Originally Posted by
bwilli88
Singer did not make clones, they made the real thing. They made them under contract with theUS Govt and only made like 500 and they are the most sought after, nicest, and most expensive 1911A1's made.
True enough. I suppose "clone" was the wrong term. Even Colt's famous 1911 was just one of John Browning's splendidly designed pistola.
But I'll always think of the Colt as the "original", for some reason. Perhaps because the Army OB originally approached Colt, whom Browning was working for at the time, to produce a large caliber auto-loading pistola. BTW, my dad was issued one during the war, of course. But he preferred to carry his Colt model 1917 .45 revolver. Which I still have.