Unusual 1911/1911A1 Accessory

[RBruce]

I've had this for twentry or so years. Anyone know who made it and what time frame?

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[Peter Laidler]

That's pretty slick RB. Does it work reasonably well? Anyone tried something similar for, say, a Browning 9mm?

[RBruce]

I never got around to trying it. It is a single shot, of course. The .22 barrel is inserted in the .45 barrel. A pusher (cleaning rod) pops out the firing pin section. The .22 round is inserted followed by the firing pin. The .22 barrel has a little over 4" of rifling. After firing, the fired case and firing pin are then pushed out with the cleaning rod. Almost like using a muzzle loader.

[browningautorifle]

Those used to be around about a decade or two ago. You could get them occasionally. I don't know if anyone turned them out wholesale, but I could make one here for that matter. I'd just use a .22 barrel remnant. Thing is there's far superior stuff available now so they've dropped out of sight...