Watchmen guns

[phalyn]

I was browsing the Watchmen gun articles and I saw the Comedian's pistols. I believe the article said that the were just 1911s but to me those looked like Springfield Operators. With longer barrels of course. The trigger, hammer, railing, and the flaring of the slide guard all looks very similar to a Springfield MC Operator than any other 1911 I've seen.

Is it an Operator or just a really souped up 1911?