Remington Model 1911 UMC

[Johnny P]

Because Springfield embarrassingly could not produce enough rifles for the war, they stopped production of the 1911 to increase 1903 production.

Springfield Armory Model 1911 production was never high enough to make much of a difference. The first order for 1911 pistols from Springfield Armory was placed in late 1912. By the end of pistol production in 1917 they had managed to produce slightly under 26,000 pistols.

Springfield Armory was never geared up to mass produced huge quantities of weapons, and probably never anticipated having to supply weapons for the magnitude of a world war.