Modern Pistol Blueprints

Here's a cool one I found for a 1911. I guess it depends on what your definition of "modern" is though. :)

www.m1911.org/M1911-A1_REDUX.pdf
 
Is there something specific you're looking for? Your thread tweeked my memory and after a quick check through my book shelves 'archives' I found an old publication of The Gun Digest Book Of Exploded Firearms Drawings. It contains 275 isometric views of modern and collectors handguns and long guns.
 
The dimensioned plans would more than likely be proprietory. The 1911 is the only one I've seen where the original Colt factory design drawings have been put out to the public. And that was more as a historical document than anything else. There may be one or two more specific examples such as this but I'd be willing to bet that the rest are held close by the makers.

So if you want to make some particular magazine or whatever you'd more than likely need to do it like folks have done for years. Namely buy one of what you want then measure and reverse engineer it to make the copies.
 
cancer said:
More to build from. Dimensions are the ticket. I tried searching patents, but no luck. Maybe I'm doing it wrong...
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I can't imagine there are many copies of prints available that are detailed enough to build from, that would be considered proprietary information and not available to the general public.


BCRider said:
So if you want to make some particular magazine or whatever you'd more than likely need to do it like folks have done for years. Namely buy one of what you want then measure and reverse engineer it to make the copies.
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+1. Buy one and reverse engineer it, then make all you want. More difficult than dimensional information may be materials information. It is much harder to figure out what grade/type/composition of material something is made from than it is to measure it up and make a dimensional copy. Especially with the polymer pistols, it is extremely difficult to sort out the plastic used without being told the details.

Even drawings may not be much help, since most major manufacturing operations will specify materials in a separate specification and simply reference the specification # on the drawings. Without the material specification it would simply be "part X", material #ABC123. Without knowing what material specification #ABC123 says you are no further ahead.


Mark
 
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I have been looking for simple diagrams of various pistols and mags for some time with little luck. Basically just looking for outer dimensions to make custom cut foam for cases. Tracing by hand got really old really fast and invariably ended up not looking quite as clean as I had hoped. Also, having a digital version (to scale) of the outlines of each item would make layout and printing stencils for cutting so much more effective. Anyone have any leads on this sort of thing? I guess if I had a 3D laser scanner I could get really fancy but in the meantime I continue continue my search for basic scale drawings.
 
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