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New For 2016: Rock Island Armory’s Lightweight 1911s

Rock Island Armory, part of Armscor, is known for producing quality 1911s, typically with 4140 steel frames for the ultimate in durability. Now the company is offering 1911-style pistols with 7075-T6 aluminum frames to help reduce weight without losing an ounce of strength. These new pistols come chambered in the legendary .45 ACP as well as Armscor’s new .22 TCM, a cartridge that’s making waves in the gun industry.

The .22 TCM (Tuason Craig Micromagnum) is a proprietary bottle-necked cartridge developed by Fred Craig and Rock Island Armory. Before the cartridge was commercialized, it was called the .22 Micro-Mag, and now Armscor has revamped the .22 TCM to create the TCM9R, which has the same overall length of a 9x19mm round. The .22 TCM9R uses a 39-grain jacketed-hollow-point (JHP) bullet to achieve 2,000-fps velocities from a 5-inch barrel. The round is so fast that it still achieves 1,650 fps out of a 3.5-inch barrel while offering low recoil.

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Several slide/frame configurations are available for these new aluminum-framed 1911s.

For more information, visit http://us.armscor.com.

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