Browning 1911-22 vs Other full sized 1911-22's

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Hi there, so I'm as new as it gets to firearms, and I noticed Browning now has a 85% scale 1911-22 calibre pistol. If you look at their literature they'll tell you that the 85% scale of the 45 ACP is the perfect size for that calibre.

How do people feel about that? What would be the benefit of a full sized .22, or the scaled down version?

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Rav
 
I was gonna buy one when they came out but then I held one and it just didn't fit right in my hand.
I'm guessing because I'm use to the full sized.
I was totally interested in one, the 85% size made total sense and everything, but it was just too small in my hand, felt like a toy TBH.
 
i don't have vast amount of pistol shooting experience. but i have shot 6 different .22 pistols fairly extensively and the browning is one of them. and it is my least desired to shoot again. if i were to shoot it again, it would be mostly for the whole this thing feels like a pencil in my hands feeling which is fun for two seconds in my opinion. everyone fits guns different and you have to buy what YOU want and what fits YOU and thats all that matters.

good luck and happy shooting
 
Yeah, while I don't have a lot of experience shooting I had a feeling that a full sized might make more sense because especially being new I'd get more comfortable holding full sized, so when I eventually got a 45 or what not it would immediately feeling normal, as opposed to big.

Thanks,
Rav.
 
wayupnorth said:
I was gonna buy one when they came out but then I held one and it just didn't fit right in my hand.
I'm guessing because I'm use to the full sized.
I was totally interested in one, the 85% size made total sense and everything, but it was just too small in my hand, felt like a toy TBH.
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I looked at one and felt the same.. the price at the dealer I saw it at was way over the top as well..

If they made it full size I would have considered it.
 
The GSG/Sig 1911 22's have one very big advantage over the Browning. Being almost identical to the 1911 they can accept a great many parts for their bigger brother. With the 1911 being probably the most popular handgun to mod that means you've got tons of choices. You wont have that with the Browning.

Aside from that if you like the feel of the Browning, go for it. If however you think you might want to tune it up at a later date with a comp, red dot, or any other bells and whistles then get a GSG/Sig.
 
I have a GSG its a good little gun but before i bought it i was looking at the Browning but when i saw it up close it looked to small and $$$.... Im glad i got the gsg its cheap to practice with and when i got a 1911 in 40s&w everything was real familiar. I think im a better shot with the 40 because of all the practice on the GSG.
 
Awesome. Sounds about right, and yeah it feels like the Browning you're paying for brand, being 35% more than the GSG/Sig.

Great advice, I'm glad I asked it!
 
MTLGUN said:
The GSG/Sig 1911 22's have one very big advantage over the Browning. Being almost identical to the 1911 they can accept a great many parts for their bigger brother. With the 1911 being probably the most popular handgun to mod that means you've got tons of choices. You wont have that with the Browning.

Aside from that if you like the feel of the Browning, go for it. If however you think you might want to tune it up at a later date with a comp, red dot, or any other bells and whistles then get a GSG/Sig.
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Are the lower half of these guns really 1911's? I'm wondering about trigger parts, hammers and beavertail replacement etc.
 
bearmaz said:
Are the lower half of these guns really 1911's? I'm wondering about trigger parts, hammers and beavertail replacement etc.
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GSG sporting the green on the left,
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Essentially the frames are the same... They are are an 80 series frame if i am not mistaken so yeah triggers, hammers, safeties, slide releases are interchangeable.
 
Max Renegade said:
GSG sporting the green on the left,
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Essentially the frames are the same... They are are an 80 series frame if i am not mistaken so yeah triggers, hammers, safeties, slide releases are interchangeable.
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Unfortunately no parts are interchangeable.. I had one and really enjoyed it, but no parts for it, not even grips.

I had a gun smith do a trigger job and all the parts are indeed smaller than normal sized 1911's..
 
Jealous! I could run out tomorrow and pick up one of these but I feel like I gotta find a club first, and in the Toronto area a lot of them aren't accepting members, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
 
I have a Browning 1911 22 handgun and while it is the first gun I have purchased, I like it...as a woman with small hands, it is a good fit....however, I will admit I have trouble with the small sites....just saying....I know there is lots to learn.
 
Can anyone post an image of the GSG and Browning side by side? That would clear up a lot of questions.

I handled the Browning at a store. It felt like a water pistol.

I have a GSG and had a M&P22. The M&P22 was sold since it didn't shoot any better than my GSG and lacked the weight factor.

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i was at the gun store yesterday and they still have a browning 1911-22 in stock from the initial batch.
the thing is gonna be there forever at $600+

i asked to see it again because this thread sparked my interest in it again.
but after holding it i remember why i didnt buy one originally.
the thing is the size of one of my kids toy guns.
its soooooooooooooo small!

i have what i would consider small hands for a guy and the grip was only coming down to my ring finger, leaving my pinky floating.
and the sights where crap.
they are so small, the same as my Norinco ones, the original 1911 ones, but since the gun is 15% smaller so are the sights.
i can honestly say there is no way i could comfortably shoot that gun.
 
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