1911 to 7.62x25, Do I need new springs also?
7.62x25 Tokarev Conversion Barrel kit for 1911 Gov't models in 9mm or 38 Super. New, by J&G Sales.
Your Price: $189.95
Your Price: $189.95
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I wouldn't think so but just shoot it and see. Lighter bullet = Less felt recoil. 0 -
Unless you reload and can load them to a shorter overall length you might run into functioning problems, with the 7.62 X 25. It's overall length is approximately .070 greater then the .38 Super.
A number of Colt 1911 A1's converted to 7.62 X 25 and fitted with Tokarev magazines were imported from China in the 90's. The interior of the mag well had to be milled out to function with the Tokarev mags.0 -
I bought one from gunpartscorp a couple of months ago (about $90) and it came with a new spring (nice quality too, btw) 0 -
I read about the early days of the project on the AR board.
That intrepid experimenter was deep seating Tok bullets to get nine in a Super magazine. Lee made him a special order collet type factory crimp die to recrimp them.
He could get 4 or 5 at a slant unaltered.
I think he was using a 16 lb recoil spring as for .45 ACP but it might have been lighter.
He was using a stronger than stock mainspring to fire hard SMG primers.
The Chicom conversions included filing out the magazine well to take a magazine long enough for 7.62x25 ammo. Some say it is a modified Tokarev magazine. The front strap of the one I looked at was paper thin. I bet the back wall was cut, too. I would like to have had one just to study - not shoot, the work was really crude - but the ones that came in with the great flood of Chinese surplus Broomhandle Mausers were generally high priced as novelties.0 -
The Chinese did these conversions.
I don't know how they handled the mag length issue.0
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