Build Thread Caspian wide body 10mm

[coop44]

Been considering this for a while, a wide body 10MM 1911. Haven't found any out there available, so looking into building my own. It's probably going to cost well over a grand, not much in the world of custom 1911's.
Thoughts?

Double Stack Recon Receiver, Carbon | Caspian Arms
Government 5" Slide, Carbon | Caspian Arms

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[uberguy]

Good luck. Years ago, I scored a Para P-16/40 then later an Ed Brown Match Grade 10mm ramped barrel. Heck of a combination, but rare.

Std. Para and 3rd party mags work well for this one. Be sure to ID a steady source of mags for your build, whichever way you go.

 

[coop44]

Mags are about 90 bucks, the bodies and bases are from caspian.

 

[MrRob96]

Umm am I missing something?

What about the Rock Island TAC Ultra FS HC double stack 10mm 1911s?

 

[MrRob96]

You can also get the DW Titan with the low low MSRP of $3900.

If you do, give me a call so I can come drool on it.

 

[2Wheels4Ever]

Rock Island Armory Ultra FS HC Pistol 10mm 5in 16rd Black

I've thought about picking one of these up. Hard to beat for the price, though I am sure a Caspian would be higher quality.

 

[MrRob96]

And considering Armscor sells some seriously watered down 10mm ammo, I'd suspect the TAC Ultra FS HC wouldn't be tolerant of full power 10mm auto loads.

I think a heavier weight recoil spring, main spring, and a squared off firing pin stop would be in order before I started feeding it max book loads.

 

[3MTA3]

@Ura-Ki built a Caspian double stack and thinks quite highly of them. He might chip in (like he'd pass on a 10mm 1911 thread) with some thoughts.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Ok, here goes! I have built 4 Caspian double stacks, and 7 2011 series 1911 double stacks, all are awesome and pretty easy to do and have a worthwhile piece if you take your time! That said, the Caspian builds are a bit easier to build, Caspian supplies all the special parts with the frames, and they can take standard 1911 grip panels. The 2011 series pistols are very nice builds, EXCEPT for the plastic frame grip, and that is a $100 bill minimum to correct with an allow grip! STI are very nice pistols, but you gotta do something about that plastic grip! I found Victoralloys makes a decent alloy grip that can be worked over a lot of ways with out the heavy price of the custom steel or titanium!
For the money, the Caspian is the better build for a more traditional build, and the 2011s for the more custom or trick pistols, especially for competition shooting, the 2011s dominate! the last Caspian I built using almost all Fusion parts, came in at just over $1100, and the last 2011 using the same Fusion Parts and top end, cost just shy of $1300! Both shoot extremely well, with the 2011 having a slight edge, and the Caspian is slightly heavier! Nice thing is they both use the same mags, both from Mec-Gear for Para P-16 series, and the 10mm specific mags don't cost more! It's also easy to swap to .40 or 9 MM/.38Super

 

[MrRob96]

It's also easy to swap to .40 or 9 MM/.38Super

What about 357 Sig? I kind of want to see a 1911 purist's face twist up when they see me shooting a double stack 1911 with a goofy Sig cartridge in it. Then I'll talk about how awesome 1911s are now that they are "fixed".

1911 trolling.

 

[MrRob96]

NVM, found 357 Sig barrels at Fusion.

 

[Ura-Ki]

It's been done, honestly, why not. 38 super or 10mm? Why beat around the bush when you can mow the sucker down!

 

[MrRob96]

I've got a 10mm 1911 just for bubblegums n gigs. It's a *edit* sub-par platform for 10mm I think.

I have one just to have one. I will spend my money on DA/SA double stack guns like Tanfoglios, GrandPowers, and hopefully Sigs.

I have a dream of making a P227 framed 10mm pistol.

 

[coop44]

Minigolf info on the mags thanks.