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In a world swamped with imported 1911 wannabes and slap sticky .45ACP makers, Tennessee-based Maximus Arms is making their longslides from scratch, one piece at a time.

Nestled in Franklin, Tennessee, newcomer Maximus Arms is reinventing the 1911 community with a gun that is taking many by surprise. A veteran-owned company with a staff of current and former military, their stated goal is to provide the finest M1911 pistols in the industry by exercising the highest quality control.

With every part produced 100 percent in the United States.

That’s right. No imports, no subcontracting parts, no nothing. From soup to nuts, their guns are made in-house. In fact, where most companies starts with a block of metal they buy somewhere else, MA decided to go get their own for their introductory Gladiator series of pistols.

Read the rest in my column at University of Guns