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Originally Posted by .45cultist
There is a better chance of an M1911 or two available as patterns, along with M97's(original or Chinese clones).
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The slide for an M1911A1 needs machining operations by a reamer, horizontal mill, and knee mill. It is actually pretty intensive labor wise.
In WW2, thousands were generated because factories were built with 100 mills in a row. A machinist made one cut, then passed the slide along to the next machinist, all as a Ford style assembly line.