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jixxerbill
03-08-2010, 09:47 PM
i have a new taurus 1911.45 and i want to shoot 38 super also. if i get a barrel and a bushing for it is it a drop-in installation or does it require MAJOR modifications ??? also if it is in fact a drop-in install , do u use the 45 mags or do u have to get ones for 38 super rounds ?? thanks....bill
Storydude
03-08-2010, 09:50 PM
Far from drop in anything on a 1911.

Barrel will need to be fitted to slide and lower lug to frame, bushing will need to be fitted to barrel and slide...
MtGun44
03-08-2010, 09:59 PM
Breech face is wrong, extractor won't reach. Need a 9mm/.38 Super slide.
gray wolf
03-08-2010, 10:00 PM
I would enjoy the 45 acp and leave it at that.
You don't just swap a barrel and bushing and change the caliber.
Trust us --if it were I would be shooting 38 sup. also.
Like you were told very few parts for the 45 are true drop in--some may be close and some of the very basic parts may drop in if you are lucky.
The PT1911 I had was not made to true 1911 specs--pin size--hole size and placement.
HeavyMetal
03-08-2010, 10:05 PM
The "Convertable" 1911 is a great idea on paper but you'll spend enough cash on the parts needed to make one that you'd really be better off buying a second 1911 in the smaller caliber.
Dale53
03-09-2010, 12:55 AM
Many, many years ago, my father built up a single frame .45 ACP, a .38 Super slide, barrel, and ejector. In addition, he had a .22 Conversion Unit. He had a pattern maker friend make a polished walnut case French fitted to all of the parts. He had to fit the ejector so it could be removed without tools.

It was a very practical working combination and shot decently with all three cartridges.

Then, Dad traded it for a 6.5" S&W .357 magnum (Model 27, NIB) that was VERY hard to get in 1950-55 and carried much higher than list price.

FWIW
Dale53
MtGun44
03-09-2010, 02:39 PM
Another point. If you have the 9mm/.38 Super slide, you need the offset ejector installed
in the frame, too.

Bill
sagacious
03-09-2010, 07:40 PM
The "Convertable" 1911 is a great idea on paper but you'll spend enough cash on the parts needed to make one that you'd really be better off buying a second 1911 in the smaller caliber.

Oh, so true. Convertible sounds good, but for all the swapping slides and magazines, you're better off with a matching gun in the other caliber.