The 1911 auto pistol is more popular today than at any time in its one hundred year history, and for good reason. The 1911 design is solid, reliable, ergonomic, and easy for most people to learn to shoot very well, very quickly. For at least half of its lifetime, 22 Long Rifle conversion units have been available for the 1911, to allow shooters the look, heft, and feel of a centerfire 1911, but using the much less expensive 22 Long Rifle ammunition. Another advantage to shooting the 22 LR cartridge from a 1911 is that it makes for an excellent trainer, to get to know the operation and feel of the 1911, with hardly any felt recoil at all. Besides the 22 conversion units that are now available for the 1911, there are also a few dedicated 22 LR pistols on the market of 1911 design, and one of the best is this Colt-branded Government Model from Umarex featured here.
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The Colt Government Model 22 is built by Carl Walther in Germany, and imported into the US by Umarex USA of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Umarex imports quite a few different 22 caliber replicas, including several variants of the AR-15, along with a line of air guns.
The Government Model 22 is blowback operated, having the barrel rigidly attached to the frame. Like the centerfire 1911, the Colt Government Model 22 has a thumb safety, grip safety, magazine release, and slide lock that operate just like the centerfire 1911. This makes this Colt 22 particularly a great trainer or understudy to the centerfire 1911, as it has the same solid feel of its big brother, with a crisp trigger pull, identical trigger reach, and the same manual-of-arms as the centerfire 1911.
The Umarex Colt is finished in an overall matte black, and has a long 1911 style trigger, but with some 1911-A1 features as well. The front and rear sights are dovetailed into the frame, to allow for windage adjustment, and many aftermarket sights are available, should a different style than the plain black sights be desired. Like the centerfire 1911, the slide locks open on an empty magazine. The Colt 1911 22 magazine holds twelve rounds of 22 LR ammunition. The thumb safety is on the left side for right-handed use, and the grip safety works just like on a standard 1911. The slide lock is also identical in operation to the centerfire 1911, as is the magazine release, so operating this 22 LR Colt will be familiar to anyone who knows how to run a centerfire 1911. Only the disassembly procedure is different, due to the fixed-position barrel of the blowback design.
Critical specifications for the Umarex Colt 22 are listed in the chart below. The weights are listed in ounces, and linear measurements in inches. The weight includes an empty magazine. The grip and frame widths were measured at their widest points. The maximum width is measured across the grip panels. The height includes the sights and magazine base. The single action pull is very crisp but on the heavy side, with a smooth release and no overtravel. The trigger pull is listed as pounds of resistance.
NOTE: Some file sizes are large.
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