The "military ordinance department", the various contracts and agreements the military had with mfgs', and the methods they had for incoming inspection are irrelevant to the civilian market for 1911s today. Almost all manufactures today aren't claiming thier 1911s are exact replicas of 1911s made for the U.S. gov. or that their parts are interchangeable with all other manufactures. Like I said, "Sarges" advice on buying Kuhnhausens book is literally priceless for a variety of reasons.
Sarge, I hear ya.
