Rebellion: Cabot Guns’ 1st Aluminum Frame 1911 Loaded With Innovation – SHOT Show 2020 – GunsAmerica Digest
Cabot Guns has created a new addition to their 1911 lineup: The Rebellion. It’s the company’s first aluminum-framed pistol. Cosmetically, it has some new features, but it also has significant design improvements never-before-seen on a 1911 pistol.
If you aren’t familiar with Cabot Guns (of Cabot, Pennsylvania), they are known for making 1911’s that are artfully designed and also have distinct functional upgrades. The Rebellion carry pistol is no different. Its aluminum frame features machined rhomboid checkering at a comfortable 24 lines per inch on the front and back straps. The grips are machine-stippled G10 with Cabot medallions.
The most noticeable changes are on the 416 stainless steel slide. Like everyone else, they’ve put front and rear serrations but Cabot has also serrated the top of the slide. What’s more, they’ve redesigned the carry cuts at the front of the slide with a modern, slimmer, chamfer-like cut. That cut is mirrored at the end of the slide and melds well with the flush-cut crowned 4.25″ bull barrel.
Those cosmetic changes pale beside the innovations under the slide. They’ve reexamined the extractor and improved it. Cabot’s master gunsmith, Rob Schauland, also wanted to make the gun cycle faster and he developed a new rail to achieve it. Cabot calls them Speed Cut Rails. They’ve reduced the rails’ surface area by 300% which also removes friction from the system.
What’s more, the Speed Cut Rails stay lubricated much better than conventional 1911 rails so that the gun cycles reliably longer. GunsAmerica took a close look at the design, and it is truly unique. Understandably, Cabot didn’t want us to publish any photos of the rails. You’ll have to order one for yourself and see if it lives up to the hype.
The Rebellion’s undercut trigger guard surrounds a flat blade textured trigger weighing 3.5-4 pounds. The ledge rear sight is also designed by Schauland and is serrated and blacked out. Various front sight options are available, but they are all inset from the front of the gun rather than slid in from the side so that they can’t be bumped out of place. All the controls are machined from billet at Cabot’s plant. It comes in two-tone black and stainless or all black and ships with two magazines.
Cabot’s Rebellion pistol will be available in the second half of 2020 and they are taking orders, now. If you were one of the twenty subscribers quick enough to join Cabot’s gun-of-the-month club, then you’ll be getting the Rebellion later this year. MSRP is $3,995.