If the 1911 was new

[k9870]

Im wondering what other guns would have as big an aftermarket/custom shop selection like the 1911 if it didnt exist.

[Gunmaster45]

If the 1911 didn't exist, who's to say the modern handgun would be like it is now at all. Many guns based their designs and operations on the 1911 design, so perhaps these designs would not exist at all.

I'd guess maybe the Beretta 92F/FS would be somewhat popular, since I think that gun wasn't really built with the 1911's inspiration. And it was all the rage when it came out in the 80s, with its 15+1 capacity and its soda can frame .

[RedJedRevolver]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

If the 1911 didn't exist, who's to say the modern handgun would be like it is now at all. Many guns based their designs and operations on the 1911 design, so perhaps these designs would not exist at all.

Exactly! So who really knows what we'd get? And thank god we got it!

[Gunmaster45]

So let's stop talking about it. If the liberals ever build a time machine, they could go back and assassinate John Browning for this very reason...

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by Alcatrazz

"Single action? Single stack magazine? No rails? What, was this gun made in the 1800's or something?"

Exactly what I was thinking.

[RedJedRevolver]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

So let's stop talking about it. If the liberals ever build a time machine, they could go back and assassinate John Browning for this very reason...

Oh come on, I have seen enough back to the future to know that doing so would create a paradox and destroy the space time continuum.

[Gunmaster45]

Well, the paradox would definately hurt us gun lovers if John Browning's inovation never existed.

And the series ended with such a contradiction. Doc was always complaining about creating paradoxes, yet he decided to live in 1885 in the end. Like doing so wouldn't effect the future?

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

And the series ended with such a contradiction. Doc was always complaining about creating paradoxes, yet he decided to live in 1885 in the end. Like doing so wouldn't effect the future?

I never thought he had that good a grasp of reality in the first place.

[Jcordell]

If they killed John Browning we'd all be carrying SAA Colts, Mauser C96 Broomhandles, Webleys, Lugers and the Smith & Wesson large frame 44.

[Nyles]

Not just Webley revolvers, but autos. Last time I was at home I took apart my Webley & Scott 1910 and decided one of the things I liked about it is how mechanically, it owes absolutely nothing to John Moses Browning (other than being chambered in .38ACP). It works fine, but the methods used to solve all the problems were definately NOT borrowed from Browning. The mainspring is a V shaped spring under the grip panel, the barrel assembly slides up and forward with the slide locked all the way back, even the mag release is a push button on the bottom the grip - completely un-Browning.