JPE frame

fatshot · 09-16-2003, 08:58 AM

Anybody here heard of a JPE frame for a 1911 clone?

BattleRifleG3 · 09-16-2003, 10:33 AM

Know what it stands for?

NRAJOE · 09-16-2003, 11:33 AM

All I could find was something about Brolin Arms and that the parts don't drop in like a usual frame???

NRAJOE · 09-16-2003, 11:35 AM

[PDF]Sarco #8393-08 8-20-03
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... pistol .45 frames in which the parts don’t just drop into place like in a normal
frame. ... 2. Frames are marked JPE which is early production Brolin Arms. ...
www.sarcoinc.com/8-20-03_pgs7-14.pdf - Sep 15, 2003 - Similar pages

fatshot · 09-16-2003, 09:06 PM

Thanks for the info. No, Battlerifle, I don't know what JPE stands for. I'm afraid I might have bought a pig in a poke, but we'll see when it arrives. It has a Colt 1911 slide, skeletonized trigger & hammer, and a beavertail safety, so some gunsmith must have worked it over. I don't really care about it's value to a collector as long as it is a good shooter. If I'm lucky, nothing will break until I don't need it anymore.

akjunkie · 09-25-2003, 12:49 PM

the way i hear it, some of the earlier JPE/brolin frames were made by Essex. so you might be lucky and have a decent frame.

JPE stands for Jay's Pacific enterprises. u will see JPE on many Mak90's and SKS's.. he was one of the major importers.

fatshot · 09-28-2003, 11:12 PM

I don't think I got lucky. Got the gun --- has a Colt Mark IV series 70 slide which seems OK except the extractor doesn't work --- pulls rounds out of chamber but doesn't throw them out. Also the fit between the frame & slide is very sloppy --- good hand pressure can rock the slide from side to side on the frame more than any of my other 45's. I'm sure the slide is from Brolin, as the first two letters in the serial # are BA. I'm going to try to get the guy who sold it to me (over the internet, of course) to take it back & refund my money, but who knows if that'll fly? Any suggestions in case I have to try to fix it up, or does it sound like a lost cause??? Thanks for any advice from anyone.

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fatshot Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3	JPE frame Anybody here heard of a JPE frame for a 1911 clone?

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NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,052 Images: 3	All I could find was something about Brolin Arms and that the parts don't drop in like a usual frame??? __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

09-16-2003, 11:35 AM	#4
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,052 Images: 3	[PDF]Sarco #8393-08 8-20-03 File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML ... pistol .45 frames in which the parts don’t just drop into place like in a normal frame. ... 2. Frames are marked JPE which is early production Brolin Arms. ... www.sarcoinc.com/8-20-03_pgs7-14.pdf - Sep 15, 2003 - Similar pages __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

09-16-2003, 09:06 PM	#5
fatshot Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3	Thanks for the info. No, Battlerifle, I don't know what JPE stands for. I'm afraid I might have bought a pig in a poke, but we'll see when it arrives. It has a Colt 1911 slide, skeletonized trigger & hammer, and a beavertail safety, so some gunsmith must have worked it over. I don't really care about it's value to a collector as long as it is a good shooter. If I'm lucky, nothing will break until I don't need it anymore.

09-25-2003, 12:49 PM	#6
akjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 110	the way i hear it, some of the earlier JPE/brolin frames were made by Essex. so you might be lucky and have a decent frame. JPE stands for Jay's Pacific enterprises. u will see JPE on many Mak90's and SKS's.. he was one of the major importers.

09-28-2003, 11:12 PM	#7
fatshot Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3	I don't think I got lucky. Got the gun --- has a Colt Mark IV series 70 slide which seems OK except the extractor doesn't work --- pulls rounds out of chamber but doesn't throw them out. Also the fit between the frame & slide is very sloppy --- good hand pressure can rock the slide from side to side on the frame more than any of my other 45's. I'm sure the slide is from Brolin, as the first two letters in the serial # are BA. I'm going to try to get the guy who sold it to me (over the internet, of course) to take it back & refund my money, but who knows if that'll fly? Any suggestions in case I have to try to fix it up, or does it sound like a lost cause??? Thanks for any advice from anyone.