Colt 1911-A1 Military Full Metal Softair Spring Pistol – Econo Airsoft Review
Colt 1911-A1 Military Full Metal Softair Spring Pistol (Cybergun/Palco)
- Modeled After: Colt M1911A1
- Hop-Up: Fixed .12/.2g BBs
- Lowest Advertised: 200 FPS / 100 ft
- Purchased from ShortyUSA for $30 + 9 Shipped
Full Metal
Mid-Cap Magazine*…
FPS
Looks almost used n’ gritty. Straight up Platoon status.
Printed Trademarks
…*made of plastic. That’s weak sauce.
Range
Loose Safety
Being a fan of the 1911, I sprung at the chance to pick up a full metal military replica that wouldn’t cost me 4 years of daily Taco Bell. It’s hard to avoid Cybergun products if you buy a gun with trademarks, and this one makes no exception. Although the trademarks are correct and fully licensed, they are only printed on with white paint, as opposed to engraved. This detracts from the authentic aesthetic almost as much as having the trademarks would add in the 
first place. Still, they’re legit. The gun, as stated, is full metal. It has good balance and heft and feels pretty solid. It has a very rough sort of finish too it, and some great looking faux-wood hand grips. A prominent seam-line runs down the top and bottom of the body however. Overall, it mimics a used military sidearm well. It feels more Vietnam than most. This gun should age well, like a fine wine. Except probably not.
The trigger and hammer are metal and have some nice inertia going with them. The action is surprisingly smooth and it sounds good and solid to fire. The safety leaves some to be desired. It functions, and locks the trigger and slide, but is loose and the slide becomes locked inadvertently. For shooting, this is annoying, and for a skirmish, this is deadly. Not that people usually die during airsoft, but you know.
The clip, on the other hand, is a downer. It’s very noticeably plastic when holding a full metal gun. Not necessarily high quality plastic either. It also has very little weight, due to an internal BB well. The actual clip holds around 12 rounds, which must be re-loaded from the 50 round reservoir. Sort of like a wind up magazine without the wind up. It’s a clever idea, but in reality it takes longer than just using a speed loader, makes the magazine too lightweight, and rattles.
The performance of this gun is on par with a $20 pistol, or at least one with some unimpressive hop-up. Although both the FPS and power are both noticeably impressive, the hop-up only works decently after you warm it up. Most shots with .12g and .2 have only mediocre range.
You pay $20 for performance and like $15 for the full-metal aspect. At this price range, it’s a really cool collector’s item – not a remarkable sidearm.
I’m think about purchasing this weapon, and based on your review, it seemed pretty realistic. I was wondering if this airsoft 1911′s handgrips can be removed and replaced with other plastic grips, since I was hoping to buy this gun and put ivory-colored grips in its place.
The grips do come off, easily with a flat head screwdriver, but I doubt they’re a standard fit for after-market airsoft/real-steel grips. You could probably jerry-rig it though.
i would like 2 buy this gun..but i cant find it anywhere..where did u buy it?
where do you buy this>? PLZ respond to email
That gun has been discontinued. Cybergun makes another but it is hard to find. Here is it’s specs on the Cybergun website.
http://www.cybergun.com/en/products/product-line/softair/colt/spring-softair-series/3030-1911-a1.html
The only place I have found that sells it is posted below. I actually purchased one but I was told they were out of stock. They said the next shipment hopefully would arrive in the US sometime in early spring (apparently, they have to import them).
Here is the link for the gun. http://bdus.com/180112.html
I hope this helps.