{"id":7376,"date":"2010-11-23T15:24:26","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T20:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=7376"},"modified":"2010-11-23T15:24:26","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T20:24:26","slug":"browning-introduces-1911-22-l-r-autoloading-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/browning-introduces-1911-22-l-r-autoloading-pistol\/7376\/","title":{"rendered":"Browning Introduces 1911-22 L.R. Autoloading Pistol."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/browning-1911-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7377\" title=\"browning-1911-22\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/browning-1911-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/browning-1911-22.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/browning-1911-22-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Morgan, Utah \u2013 In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the classic 1911 pistol designed by John M. Browning, Browning is pleased to introduce a scaled-down, 22 L.R. version of this great firearm for 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The new pistol is almost an exact replica of the original 1911, just smaller. The new Browning 1911-22 is proudly made in the USA. Guns shipped in 2011 will include a special first year of production collector\u2019s certificate plus a free limited edition commemorative canvas and leather zippered pistol case.<\/p>\n<p>The frame and slide of the Browning 1911-22 are machined from aluminum alloy with a matte blued finish. The barrel has a stainless steel barrel block and target crown. The new 1911-22 has a single action trigger and a straight blow back action for enhanced simplicity and reliability. Other features include fixed sights, detachable 10-round magazine, manual thumb safety and grip safety. The new Browning 1911-22 is 85% the size of the original 1911 John M. Browning design. The smaller size makes it very light and easy to handle, especially for smaller shooters.<\/p>\n<p>An A1 version of the 1911-22 will be offered with a 4 \u00bc\u201d barrel and 5 1\/2\u201d sight radius that weighs 15 \u00bd oz. Overall length on the A1 is 7 1\/8\u201d. A Compact 1911-22 version will also be offered with a 3 5\/8\u201d barrel and 4 7\/8\u201d sight radius that weighs 15 oz.\u00a0 Overall length on the Compact is 6 1\/2\u201d. Grips on both models are brown composite.<\/p>\n<p>All controls operate just as those on the original John M. Browning-designed Model 1911.\u00a0 New Browning Model 1911-22 L.R. A1 and Compact models have a Suggested Retail price of $599.99.\u00a0 Shipments are expected to start in the first quarter of 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan, Utah \u2013 In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the classic 1911 pistol designed by John M. Browning, Browning is pleased to introduce a scaled-down, 22 L.R. version of this great firearm for 2011. The new pistol is almost an exact replica of the original 1911, just smaller. The new Browning 1911-22 is proudly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,58,744],"tags":[1275,1274],"class_list":["post-7376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news-from-the-industry","category-new-products","tag-browning-1911-22","tag-john-m-browning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}