[ExtremeShot]

Has anyone done/or seen a Beretta92-like slide cut on a 1911/2011....you know, with the whole top of the slide cut out (like below)? On my bull barrel guns it appears one could cut out about 2 inches between the slide lugs and the slide-barrel contact area on the front. You could go a little further with a bushing slide. ........just thinking it might be something different than doing the typical rib cage cuts.

Darren

[Matt Cheely]

Seen it. I think it's kind of boring looking.

[ExtremeShot]

Matt Cheely, on Aug 4 2009, 07:59 PM, said:

Seen it. I think it's kind of boring looking.

Agree...but I'm thinking it might make for a very light slide...combined with the usual flat topping, rear end lippo, and some internal lightening.

[Matt Cheely]

I'll bet you can think up something better to get a lot of weight out of a slide

[HI5-O]

Two of my Briley built open guns have that open top cut, not as pronounced as the Beretta's. Both use bushing barrels and the slides are pretty light.

They're okay, was pretty radical when they first came out with that cut. It lets a lot of grit get onto the barrel and flings some lube onto the front of the C-More lens.

I don't use the Briley guns much, they would make excellent steel guns (both have titanium quad comps). If only we had the SC steel targets...hmmmm....

Matt has some good ideas for lightening slides.

[HSMITH]

Chris Keen has it, he likes it a lot.

[uscbigdawg]

I'm with Matt that the weight can be shaved with a little more creativity and less dirt/dust intrusion.

Rich

[kgunz11]

Ditto Matt and Rich.

[Action Pistolero]

The bottom slide in the picture is the one off of my open steel STI. It doesn't look very pretty but it does the job. The other two are of of my A/P guns which are covered by the shroud. Each one weighs in at 9.5 ozs.

I don't have a lot of experience on the mill and these cuts are pretty simple if you want to do them yourself.

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[Dan Sierpina]

I did it around 1992-93. Used a bushing comp on it. Slide weight is 6 ounces. It was used for steel matches and the Action event for a couple years at the Masters.

[01G8R]

Not the cool look of multiple cuts, but it gets the job done. I talked to a few Smiths about getting the cuts done, but decided to do it myself. A little time on the Bridgeport, some hand sanding and this is what I came up with. I also started to polish out some of the dings and scratches from the slide. I got the STI used and it was in rough shape. When I get the front sight sorted I will have it refinished.

[RAZZ]

Is there any fear of weakening the slide too much, or is there still enough meat there to handle the stresses placed on it?

[mike4045]

A buddy has that style of cut done on a 40 single stack. Thought about buying it, but it's not legal for SS. He has had it for sell for a while.

Mike

[AZGunut]

Hi everyone,
I do not have any clue on how to post pics, but can e-mail a pic of my 6" limited gun that was flat top then Beretta cut (Amoung other things) It does help with the weight reduction as my 6" short dustcover gun weighs 2.8 ounces less then my 5" long dustcover with the same magwell, triggergroup, sights, bullbarrel etc. I got as screamng deal on the 6" to try one out and in the beginning wasn't in love with the look but it is growing on me.

[Chris Keen]

Like Howard said I had my gunsmith do a cut similar to the Beretta cut (although it was not intentionally modeled after the Beretta) We did it to take off a maximum amount of weight with one simple cut.

Could we have been more creative? I suppose so. But it doesnt look that bad after hard-chroming. Not to mention a gun needs to be more functional, than beautiful. And about the issue of dirt / gunk getting into the barrel area BECAUSE of the larger cut ...... I have not had any issues with either gun.








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