by Frank Melloni
Handgun shooters have quested after a cartridge that could deliver .357 Magnum ballistics in a semi-auto, pretty much since the day the round was invented. The answer came in 1983 in the form of the 10mm Auto, developed by none other than Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper of Gunsite fame. While the round delivered everything it was supposed to, initial pistol offerings just weren’t up to hosting it. Magnum Research has an answer for that with its G Model 1911.
The Magnum Research G Model 1911
The most common complaints were that the guns were just too large in the hand, and thus recoil was unmanageable. Well, we figured out what to do in this situation more than 100 years ago. As the human hand hasn’t changed, the 1911 still remains one of the best platforms to mitigate recoil.
Magnum Research knows a thing or two about recoil as well as how to tame it. So, it was only a matter of time until it threw its 10mm hat into the ring. That hat looks strangely like a new G Model 1911.
