Question about unusual gun

[shortylickens]

Why is the back of the barrel fluted?

Why is the slide fluted and hollowed?

 

[AMCRambler]

Why is the back of the barrel fluted?

Why is the slide fluted and hollowed?

To make it lighter weight. Just saw an AR 15 bolt carrier on aim surplus that was drilled out like this.

 

[AMCRambler]

Here it is.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

What gun is this? I like it.

 

[olds]

...Contrast, I see it now.

 

[IGemini]

What gun is this? I like it.

An older Para-Ordnance heavily customized for competition shooting. I'm guessing the Super Hawg.

 

[futurefields]

damn that gun looks tight!

 

[John Connor]

Looks like shit. Like a Furry with tats and a nose ring shit.

 

[PliotronX]

It's meant to shed weight wherever possible OTOH I was also under the impression that weight is the 1911's advantage to soak up the .45's recoil.

 

[waggy]

it looks great.

 

[midwestfisherman]

It's meant to shed weight wherever possible OTOH I was also under the impression that weight is the 1911's advantage to soak up the .45's recoil.

If it's a competition gun, they're most likely shooting handloads which will reduce the recoil.

 

[twinrider1]

99% bling.
You lighten the slide to reduce cycle time. But I don't like the tunnel cuts (under the front end of the barrel). That's not where I want to remove weight.
The dimples, sort of a xxl stippling, is to aid in grip when racking the slide.
Fluting a barrel. I don't know how much it helps in a 1911. Rifle barrels can be fluted to some effect. Barrels heat up and distort. A thicker barrel is more stiff. You can flute the heavy barrel to bring the weight down and still keep the stability.

 

[desertdweller]

There is more benefit to lightening the slide than just cycle time. The better benefit is in less mass sliding back and forth. Less mass moving around means less total movement of the gun in your hand which means less time to acquire the next sight picture and break the shot.

This gun looks more like someone showing off their machining skillz than a real race gun; nothing done to the lower parts....