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Postby jimbob85 on Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:39 am

Are there any 1911 copies in .22 that are legal in MN. I want something cheap to plink around with and thought a 1911 might be nice, but it seems all of the lower priced ones are "Saturday night specials"
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby Squib Joe on Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:47 am

So far, the Sig Sauer 1911-22 and Umarex Colt 1911-22 are the models that have not yet been declared too melty for Minnesota
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby Shipyard on Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:52 am

Squib Joe wrote:So far, the Sig Sauer 1911-22 and Umarex Colt 1911-22 are the models that have not yet been declared too melty for Minnesota


what about the chiappa's?
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby Squib Joe on Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:55 am

Shipyard wrote:what about the chiappa's?


According to their own testing (which they did AFTER the guns were shipped) .... newp.
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby jimbob85 on Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:59 am

I could of sworn I saw a whole table full of chiappa's at the gun show in Mankato last month...

I thought the Colt was illegal too, I guess I have to look into that a little more.
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby Squib Joe on Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:23 am

jimbob85 wrote:I could of sworn I saw a whole table full of chiappa's at the gun show in Mankato last month...


Being illegal under a vague and seldom enforced state law means you'll still see some dealers selling them.

And they really only become illegal once the manufacturer provides testing analysis on the frames, since the state has no real desire to do the testing themselves. Therefore most of these guns have a window between introduction and testing where they being sold all over without regard to melting point. This is what happened with the GSG-1911 from American Tactical.
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby jimbob85 on Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:25 am

I've heard it's not enforced heavily, I just want to cover my a.
So it's not illegal to buy or own a SNS, it's just illegal for a dealer to sell them?
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby Pezhead on Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:33 am

Had some for sale at the Bloomington Armory gun show on Saturday.
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby s4s4u on Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:49 pm

They have a Chiappa in the case up here in PR. Said they have sold many, I asked about reliability and they said so so. So I passed.
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby smokintone on Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:03 pm

Didn't Browning just come out with a1911style 22?
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby Norsesmithy on Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:31 pm

Yeah, but it's .85 scale.

Also rare.
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby smokintone on Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:35 pm

Norsesmithy wrote:Yeah, but it's .85 scale.

Also rare.

Ahlmans in Morristown had one about a week ago or so.
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby Squib Joe on Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:56 pm

I held one of the Browning 1911 22s at the shows earlier this year and it felt really loose and cheap. Not worth the money at all, in my opinion.
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby rhoadc on Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:04 am

Pardon my ignorance but why are they illegal in MN?
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Re: MN legal 1911 22's

Postby rockcreek on Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:36 pm

The Rock Island XT22 is legal in MN, but costs about $100 more than the Chiappa models.
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