3" 1911 threaded barrel?

[dan9591]

Does anyone make a 3" threaded 1911 barrel? Specifically for a Colt New Agent and .578x28 threads?

[batman4706]

You might be able to get Barsto to make a custom one, but it won't be cheap.

[dan9591]

You might be able to get Barsto to make a custom one, but it won't be cheap.

Do you see the problem with your post?

When you say "won't be cheap", I start thinking "how not-cheap? Almost the cost of a new 1911 not-cheap?"

Then I try to rationalize the cost difference (all without even calling Barsto for a quote) and before I know it, I'm shopping for a new 1911 because, in my mind at least, it will be "cheaper" than a new barrel.

I rationalize that I will sell the 3" 1911 after I buy a new one. Then, when it's time to sell the 3"er, I become nostalgic. I say to myself, "Self, you may one day want a 3" barrel 1911". So I decide to keep it. Yet another gun I will likely never use, but don't want to sell.

I then realize that with the extra gun(s) I can't bring myself to sell, my safe is getting crowded. So I need a new safe. I like my old one and don't want to replace it, so I shop for a second one. However, I cant fit the new one next to the old one. So I decide to build out the closet so it will fit. I can't afford to pay someone to do it (having spent all my money on the new 1911), so I try to do it myself. Of course I fail miserably and the ceiling crashes down.

Since I stopped paying our home owners insurance so that I could afford a new safe for the new 1911, we are not covered. After a few weeks, our home is unsafe to live in and we are forced to move into a hotel. After I run out of money we are forced out and we now live under a bridge. My kids are pissed and my wife wants to kill me. That's when I turn to her and say "But it's still cheaper than a custom barrel!". Her angry face is the last thing I see for a few days, because my eyes are swollen shut from the face pummeling she administers.

So, is that the intent of your reply? To see my beaten and bloody and my family living under a bridge? Thanks, buddy... Really appreciate it...

Anyways, before I (inevitably?) head down that path, I would like to try to find a reasonably priced threaded barrel...

[Conqueror]

A followup question might be, what can do you intend to use? 3" 1911s are finicky even without a suppressor.

[dan9591]

A followup question might be, what can do you intend to use? 3" 1911s are finicky even without a suppressor.

I wish I could give you a really cool "operator" type scenario I would use this for, but really there is no intended use besides range time. My EDC carry is a Colt new agent. I put over 5,000 rounds through it so far and after the first 500 or so rounds it has performed perfectly, but I understand what you are saying... I just think it would be a neat package coupled with the Ti-Rant 45S I have laying around...

I did take a look at Barsto barrels and I do see they offer a barrel for it, but at $315 plus $150 for fitting, its a pretty expensive option... If that's the price point I am looking at I would honestly just buy a commander sized 1911 with a factory threaded barrel for a few bucks more...

[paper9]

Nice parable, isn't there a historic progression that is summarized, "....for the want of a nail the battle was lost"?
However, 3 inch with can comes out to a nice overall length...

[McLarenross]

“For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.”


― Benjamin Franklin

[deadeye99]

I started looking for a barrel for my colt commander and ended up with an FNX 45 Tactical with a RMR and streamlight. So I do understand the conundrum.

[MJF1911]

If I was serious about it I'd see if Tornado Technologies could inside thread the barrel and add an extension.