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Mainspring Housings & Maxi-Well

Ed Brown Mainspring Housings

Government Model Mainspring Housings
Ed Brown mainspring housings are fully machined from solid bar stock steel. No cheap castings or plastic is used. Sharp checkering is machine cut into each housing for precision and straightness, then finished by hand. The SNAKESKIN housings have scales instead of checkering, as pictured on the Kobra pistol. The Government Model housing features drop-in installation in all full-size 1911 pistols including full size Para-Ordnance pistols such as the P-14 and P-16. All housings will work great with any finish or type of steel, including aluminum.
816-ARCH Arched Mainspring Housing, Grooved Blue $43.95 <>
816C Flat Mainspring Housing, Chainlink Blue $49.95 <>
816C-LANYARD Flat Mainspring Housing, Chainlink, with integral lanyard loop Blue $60.95 <>
816F Flat Mainspring Housing, Uncheckered Blue $32.95 <>
816F25 Flat Mainspring Housing, Checkered 25 LPI Blue $65.95 <>
816S Flat Mainspring Housing, SNAKESKIN Blue $61.95 <>
817-ARCH Arched Mainspring Housing, Grooved Stainless $43.95 <>
817C Flat Mainspring Housing, Chainlink Stainless $49.95 <>
817C-LANYARD Flat Mainspring Housing, Chainlink, with integral lanyard loop Stainless $60.95 <>
817F Flat Mainspring Housing, Uncheckered Stainless $32.95 <>
817F25 Flat Mainspring Housing, Checkered 25 LPI Stainless $65.95 <>
817S Flat Mainspring Housing, SNAKESKIN Stainless $65.95 <>


BobtailTMHousing
A unique, patent-pending modification to your Government Model frame that transforms it into a Round-Butt pistol. It consists of a specially manufactured housing and frame modification. The BobtailTM removes a full ½" of excess metal from the bottom rear of the gun, where the mainspring housing pin is located. This not only reduces the weight, but solves two well-known problems of carrying a 1911. First, it drastically increases comfort during carry. There is no sharp butt to poke you in the ribs. Second, it increases concealment during carry, because the hardest thing to conceal on a 1911 style pistol has always been the sharp, projecting butt. See the Snakeskin BobtailTM on the Kobra Carry handgun, the Chainlink pattern on the Special Forces handgun.

816-BT

BobtailTM Housing Blue $58.95 <>
81625-BT BobtailTM Housing, with 25LPI checkering Blue $79.95 <>
816C-BT BobtailTM Housing with Chainlink Blue $69.95 <>
816S-BT BobtailTM Housing with SNAKESKIN Blue $69.95 <>
817-BT BobtailTM Housing Stainless $60.95 <>
81725-BT BobtailTM Housing, with 25LPI checkering Stainless $83.95 <>
817C-BT BobtailTM Housing with Chainlink Stainless $72.95 <>
817S-BT BobtailTM Housing with SNAKESKIN Stainless $72.95 <>

BobtailTM Installation Jig
This handy gunsmith jig makes locating the new frame hole for the BobtailTM housing easy. Full instructions included. Can be used over and over again.

953 BobtailTM Installation Jig $46.95 <>

Drop-In Maxi-Well
Our standard mainspring housing with a precision machined slot, and a drilled and tapped hole cut into the bottom. This superior two-piece design allows easy, drop-in installation of our included maxi-well, as well as easy removal of the maxi-well in seconds, without disassembling the pistol. Greatly increases magazine well opening for flawless magazine changes and speedy reloading. No grip modifications required.

818F25 Drop-In Maxi-Well, Flat, Checkered 25 LPI Blue $81.95 <>
819F25 Drop-In Maxi-Well, Flat, Checkered 25 LPI Stainless $83.95 <>
818 Replacement Maxi-well only, with screw and wrench Blue $21.95 <>
819 Replacement Maxi-well only, with screw and wrench Stainless $21.95 <>
818C Drop-In Maxi-Well, Flat, Chainlink Blue $92.95 <>
819C Drop-In Maxi-Well, Flat, Chainlink Stainless $94.95 <>
818S Drop-In Maxi-Well, Flat, Snakeskin Blue $92.95 <>
819S Drop-In Maxi-Well, Flat, Snakeskin Stainless $94.95 <>
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