SIG GSR 1911

It’s big news in the 1911 world when a major firearms company offers its own version of Browning’s classic platform for the first time. Last year Smith & Wesson did it. Now, in even more of a shocker, Sigarms has a 1911.

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It’s no secret that S&W had been making 1911 frames for other makers for years. But SIG is a company that’s been legendary for producing state-of-the-art double-action service autos, notably the P220 and the terrific P226. So what’s with offering a German-pedigreed version of what most shooters take to be the classic American pistol of the last century? Well, forget preconceived notions. I’ve recently shot the SIG 1911, and any doubts I had evaporated after the first magazine.