Chip passed away a few days ago.  If you haven't heard of him, as a competitor, as a gunsmith, as an inventor, you've at least used things he had a hand in creating: 8 round 1911 mags, drop-in match triggers, Kimber and STI/Staccato pistols.

 

Chip McCormick

His mags shall live on. Rip

A legendary pioneer in the 1911 industry. I didnt know it was his idea to create a modular double stack 1911 that ended up as the STI 2011. Pretty amazing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 hours ago, 10X said:

Chip passed away a few days ago.  If you haven't heard of him, as a competitor, as a gunsmith, as an inventor, you've at least used things he had a hand in creating: 8 round 1911 mags, drop-in match triggers, Kimber and STI/Staccato pistols.

 

Chip McCormick

Not many youngsters know....or want to know....

He had a hand in designing drop-in AR trigger packs, IIRC 

 

Edit: oh, first post kinda says that. Reading FTW. 

 

for some reason I couldn’t find his age anywhere, did anyone catch it?

And Chip's 10 round .45acp 1911 mags were enough to make even a white boy feel like Wilt Chamberlain in the locker room shower after a game!