Gun & Ammo Dec 1998
Entréprise Boxer

The Entreprise Boxer.45 sprits a matte-blue finish with polished sides, extended beavertail  and skeletonized trigger

     Entréprise Arms, having made its mark on the .45 world with its line of 1911 Widebody pistols (specifically the Titleist, Elite and Tactical models) has now come up with a new entry - the Boxer. The company's forte is tailoring the basic Government Model framework to various needs. We asked Entreprise's head of production. Lawrence Abbott, to describe the Boxer's particular niche in the handgun world. "We think of it," he replied, "as an out-of-the-box competition-ready pistol."
     Visually, it's an attractive 1911 variant in matte blue with polished sides sporting adjustable sights, added weight, skeletonized trigger, bobbed hammer, bull barrel, high-ride grip safety and ambidextrous side safety features that, not too long ago, would have required a very long wait and very deep pockets to enjoy. We found Abbott's "competition ready" claim to be as accurate as the pistol itself proved to be. We took it out to the Petersen Ranch in Lake Elizabeth, California, to try it out. Using an assortment of ammo that included PMC 230- grain hardball, Norma +P 200-grain JHP Remington 185-grain JHP, Black Hills 230-grain JHP and +P Cor-Bon 165-grain JHP, the Boxer proved itself an excellent performer at seven, 25 and 50 yards.

From the benceh the Boxer produced excellent groups at 25 yard with Norma 200-grain Diamond line JHPs(middle) and at 50 yards with the Black Hills 19=85-grain JHPs

At seven yards, the Boxer's beefy grip, nice, broad target-type all-black sights and clean 5¼-pound trigger contributed to rapid-fire 10-round groups averaging four inches with PMC hardball. Deliberate fire at the same distance put things into one ragged hole. At 25 yards, the Boxer was very fond of 200-grain Norma Diamond Line JHPs. Our best effort was a five-shot, 1½-inch group with three shots in a ½-inch cluster. The runner-up was the Black Hills 185-grain JHP load - five shots into two inches even, with another ½-inch, three-shot cluster. At 50 yards, the 200-grain Normas gave us a four-inch group with four of the five rounds in three inches. At that yardage, the situation was reversed - the Black Hills 185 grainers proved to be the tightest shooting, yielding a five-shot, 3%-inch group with four shots forming a two-inch cluster.
     We ran slightly more than 200 rounds through the Boxer and experienced two stovepipes and one failure to extract (which occurred after 200 rounds and before any attempt at cleaning), which is about par for the "shoot in" period of most autos. We found the Boxer to be an excellent performer and a fine addition to the company's line of production custom" Widebody .45s.