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The time and added cost of the material (better grades of steel alloys were needed elsewhere), the additional machining and heat-treating processes required were not seen as cost/time beneficial. Remember, the expectant service life was 5000rds. Doubt many issue pistols saw 5000rds during that conflict.
There was an experimental pistol to replace the labor/material intensive 1911 with a stamped steel pistol made by Guide Lamp Div. of GM. Using lessons learned with the M3 'grease gun'. Didn't go past prototype stages.
The Mystery of the Stamped Steel 1911 -The Firearm Blog
There was an experimental pistol to replace the labor/material intensive 1911 with a stamped steel pistol made by Guide Lamp Div. of GM. Using lessons learned with the M3 'grease gun'. Didn't go past prototype stages.
The Mystery of the Stamped Steel 1911 -The Firearm Blog
