Legally? None. Kimber puts out a gun with an external extractor and calls it a 1911; Para-Ordnance has a double-action 1911; Smith & Wesson (and many others) put a guide rod in at least some of their guns and call them 1911s. None were part of the original or the A1. All can legally be called 1911s because they use the basic operating system of the original (technically even that is not necessary to name the gun a 1911).TJ said:I appreciate the responses
My intended question was what criteria must be met before a manufacturer can label their pistol "1911?"
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A desire to do so!TJ said:My intended question was what criteria must be met before a manufacturer can label their pistol "1911?"