semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for...
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The Dan Wesson M1911 pistol is a series of model 1911 semi-automatic pistols. Dan Wesson M1911 pistols are made at the Dan Wesson Firearms manufacturing...
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M15 General Officers is a .45 ACP pistol developed by the U.S. Army's Rock Island Arsenal from stock M1911 pistols as a replacement for the aging Colt...
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recoil-operated, single-action, semiautomatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It is a variant of the M1911 for use by the Force Recon Element of the...
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Arsenal Firearms AF2011A1 (category .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols)
AF2011-A1 is a double-barreled, semi-automatic pistol of Italian origin. The weapon is a derivative of the M1911 pistol and the majority of internal parts including...
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John Browning (section Pistols)
automatic cannon development. Browning's most successful designs include the M1911 pistol, the water-cooled M1917, the air-cooled M1919, and heavy M2 machine guns...
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Michael Harnett The M1911, an early semi-automatic pistol The CZ-75, one of the most successful Wonder Nines An MP5K machine pistol Wikimedia Commons has...
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was standing a little more than an arm's length from Ford, pointed a M1911 pistol at him in the public grounds of the California State Capitol building...
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Model 1903 semiautomatic pistol, and internally it uses Browning's short recoil tilting-barrel system from the M1911 pistol. In other areas the TT-33...
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.45 ACP (redirect from .45 Automatic Colt Pistol)
Colt semi-automatic pistol. After successful military trials, it was adopted as the standard chambering for Colt's M1911 pistol. The round was developed...
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Colt Officer's ACP (category .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols)
designed M1911. It was introduced in 1985 as a response from Colt to numerous aftermarket companies making smaller versions of the M1911 pistol. In 1975...
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Kongsberg Colt (category .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols)
The Kongsberg Colt is a nickname used for Colt M1911 pistols produced under license by the Norwegian factory Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk. Norway adopted the...
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SIG Sauer 1911 (category .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols)
earliest models were very faithful to the John M. Browning designed Colt M1911 Pistol which became the United States standard sidearm and served in that capacity...
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adopted by the United States Military in 1917, to supplement the standard M1911 pistol during World War I. There were two variations of the M1917, one made...
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Browning Hi-Power (redirect from 9mm Hi-Power pistol)
P38 or Colt M1911. During World War II, Belgium was occupied by Nazi Germany and the FN factory was used by the Wehrmacht to build the pistols for their...
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Colt's Manufacturing Company (redirect from Colt pistol)
Whitney Jr., the Colt Single Action Army, the Colt Python, and the Colt M1911 pistol, which is the longest-standing military and law enforcement service handgun...
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Colt Commander (category .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols)
Browning–designed M1911. It was the first mass-produced American pistol with an aluminium alloy frame and the first Colt pistol to be chambered in 9mm...
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Colt Double Eagle (category .38 Super semi-automatic pistols)
Eagle was based on the Colt M1911 pistol. Magazines are single stack and are identical to magazines shipped with the M1911. Most of the Double Eagle models...
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combat. Typically, a tunnel rat was equipped with only a standard issue M1911 pistol or M1917 revolver, a bayonet, a flashlight, and explosives. Many tunnel...
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Para-Ordnance P14-45 (category .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols)
United States Armed Forces' M1911 pistol. Created by Para-Ordnance (later Para USA) in the 1980s, it was the first ever M1911 derivative to feature a high-capacity...
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Ruger SR1911 (category .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols)
The Ruger SR1911 is a semi-automatic pistol modeled after the classic Colt M1911 pistol. Like the M1911, the Ruger 1911 is single action only. It also...
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Beretta M9 (redirect from M9 Pistol)
the U.S. Armed Forces (except the U.S. Air Force) carried the .45 ACP M1911 pistol. The USAF opted to use .38 Special revolvers, which were also carried...
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M1905 military pistol was manufactured for the .45 ACP cartridge from 1905 to 1912. The M1905 was replaced by the military M1911 pistol which remained...
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Concepts 1911 DMLS is a 3D printed improvised firearm version of the M1911 pistol. It was made public around November 2013 and was printed via the direct...
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semi-automatic pistol must be cocked by first operating the slide or bolt, or, if a round is already chambered, by cocking the hammer manually. The M1911 is an...
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Smith & Wesson Model 41 (category Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistols)
It was designed with a 105 degree grip angle, the same as the Colt M1911 pistol, to maintain a consistent grip angle. In July 1947, two prototypes—numbered...
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Personal defense weapon (redirect from PDW-caliber pistol)
a "light rifle" with greater range, firepower, and accuracy than the M1911 pistol while weighing half as much as the M1 Garand. As a result, the U.S. developed...
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Remington Rand (section Colt M1911)
the formation of Unisys. During World War II, Remington Rand produced M1911 pistols used by the United States Armed Forces. Remington Rand was formed in...
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County, Texas. Both Kyle and Littlefield were armed with .45-caliber M1911-style pistols when they were killed, but neither gun had been unholstered or fired...
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handgun, although instead of a revolver it used a semi-automatic M1911. The pistol emoji was originally included in proprietary emoji sets from SoftBank...
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