BEWARE: GOLDEN STATE ARMS CORP 1911

jaeger45 · Post by **jaeger45** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:14 pm

KIMBER45 wrote:BEWARE: GOLDEN STATE ARMS CORP 1911

I visited a shooting buddy who had relocated to Sacramento and he showed me a 1911 pistol cal. 45 with a cracked slide. It is the original model M1911, NOT the improved M1911A1. This pistol has a long crack clearly separating the metal, running from top to bottom at the rearmost portion of the ejection port just in front of the extractor. As a target shooter, he had previously been using reloads only. He lent the gun to his nephew who apparently used factory loads resulting in the crack in the metal.

He bought the gun from a well-known gun store in the Bay Area.

The overall workmanship and appearance is good, not shoddy or anything which would arouse suspicion as to its quality, much less of the metallurgy. But probably produced by a fly-by-night outfit, since we'd never heard of the name. Markings on the weapon:

GOLDEN STATE ARMS CORP
Pasadena CA - Santa Fe CA

http://progunfilipino.20.forumer.com/vi ... =4417#4417

jaeger45 · Post by **jaeger45** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:55 am

A response from a native Californian said, "Golden State Arms is a company that went out of business, they were around in the 50s and 60s. They specialized in sporterizing old war rifles...and now I am guessing old USGI 1911s as well. I heard they were a pretty good shop.

To many "what if's" in that story. If I damaged my uncles 1911 by using hot loads, I would tell him I was shooting factory loads out of it too!"

True, true- it's just a too effin' iffy situation. He doesn't seem to have heard of any static about the shop, having grown up in the neighborhood. I wonder if anybody else has about that shop, good or bad?

I'm just trying to rule out some possibilities like outdated metallurgy, as the low-numbered early Springfield '03's. Or the .308 Ishapores not being strong enough for the modern .308 Winchester commercial loads.

Thanks.