KRATOS and KRATOS 6”

A revolutionary 1911 handgun, which boasts of many technological innovations and advancements. Below we present the key features that distinguish Kratos from other 1911 pistols on the market.

All components are machined from solid blocks of metal using conventional and unconventional machining processes.

Toolless field strip disassembly and reassembly.

The grip safety can be easily and quickly activated or deactivated without any disassembly of the pistol with a set screw using a hex key.

Adjustment of the trigger (pretravel, overtravel) can be done with a set screws using a hex key by simply removing the slide, without disassembling the entire pistol.

Right manual safety that is held in place the same way the left is (cylindrical protrusion with an undercut engages into the frame).

The safeties and slide stop are machined from solid blocks of hot work tool steel and hardened. Therefore, their high strength and hardness combined with high toughness makes them extremely durable.

Ergonomical grips with aggressive grip enhancement pattern and matching magwell attached to the additional groove in the frame, without any pin.

External extractor which reliably extracts all cartridge casings including reloaded ammunition. It is loaded with a reliable long lasting torsion spring and pin retained which makes it easily removable for cleaning purposes. The extractor and the pin that retains it are made from a hardened hot work tool steel which makes them extremely durable.

Patented spherical bushing that prevents any unnecessary movements of the barrel within the assembly, allowing for smoother operation an upscaled shooting precision.

BARREL:

The barrel is a fully cylindrical rifled bull barrel.

It is made from through hardened stainless steel.

The locking lugs are straight which makes them engage the slide better reducing the contact stresses.

The surface that engages breech face has a slightly convex shape which enables smoother operation and reduces the contact stresses.

There is a single surface on a barrel that impacts the frame after firing. It is tilted to be perpendicular to the barrel movement at the time of impact which reduces stresses to the barrel link. It is also slightly convex which reduces contact stresses.

The barrel has integrated loading ramp which reliably loads all types of cartridges (rounded or flat point).

SLIDE:

The slide is machined from solid block of pre hardened tool steel and has been redesigned to make use of modern machining techniques.

The surfaces are nitrated and DLC coated.

The locking lugs are additionally laser hardened.

FRAME:

The frame is machined from solid block of pre hardened stainless tool steel and has also been redesigned to make use of modern machining techniques.

TRIGER MECHANISM:

The disconnector and the frame are redesigned to have a pin in a slot joint between them, preventing any unnecessary movements of disconnector, allowing for more controlled disconnector movement. The pin of the disconnector is also used as a slide follower, reducing the unnecessary forces and torque on a disconnector to a minimum, allowing for smother operation of the trigger mechanism.

The mating surface of disconnector to the trigger and the mating surface of sear to the disconnector are convex, allowing for smother and more controlled movement.

All key features of the trigger mechanism components are machined to tolerances between 3 to a maximum of 5 μm (0.0001 to 0.0002 inch).

Combined, these advancements allow the trigger travel to be just 0.3 mm (0.012 inch).

The use of dual main spring system reduces the forces on an individual spring, thereby reducing stresses and increasing reliability and service life.

The potential energy released by main springs is reduced to lover level still adequate for reliable operation, thereby reducing forces and decreasing trigger pull.

The spring cap is redesigned to have a longer skirt reducing lateral forces and thereby friction, which further decreases trigger pull.

All key trigger components are DLC coated which further reduces friction and thereby decreases trigger pull even further.

Combined, these advancements decrease trigger pull to 11 N (2.5 lbf).

The trigger bow is machined from a solid block (not bent sheet metal), which noticeably contributes to rigidity and reliable operation.

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