[Skeptic49]

Folks,

Does anyone know of a manufacturer or importer who has a plastic frame 1911?

I know Charles Daley went out of business trying to deal with Bul of Israel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bul_M-5

Magnum Research was supposed to have grabbed Bul out from under CD, but the plastic .45s have disappeared from MRs website.

I have seen a few mentioned on the web, but has anyone seen one in "real life" TM?

Geoff
Who wouldn't mind trying a Ruger SR-1911 with a fiber reinforced frame like their P-345.

 

[Charlie Petty]

Not to my knowledge... yet

The Bul wasn't a true polymer frame because it had a machined metal segment that included the rails, barrel seat, and fire control parts.

I know Wilson and Kimber had brief flings with Bul but haven't heard anything about it for some time.

 

[Daniel Watters]

Actually, Bul had brief flings with Springfield Armory and Kimber. The Springfield XM4 never made it to market. The Wilson KZ45 and Spec Ops 9 frames are based on a design by South African designer Alex DuPlessis.

Trivia: DuPlessis actually had a short .45 auto cartridge before the .45 GAP. Called the .45 ADP, it was chambered in his ADP pistol, a polymer-framed gas-delayed design. Heritage Arms was once building these as the Stealth, and even Bill Wilson tried to market them for a time.

 

[Tim Burke]

Weren't the US Stealth's in 45 ACP?

 

[Daniel Watters]

Tim: It could be. I don't think the .45 ADP variant ever made it to the US or lasted very long elsewhere.

 

[William R. Moore]

Does the STI count?

 

[Casual]

Does the STI count?

The 2011? I'd say no more than a glock, it still relies on the metal contact point