NEW Ed Brown SOCOM Edition Special Forces 1911 Pistol

Hrachya H
by Hrachya H
Ed Brown SOCOM Edition Special Forces 1911 (1)

Ed Brown has released another custom 1911 pistol. This time it is a fully-loaded combat-ready gun called SOCOM Edition Special Forces 1911. It comes with all the features that convert the century-old design into a modern fighting tool. Let’s take a closer look.

Ed Brown SOCOM Edition Special Forces 1911 (2)

First, let’s read a couple of excerpts from the company’s press release and from the description of the pistol on their website:

Ed Brown Products is proud to introduce the SOCOM Edition Special Forces 1911. Paying homage to the men and women serving in the United States Special Operations Command, the Special Forces SOCOM edition is ready for extreme use”.

Built for pure performance and extreme use, the new SOCOM edition Special Forces pistol from Ed Brown has everything you need for serious performance. All the engineering, precision manufacturing, and hand-fitting the Brown family is famous for is included.

The new Ed Brown SOCOM Edition pistol is a full, government size handgun with a single stack frame and chambered in .45 ACP. The dust cover portion of the frame has an accessory rail. The gun is a suppressor ready package with suppressor height night sights and threaded barrel. The black nitrided 5″ barrel is threaded with the .578×28 thread pitch and comes with an FDE colored thread protector. The pistol is equipped with a Trijicon RMR red dot sight in Coyote Brown color. Overall, the gun has a nice combination of FDE/Coyote Brown and black parts.
Other features of this Ed Brown SOCOM Edition pistol include the square cut front and rear slide serrations with the rear serrations styled after the American flag. The pattern seen on the mainspring housing and front strap of the grip is called Chainlink III. The pistol also features VZ Alien grips. It comes with two ED Brown 8-round magazines. The overall weight of the gun is 43 oz with an inserted unloaded magazine.

As you have already guessed, an Ed Brown pistol with so many features and accessories is not going to be a cheap gun. It has a price tag of $4,295. The wait time information for different Ed Brown pistols can be found on the company’s website.


Images from www.edbrown.com

Hrachya H
Hrachya H

Managing Editor Being a lifelong firearms enthusiast, Hrachya always enjoys studying the history and design of guns and ammunition. Should you need to contact him, feel free to shoot him a message at Hrachya@TheFirearmBlog.com

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  • Sidestreet Sidestreet on Jun 17, 2019

    I love me some 1911s. And I have immense respect for our service members.

    But my brain is trying to figure out how shelling out over $4,000 on THIS 1911 serves to truly honor our SOCOM warriors as much as it honors the Ed Brown Co. to the tune of $4,000.

    Might I suggest, the symbolic “cup of coffee” dollar amount.... $3.00 sent to your favorite organization that helps service members might be wonderful. $3 in the form of socks, toiletries, snacks, sent in a care package, or $3.00 donated to an organization....my own pick is Wounded Warrior. Each had its pluses and minuses, but so long as the deserving get some love and respect.

    Oh, and nice pistol too.

  • Scot168 Scot168 on Jun 18, 2019

    As much as I would love to own one of these pistols since I do favor 1911's, I prefer both of my kidneys and wouldn't rather not make that trade but I can always dream of winning the lottery.

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