Finest Pistol Design of All Time • The World’s Most Respected Handgun
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Finest Pistol Design of All Time
• The World’s Most Respected Handgun
Some Designs Change
1900 Daimler 2021 Mercedes
Some Designs Change
Wright Bros. F-35
Some Designs Change
1900 Speedos 2021 Bikini
John Moses Browning
John Moses Browning
John Moses Browning
John Moses Browning
Early Ideas
Colt 1904 Colt 1907
Colt 1910
The Venerable 1911
The Venerable 1911
Why .45 ACP?
Colt M1892
.38 Long Colt
Why .45 ACP?
Philippine-American War 2-4-1899 to 7-2-1902
Many factions continued to fight.
Moro insurgents finally defeated in 1913
Why .45 ACP?
Thompson-LaGarde
tests of 1904
Shot cadavers and livestock
Concluded .45 or larger
best for future sidearms
Why .45 ACP?
.45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)
Rimless straight-walled cartridge
Designed by J.M. Browning in 1904
Why .45 ACP?
Why .45 ACP?
Pancho Villa
3/9/1916 Villa attacks
Columbus, New Mexico
and Camp Furlong
Wilson orders Pershing
into Mexico to capture
Villa
Pancho Villa
M1903 rifles and M1911’s
used in the
Punitive Expedition
1911 in World War One
Charged by 6 German soldiers
and out of rifle ammo, York
used his 1911 and killed them all
with one magazine.
World War One Relic
Would you
take this to
the range? WW1
Springfield
1911 becomes 1911A1
Frame cutaway
Arched housing
Parkerized vice blue
Extended grip safety
Trigger moved back
1911A1 in World War 2
A pristine Singer
last sold at auction
for $414,000
1911A1 in World War 2
Teacup grip?
1911A1 in World War 2
A Browning design
victory!
1911A1 in World War 2
RHIP
1943-1945
1972-1981
Issued to
General
Officers
1911A1 in World War 2
Crew of the Enola Gay
1911A1 in the Korean War
Always keep the bottle
pointed in a safe
direction!
1911A1 in Vietnam
ARVN Advisor Tunnel Rat
1911A1 in Vietnam
S&W 5 shot .38 Airweight
1911A1 Replacement
Beretta M9
adopted in 1985
Many units
continue to use
the 1911 to this
Day.
Modern Day
Rock Island
Armscor
Philippines
Tisas
SDS
Turkey
Around $450 to $500
Modern Day
Sig Spartan II
S&W 1911
Around $900 - $1400
Modern Day
2016 - Cabot Guns pair of 1911’s from a meteorite.
Only $4.5 million for the pair.
Modern Day
Jerry Miculek
gets off 7 rounds
from a 1911A1
made in 1925
in under 1 second
Modern Day
Arsenal
2011
Italy
20 rounds in 1.5 seconds
$5999.00 on Gunbroker.com
And the Winner is……
And the Winner is……
True Confession
1 August 1963
True Confession
True Confession
True Confession
I was given a few helpful hints!
Redemption 2020
Civilian Marksmanship
Program Auctions
Redemption 2020
First .45 ACP shots
for me in 56 years.
First shots for the 1911
in 75 years.
1 inch group with
2 “outliers” at 7 yards
When .45 isn’t enough
THAT’S ALL, FOLKS!
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