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I did a search to make sure I wasn't reposting and didn't see anything. Anyway, saw an article in Surplus Firearms Magazine about the Mexican 1911, the Obregon. Didn't know if anyone has seen these before. Pretty cool idea using the slide release as the safety too so no plunger tube.
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Mexico adopted the Colt M1911 .45 acp pistol right after WW1. After the M1911 had improvements made to it in 1926 resulting in the M1911A1, Mexico was the first to receive any of these pistols. A native designed .45 acp pistol was produced from 1936 to 1938. This was the Obregon. The basic design was like the Colt but instead of a dropping barrel locking system it used a modification of the Steyr Hahn rotating barrel system. The front half of the slide is round in cross section to accommodate the rotating barrel. Another interesting feature was the combination slide stop & safety. One long lever was used to perform both of these functions. Due to the cost of production of this more complicated design it did not remain in production for long with only 800 to 1000 pistols being produced.
Mexico adopted the Colt M1911 .45 acp pistol right after WW1. After the M1911 had improvements made to it in 1926 resulting in the M1911A1, Mexico was the first to receive any of these pistols. A native designed .45 acp pistol was produced from 1936 to 1938. This was the Obregon. The basic design was like the Colt but instead of a dropping barrel locking system it used a modification of the Steyr Hahn rotating barrel system. The front half of the slide is round in cross section to accommodate the rotating barrel. Another interesting feature was the combination slide stop & safety. One long lever was used to perform both of these functions. Due to the cost of production of this more complicated design it did not remain in production for long with only 800 to 1000 pistols being produced.
