1911 Federal Ordnance

[Stub]

Can someone give me any information on the gun manufacture, Federal Ordnance Inc. The only thing that I've been able to find out is, that these weapons were made from 1966 to 1992. Wondering why they quit making them?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Stub

[Jim V]

!: Welcome to the 1911 Forum.

2: I moved your thread to where it should get more response.

3: Fed Ord was located in Claifornia and had been an importer of various firearms. I have had NO experience with their 1911's so can not speak as to their quality.

[hipowr]

I posted a reply in the general forum, but you asked here why they stopped making them. They went out of business. I don't know if their quality contributed to that or not, but i'm sure it didn't help.

later,
AJ

[stans]

Federal Ordnance never had a good reputation for quality in their products.

[Jim V]

Besides marketing 1911s they also had a "M-14". Their primary business was the importation of surplus firearms. Several changes in the law made it hard for them to continue so they went out of business. My gunsmith missed out on getting several M-12 and '97 trenchguns from their sell off.

[Stub]

Originally Posted by Jim V

!: Welcome to the 1911 Forum.

2: I moved your thread to where it should get more response.

3: Fed Ord was located in Claifornia and had been an importer of various firearms. I have had NO experience with their 1911's so can not speak as to their quality.

Thanks for the move. I'll learn my way around soon (I hope).
From the response from 2 or 3 others doesn't sound like I made too good of a buy.

Stub

[rimfire,22]

Originally Posted by Stub

Can someone give me any information on the gun manufacture, Federal Ordnance Inc. The only thing that I've been able to find out is, that these weapons were made from 1966 to 1992. Wondering why they quit making them?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Stub

Stub,

I live in the L.A. area and had visited Federal Ordance, Inc. allot of times. There location was on the East Los Angeles side in the San Gabriel Valley which is about a one half hour drive from L.A.They bought and sold allot of imports and rearsenaled rifles and pistols. They even tried to market their own 45 pistol under there name. My mistake is that I bought one long ago and found the parts to be a VERY poor casting and extremely rough out of the box. At that time I wouldn't go through the routine that I do now seeing if the pistol would work right and spend the time and effort to make it work right! Generally speaking they went out of business due to all of the California laws that were coming out at that time. For surplus stuff they were a good source for parts and general gunsmithing. Lousey business ethics though. Now a days it's very hard ot find anyone in the L.A. area that can do gunsmithing as they've moved out of state or went out of business. Those lousey gun laws just chaoked and chased everyone away.

rimfire,22