2007-07-13 17:56:24 · 7 answers · asked by daniel 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
As the technology of today's steel manufacturing is so much better than that of 'yesteryear', so is the product of that technology.
Today's materials are of FAR better quality than that of the 1800-1900's.
However, ANYONE who thinks that a NORSTINKO Chinky 1911 clone, made by slave labor in CommieLand is better than my Remington-Rand or Colt 1970-series 1911A1 .45ACP's is lost in some FantasyLand. Either one of my 1911's will shoot rings around ANY slave-labor clone!
2007-07-13 20:31:55 · answer #1 · answered by Grizzly II 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Colt Firearms is one of the oldest firearms manufacturers in United States history. The metals as well as production methods have advanced with the times but Colt has always manufactured the highest quality,using the best quality metals available to hand craft the best pistols in the world. Colt was best known for a process called "tempering" or "case hardening" which created a unique hard finish by heating the metal to a high temperature, marking the metal much stronger and giving the finished guns a "marbled" appearance. The quality and craftsman ship continues to do this day in their modern firearms production by Colt subcontractors.......
2007-07-14 01:12:24 · answer #2 · answered by JD 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The metal in new guns is far better. Does not matter which gun maker you are talking about, the metal today is by far superior to what they had even 50 years ago.
And regarding the comment about shooting a modern round in a black powder gun, that gets back to ammo. Black powder guns were not designed to shoot smokeless powder rounds. That has nothing to do with the metal, it is about design. When smokeless powder came out, they had no problem at all making guns that could handle it. They just had to redesign the guns for higher chamber pressures.
2007-07-15 15:34:57 · answer #3 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a hot .45LC cartridge from today and fire it in an old black powder frame and see if that answers it for you.
I think what you're describing is case hardening, JD. It hardens the surface against wear but leaves soft metal everywhere else except the surface.
Colt was always a great manufacturer and always used the best of materials available at that time but technology catches up to and bypasses everyone and everything eventually.
Today, a cheapo Norinco Winchester clone shotgun is FAR stronger and safer than the original. The Norinco Colt 1911 Govt. is far more durable and stronger than even WW 2 issue Colts.
Addendum to what's his name below:
You have some sort of reading comprehension prob, bud?
I said a modern Norinco 1911 Govt. was stronger than any Colt 1911 even up to WW2. That's pretty pathetic when you have to try to compare a modern series 70 Colt to a Norinco to claim victory.
You want to argue the point? Prove it. Take a case of +P ammo to the range today and see how many you get through on your authentic WW2 1911. My Norinco, which is far stronger and even better finished than your WW2 1911, can pop them off all day long with no probs.
A fine example of evidence for the argument rests in Colt's miserable sales these past two decades. At one time they sold 95% of the 1911's there were and licensed the other 5%. Today, they don't even have 5% of the total 1911 market and don't even rank in the top five in terms of customer satisfaction.
Cuss all you want....the Norinco weapons made today beat the originals hands down. The only exception to that was the M1-A they produced twenty years back.
Re: Dave:
Sorry, bud. Bad argument. "They weren't designed for modern high pressure ammo" isn't an excuse to why they can't fire that ammo safely today. The fact that they *can't* is the topic. You can find countless modern replicas of old firearms that out perform their older brothers....including the Colt Signature Series guns. Any of the modern Colt SAA pistols are safe for modern .45LC....and in pretty much all cases, the parts are interchangeable with the old ones. It's the manufacturing and quality of the work/materials that makes it safe, not the design which is unchanged.
2007-07-14 01:54:10 · answer #4 · answered by randkl 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Due to advances in technology the metal in current day weapons is quite a bit better.
2007-07-14 13:22:27 · answer #5 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Series 70' still the best.
2007-07-14 03:45:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The strength of the new alloys are a lot better then the old steel of yester years
2007-07-14 01:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by a h 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋