tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9422233.post112477362007229772..comments2024-03-28T08:30:26.301-07:00Comments on Cogito Ergo Geek: Blastorama and Practical ShotgunJerry The Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181610016755426448noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9422233.post-1124901525595390082005-08-24T09:38:00.000-07:002005-08-24T09:38:00.000-07:00Colt did make a conversion kit (though I think you...Colt did make a conversion kit (though I think you are correct that it is not appropriate to call it an "ACE")that used the same method as the Ace to convert the 1911 to .22RF. It also however used a new slide, not the original .45 slide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9422233.post-1124865133630198842005-08-23T23:32:00.000-07:002005-08-23T23:32:00.000-07:00To correct myself and the correction, it is unfair...To correct myself and the correction, it is unfair to compare the Ace to a conversion kit, since Dwight is correct, and it is actually a stand-alone pistol, but one designed from the git-go to be identical in weight, function and recoil to the 1911, while shooting the cheaper .22 Long Rifle round.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if ANY parts of the Ace are common with the 1911, except maybe the frame and some trigger group parts.<BR/><BR/>I've shot one, and if you blindfolded me and put first an Ace then a 1911 in my hand, and I couldn't go to the mouth of the barrel to check, I might have to eject the magazine to tell the difference by feel, but it's been a while, specifically since 1963, since my Ace experience, so memory might be failing me.<BR/><BR/>RivrdogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9422233.post-1124848460474358322005-08-23T18:54:00.000-07:002005-08-23T18:54:00.000-07:00To correct a bit of misinformation:The Colt Ace .2...To correct a bit of misinformation:<BR/>The Colt Ace .22 conversion does NOT use the original .45 slide. It, like all currently available conversions uses an entirely different slide from the .45 slide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com