single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered primarily for the .45 ACP cartridge. The M1911 pistol originated in the late 1890s as the result...
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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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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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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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.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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M15 General Officers is a .45 ACP pistol developed by the U.S. Army's Rock Island Arsenal from stock M1911 pistols. Originally intended for high-ranking...
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The M1911, an early semi-automatic pistol The CZ-75, one of the most successful Wonder Nines An MP5K machine pistol Photo depicting a Volcanic Pistol Wikimedia...
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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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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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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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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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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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Kimber Custom (redirect from Interim Close Quarters Battle pistol)
The Kimber Custom is an M1911 style semi-automatic pistol. It is designed, manufactured, and distributed by Kimber Manufacturing, Inc. in Yonkers, New...
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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 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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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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of foreign-made semi-automatic pistols including: FN M1900, FN M1903, FN M1905, M1921 "Bolo" Mauser, and the Colt M1911, besides the Nagant M1895 revolver...
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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 VĂĄpenfabrikk. Norway adopted the...
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.22 TCM (category Pistol and rifle cartridges)
for the Rock Island Armory (RIA) M1911 line of pistols, which also supports 9mm barrel swaps. The RIA M1911 A2 pistols use double stack magazines. The...
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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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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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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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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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List of .45 caliber handguns (redirect from .45-caliber pistol)
with the Colt M1911, logically, as ACP literally means 'Automatic Colt Pistol'. However, there are many more guns and variations on the M1911 that are chambered...
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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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Kimber Manufacturing (section Pistols)
that designs, manufactures, and distributes small arms such as M1911 pistols, Solo pistols, rifles, and revolvers. The USA Shooting Team, Marines assigned...
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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 Commander (category .45 ACP semi-automatic pistols)
and recoil-operated handgun based on the John M. Browning–designed M1911. The pistol that would eventually be named the Colt Commander was Colt's Manufacturing...
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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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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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