Grip Safety for Sistema Colt

KPS · June 24, 2001, 10:42 AM

Does anyone know if the McCormick beavertail grip safety will drop into a 1927 Sistema Colt with little to no modification?If not can someone recommend a good drop in safety?

Thanks,
KPS

Jim V · June 24, 2001, 04:41 PM

The Sistema Colt frame is the same as any of the US Colts of the same period (and of all the 1911A1's produced up until the number of makers mushroomed) and I don't think that a McCormick "beavertail" GS will drop in with out frame modifications. Kings http://www.kingsgunworks.com and Wilson http://www.wilsoncombat.com offer drop in GSs that are not the curved up duck's butt style but are the original flat, broad beavertail (like a real beaver's tail).

Also check Brownell's http://www.brownells.com on line catalog for a large number of GS styles. Some drop in and some not.

KPS · June 25, 2001, 05:19 AM

I have Brownells's catalog and had my eyes on Wilson's drop in beavertail.Where can I see a pic of King's beavertail?

Jim V · June 25, 2001, 05:34 AM

Well, they should be shown at
http://www.kingsgunworks.com

and they were shown in Brownell's catalog.

June 24, 2001, 10:42 AM	#1
KPS Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2001 Location: MA Posts: 780	Grip Safety for Sistema Colt Does anyone know if the McCormick beavertail grip safety will drop into a 1927 Sistema Colt with little to no modification?If not can someone recommend a good drop in safety? Thanks, KPS

June 24, 2001, 04:41 PM	#2
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	The Sistema Colt frame is the same as any of the US Colts of the same period (and of all the 1911A1's produced up until the number of makers mushroomed) and I don't think that a McCormick "beavertail" GS will drop in with out frame modifications. Kings http://www.kingsgunworks.com and Wilson http://www.wilsoncombat.com offer drop in GSs that are not the curved up duck's butt style but are the original flat, broad beavertail (like a real beaver's tail). Also check Brownell's http://www.brownells.com on line catalog for a large number of GS styles. Some drop in and some not. __________________ *MOLON LABE* If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON

June 25, 2001, 05:34 AM	#4
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	Well, they should be shown at http://www.kingsgunworks.com and they were shown in Brownell's catalog. __________________ *MOLON LABE* If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON

June 25, 2001, 05:19 AM	#3
KPS Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2001 Location: MA Posts: 780	I have Brownells's catalog and had my eyes on Wilson's drop in beavertail.Where can I see a pic of King's beavertail?