EAA Guns & Modern 1911s: Interview with Chase Duffey
EAA Guns & Modern 1911s: Interview with Chase Duffey. Chase Duffey from European American Armory discusses EAA's approach to modernizing classic platforms like the High-Power and 2011, making premium features { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/guns_com#person", "name": "Guns.com", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/guns_com", "description": "Guns.com is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/bf709d2c-5917-4bcf-9b86-740396d311c9.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/eaa-guns-chase-duffey-modern-1911-interview#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/eaa-guns-chase-duffey-modern-1911-interview" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/eaa-guns-chase-duffey-modern-1911-interview", "headline": "EAA Guns & Modern 1911s: Interview with Chase Duffey", "name": "EAA Guns & Modern 1911s: Interview with Chase Duffey", "description": "Chase Duffey from European American Armory discusses EAA's approach to modernizing classic platforms like the High-Power and 2011, making premium features accessible to everyday shooters.", "articleSection": "Gun Reviews", "articleBody": "European American Armory has spent the last several years quietly translating premium pistol features into price tags everyday shooters can stomach. In a recent Second Best Gun Podcast episode on Guns.com, EAA's Chase Duffey sat down with hosts Alex Rebel and Chris Eager to break down how the company is modernizing the Browning High-Power, scaling double-stack 1911s (the platform most of the industry calls a 2011) into the sub-$1,200 range, and pushing into youth shotguns, suppressor-ready pistols, and finishes that don't apologize for being fun. The through-line across every product Duffey discussed: take a proven platform, modernize it with the features serious shooters actually mod into their guns anyway, and price it where the average buyer — not just the $3,000-pistol crowd — can walk out with one. That's the EAA pitch, and the numbers on the shelf are backing it up. Key Takeaways EAA's Girsan MC P35 line modernizes the Browning High-Power with optics cuts, rails, flat triggers, beavertails, and alloy-frame carry variants — features that previously required $2,000+ in custom work. The Witness2311 Match X double-stack 1911 retails around $1,150 street price and ships with a guaranteed trigger pull weight, a shot target, and two magazines in the box. The newer CMX (Double X) drops the grip safety, adds an internal firing pin block, and uses a more aggressi…