Pistol 1911

TRADITIONAL CATEGORY MODIFICATIONS

The frame and slide must conform to the "military style" 1911 or 1911A1 configuration (e.g., no light rails, enlarged dust covers, and so forth).

The finish on traditional pistols varies from polished blue to very matted Parkerizing. All these finishes are legal. Also allowed are any dull color such as OD green, flat dark earth, desert tan etc. No bright color such as red, yellow, orange or white is allowed. Pistols may also be plated, color case finished or painted. When checkering, matting, or stippling is mentioned, it means actually cutting a pattern in the frame or slide.

• Barrel length must be five inches. No barrel porting or compensators or other recoil reducing devices allowed.

• Unloaded pistol weight may not exceed 40 ounces with an empty magazine inserted.

• Barrel with standard barrel bushing. No Bull barrels allowed.
• Magazine wells may be beveled, but may not be oversized, extended, or flared.

• Only non-adjustable "military style" simple blade rear and front sights allowed. The

10-8 National Match and the Harrison Design 003 are approved rear sights.
• Front sights may be dovetailed, pinned, or staked.

• Sights may be the color of the slide or any combination of the slide color, including, but not limited to, blue, black, or natural stainless (natural colored) steel. The back of a colored front sight may be polished to natural steel color.

• Stainless steel pistols are permitted.

• Wrap around grips that cover a portion of the front strap are illegal. No target style

or thumb rests allowed.

•A groove can be cut in the grip to facilitate the shooter reaching the magazine release, but no material may extend beyond the original profile of the grip.
• Only rear slide checkering or serrations. No front slide checkering or serrations.

• Magazines must be standard length and may be loaded with up to seven rounds. Overloaded rounds that are fired are scored as "illegally acquired" ammunition.

• A base pad may be added to the magazine if it meets the following requirements: It must be made from natural leather material only. It must be no larger than the contour of the base of the magazine. The total thickness of the pad may not extend more than 1/4" beyond the original base plate.

• Empty magazines may not weigh more than three ounces.
• Only standard grip safeties. No beavertail style grip safeties.

• Standard length magazine release. May not be extended or oversized.
• Standard thumb safeties only. May not be extended.
• Standard slide release. May not be extended.
• Standard recoil spring guide. No full-length guide rods allowed.

• Short or long solid trigger permitted. No flat or lightweight match triggers allowed.

• Flat or arched mainspring housings permitted. Mainspring housing may be serrated or checkered.
• Lowered and flared ejection port is allowed.
• Checkered front strap or trigger guard not allowed.

• Standard spur type hammer only.
• Lanyard loop is optional.
• Internal accurizing and action tuning is allowed.
• Thumb and grip safeties must function correctly.
• Note: "Standard" in all cases means Standard Military Specs.

MODERN CATEGORY MODIFICATIONS

Pistol finishes vary widely. Bluing, plating, polishing, painting, etc. are all legal.

• Barrel length must be five inches. No barrel porting or compensators or other recoil reducing devices allowed. No recoil reducing devices are allowed. This means no Springcoil, STI, Fire Dragon, Hartts, tungsten, or similar recoil reducing guide rods, full length dust covers, extra weights, and the like. Dust cover light rails are legal.

• Unloaded pistol weight may not exceed 42 ounces with an empty magazine inserted.

• Barrel with standard barrel bushing. No Bull barrels allowed.
• Magazine wells may be beveled, but may not be oversized, extended or flared.

• Adjustable or non-adjustable rear sights and blade type front sights are allowed.

• Sights may not be optical or fiber optic. Laser sights are not allowed. Sights may be painted or have colored dots or inserts.
• Stainless steel pistols are permitted.
• No target style grips or thumb rests allowed. Wrap around grips that cover a

portion of the front strap are illegal.

•A groove may be cut in the grip to facilitate the shooter reaching the magazine release, but no material may extend beyond the original profile of the grip.
• Front and rear slide checkering or serrations allowed.
• No external "rib" allowed on top of slide. This means no external rib such as a

BoMar may be attached to the top of the slide by screws, welding, or any other means. The top of the slide may be flattened, serrated, and/or matted to reduce glare. Original Colt Gold Cup ribs are legal. Ribs machined as part of the slide by the manufacturer, such as the Colt Gold Cup rib are approved.

• Extended beavertail grip safeties allowed.
• Magazines must be standard length and may be loaded with up to seven rounds.
Overloaded rounds that are fired are scored as "illegally acquired" ammunition.

• A base pad may be added to the magazine if it meets the following requirements: It must be made from natural leather material only. It must be no larger than the contour of the base of the magazine. The total thickness of the pad may not extend more than 1/4" beyond the original base plate.

• Empty magazines may not weigh more than three ounces.
• Magazine release may be extended but not oversized.
• Thumb safeties may be extended and be ambidextrous.

• Slide release may be extended.
• Full-length recoil spring guide rod allowed.
• Lowered and flared ejection port allowed.
• Match trigger allowed.

• Lanyard loop is optional.
• Lightweight competition hammer allowed.

•Checkered front strap and trigger guard allowed. This means any type of checkering, stippling, and/or serrations are legal.

• Finger grooves on the front strap are illegal.

• Flat or arched mainspring housing allowed. Mainspring housing may be serrated or checkered.

• Internal accurizing and action tuning is allowed.
• Thumb and grip safeties must function correctly.
• External extractor allowed.