Upgrading a rail-less M1911

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Oleg Volk

 

Iver Johnson 9mm Eagle M1911 with a Recover grip/accessory rail combination.

The original 9mm is the bottom pistol.  Changeover took about two minutes, the resulting grip is slightly thicker than the original and a little softer in the hand.

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6 Responses to Upgrading a rail-less M1911

  1. Rolf says:
    July 1, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    My initial gut reaction is, “um, NO.” It might work fine, but unless someone I knew raved about it, I’d be unlikely to pick it up to try it out. Concept is interesting, buuuut…..

  2. Drang says:
    July 2, 2014 at 1:01 am

    I might try one of those if I had a “slag” gun to throw it on.

  3. JoeS says:
    July 2, 2014 at 5:49 am

    Not necessarily innovative but still interesting and contingent upon pricing a consideration for the toy box. Other more permanent options involving the use of a good gunsmith or advanced tinkerer are possible. Yet this Goldberg set ups just wacky enough to do the trick.

  4. Linoge says:
    July 2, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    Still do not understand why they resurrected that name… I even asked at the NRAAM, and no one in their booth had a good answer.

  5. Gewehr98 says:
    July 2, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    That’s got TAPCO written all over it.

  6. LaRue says:
    July 3, 2014 at 3:10 am

    Wow, an Iver Johnson 1911?

    Mr. Oleg, you have such a flair for digging up the gold and that’s probably the best make of 1911 to showcase with a new frame technology.

    Such an obscure company with so many ties in U.S. firearms history.

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