed to come out with one
http://www.gunsandammo.com/video/first-look-rock-island-armory-a380-baby-rock/

Not quite a 1911 but Browning made the 1922 in 380
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=443699651

They updated the 1910, which looks like a 1922 without sites in 1955 in 380.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction
/ViewItem.aspx?Item=445693844

Can you tell I like 1922 Brownings and Colt 1903's?

 

[Magnumite]

SA also produces a 1911 patten pistol in 9x19 (EMP?) which is reduced in some dimensions to work around that cartridge and concealed carry. Same concept, more powerful cartridge.

 

[Pinecone]

Colt Pocketlite/Mustang is a .380 mini-1911.

The Sig P238 is almost the same pistol.

The Sig P938 is a 9mm Para (9x19) mini-1911.

Been done.

 

[NormH3]

Colt Pocketlite/Mustang is a .380 mini-1911.

The Sig P239 is almost the same pistol.

The Sig P938 is a 9mm Para (9x19) mini-1911.

Been done.

I own a P239 and there is nothing 1911 about it...mini or otherwise

 

[Gummy]

P238 = .380

 

[Abulg1972]

Colt Pocketlite/Mustang is a .380 mini-1911.

The Sig P239 is almost the same pistol.

The Sig P938 is a 9mm Para (9x19) mini-1911.

Been done.

I never said it hasn't been done - that wasn't my point or question - but it hasn't been done like a Browning. With that said, the pocketlite is a pocket pistol toy gun that looks like a 1911 dwarf. The P239 is "almost" a Glock. Not even close to a 1911. The P938 ain't 380 ACP and it's just another lady's purse pistol that looks like a midget. The Browning looks like a 1911, functions like a 1911, and is a 1911 - just at 85% of a full size.


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[lsw]

I've never handled the other pistols mentioned in this thread, but the old small frame, locking breech .380 Llamas really were pretty much a scaled down 1911. Other than external extractor, everything looks & works the same.

 

[NormH3]

I never said it hasn't been done - that wasn't my point or question - but it hasn't been done like a Browning. With that said, the pocketlite is a pocket pistol toy gun that looks like a 1911 dwarf. The P239 is "almost" a Glock. Not even close to a 1911. The P938 ain't 380 ACP and it's just another lady's purse pistol that looks like a midget. The Browning looks like a 1911, functions like a 1911, and is a 1911 - just at 85% of a full size.


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Sorry. Have to disagree. The P239 is nothing like a Glock.

 

[Abulg1972]

Sorry. Have to disagree. The P239 is nothing like a Glock.

Looks.


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[Abulg1972]

I've never handled the other pistols mentioned in this thread, but the old small frame, locking breech .380 Llamas really were pretty much a scaled down 1911. Other than external extractor, everything looks & works the same.

I've heard the same and that people who have the old Llamas really like them.


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[NormH3]

Looks.


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Really? This is a P239

This is a Glock

 

[Abulg1972]

Really? This is a P239

This is a Glock

Yeah? They look pretty similar. A few tweaks here and there. It looks nothing like a 1911.

Here's the thing. I posted a pretty specific post and asked a pretty freaking specific question. Why TF are we arguing about a SIG??

Move along. Nothing to see here. Football is on.


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[NormH3]

Yeah? They look pretty similar. A few tweaks here and there. It looks nothing like a 1911.

Here's the thing. I posted a pretty specific post and asked a pretty freaking specific question. Why TF are we arguing about a SIG??

Move along. Nothing to see here. Football is on.


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When football is over, please reread the thread in it's entirety and if you think a P239 resembles a Glock in any way, I hope you wear prescription glasses when you shoot.

 

[Abulg1972]

When football is over, please reread the thread in it's entirety.

Let me help here.

"Has anyone seen anything further on this future release?"

Did I misspell "I didn't ask about the browning. Please tell me about Sigs and Llamas, etc.?" or is that just me.




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[NormH3]

Oy vey.

Read your thread on a real computer and maybe you'll understand where my comments came from.

 

[Biggfoot44]

It don't know about the Browning , but its been done by COLT . The .380 G'ovt Mdl , aka the parent of the later Mustang. Even had a year or two of cult almost popularity at the start of the modern CCW era.

And yes , it was a fine pistol . About as good a american designed full size .380 in a generation or two.

( I could discuss actual 1911's in .380acp , but nobody would believe me.)

 

[fivepointstar]

I think I read they are making a 1911A1 Revolver

BRB Orioles are on TV

 

[Abulg1972]

Oy vey.



Read your thread on a real computer and maybe you'll understand where my comments came from.

http://youtu.be/P1ZCYwUeKzg

Don't oy vey me so close to Yom Kippur.

I asked if anyone had any info on the Browning release. You start telling me about Sigs and Colts. I don't think I'm the one who lost my baseball.

Go Cowboys!


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[Abulg1972]

I think I read they are making a 1911A1 Revolver



BRB Orioles are on TV

:-p


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