How short can you get on a 1911?
I give you the Micro Compact GI, an M1911-style pistol produced by Springfield Armory between 2004 and 2011.
The Micro Compact GI ran a 3-inch barrel, which seems to be the lower limit on John Browning’s famed Government Model.
More on the trend to whittle such pistols down to a more stumpy format in my column at Guns.com.