.45 acp rifle ANy Updates 2 years in the running???

I have a friend who is into .22s, but he likes the idea of a pistol calibre rifle that takes pistol magazines.

A pistol-calibre rifle might be the perfect training tool for guys who are used to .22, but don't like the louder and larger centerfire rifles...
 
UCSPanther said:
I have a friend who is into .22s, but he likes the idea of a pistol calibre rifle that takes pistol magazines.

A pistol-calibre rifle might be the perfect training tool for guys who are used to .22, but don't like the louder and larger centerfire rifles...
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That's not my motivation for owning one and I would suggest many others would disagree with you.
 
2bad4u2 said:
That's not my motivation for owning one and I would suggest many others would disagree with you.
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No, everyone who shoots .22s including myself, are scared of loud noises and thats why we shoot .22s
Better than those pussy airgunners :cool:
 
thebigslide said:
So slapping a 50-round drum mag onto your 1911 doesn't sound like fun?
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Not when it's a bolt action it doesn't. Leave the high cap mags for semi-auto rimfires. The thought of having to manually cycle a bolt 50 times to "dump a mag" doesn't have a great deal of appeal to me when there's no real advantage in doing so.

The 1911 might be interesting but I'm not sure how well that would work. The ergonomics would suck for sure.
 
There WAS the old Reising Model 60, which was a straight semi-auto in .45ACP. Used most of the same guts as the Model 50 and Model 55 semi/full autos, but it didn't have the internal parts for hanging the full-auto sear.

BATF called them all back in because somebody MIGHT try to convert one, but, in fact, this would have required welding on new parts after they were made: essentially manufacturing a machine-gun from a legal semi-auto.

Reising also fires from a closed bolt, is very accurate and you get almost an extra 450 ft/sec from the cartridge. Just over 111,000 were built.

There are lots of Reising PARTS around; what is needed is a legal semi-auto RECEIVER, which is what the Model 60 had. Interesting point about the Reising, also, is that it is inherently a semi-auto mechanism: take away anything and you have a SEMI-auto ONLY. Take away parts from most selective-fires and you have a FULL-auto.... but not the Reising.

My own is a CA and thus, now, prohib. I WISH there were strict semi-auto receivers available: these things are FUN and would take well to an 18.5-inch barrel...... and they CAN'T be made full-auto without extensive work. It is also a very safe mechanism, built-in protection against out-of-battery fire is afforded by the geometry of the axial hammer and offset of the bolt when it is locked. Can't get no simpler than that!

I'll go away now.
 
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