Design Goals:
- Have the look and shape of a typical 1911
- .68 cal
- semi auto
Design features:
Grip
- .45 frame
- Fully encased 12gram with CCI dump bucket
- accepts .45 grips
Trigger
- Comp. style trigger
- push safety
Barrel
- Brass press fit barrel
- No porting
Feed system
- Spring feed
- located horizontally above the barrel
- Reloads through hole in front of mag that is accessibly by pulling the slide back.
Sights
- Accepts standard pistol sights
Valve system
- Marker cocks upon being aired up
Velocity adjustment
- screw in back of valve to adjust velocity. Out = increase, in = decrease in velocity
Slide
- pulling back the slide allows user to see if there is a round in the chamber
- also allows user to load the pistol
- slide lock located on the grip.
For those I've talked to about this project, the first prototype receiver is complete. Sent the .prt file to a machine shop to get it evaluated/estimated.
10/7/2010
Almost finished the slide. Having issues with my software again so thats it for today. Slow progress with this damn program.
