Reeder Custom Guns - Another hair-brained thought, a .44 on the 1911

WB
Another hair-brained thought, a .44 on the 1911
Thursday, January 09, 2025, 10:38

Maybe a .429 ACP? I made some mock cases. One tapered .45 ACP to .430" that did fine. The other necked like an up-sized .400 Cor-bon or .357 SIG. They both looked good and fed from magazines fine.

The idea was to use .430" bullets from that platform at velocities around 1000-1100 fps. The excellent Serria 180 gr. JHC and even 240 gr. SWC would work. Sort of a hot .44 Special semi-auto.

One could use the .460 long case, or even the .45 GAP shorter hull and accomplish the tapered version. If the factory .45 ACP case gave you heartburn. You don't need all that much powder capacity to accomplish things at reasonable pressures. Fabricating a 1911 barrel in .430" is a bit of a trick but could be done. Busting off one in .44 cal. in a .45 chamber would not really do much anyway. I've accidentally shot .44-40's from .45 Colts. Took me a while to figure why my groups opened up, they didn't even keyhole!

Another goofy idea to die on the vine...

Another hair-brained thought, a .44 on the 1911 - WB, 2025-01-09, 10:38
- .41 Avenger - AlanT, 2025-01-09, 12:23
  - I remember that, I thought a good idea - WB, 2025-01-09, 13:14
- There is a 50GI so a 44 should be no problem (nm) - Sean Harper, 2025-01-09, 12:22
  - I guess you could "stub" a 9 or 10mm chamber - WB, 2025-01-09, 13:18
    - There have been numerous necked down - Gary Reeder, 2025-01-09, 13:51
      - I forgot about the .41 AE, lots of kits still out - WB, 2025-01-09, 14:33
        The 440 Cor Bon was originally on the 50 AE frame. I never s - Gary Reeder, 2025-01-09, 16:16
        I read this explaination of the .440 CB demise - WB, 2025-01-10, 09:27
        A few years - AlanT, 2025-01-09, 18:05
        That was what I was thinking of! (nm) - WB, 2025-01-09, 20:59
        .38 Casull.......... (nm) - JFS, 2025-01-09, 20:31
        This was interesting about .38 Casull - WB, 2025-01-10, 09:22
        When Dick Casull came out with the 38 Casull - Gary Reeder, 2025-01-10, 15:30
        Wish that one made it (nm) - Derek, 2025-01-11, 13:42