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American semi-automatic pistol

Semi-automated pistol

U.s. Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911
M1911A1.png

A Remington Rand version of the Model 1911A1
Type Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin Usa
Service history
In service 1911–nowadays
Used by See Users
Wars As standard U.S. service pistol:
  • World War I
  • Banana Wars[1]
  • World State of war II
  • Korean State of war
  • Beginning Indochina State of war
  • Vietnam War
In not-U.s.a. standard employ:
  • Chaco War[2]
  • Indonesian National Revolution
  • Algerian State of war[three]
  • Laotian Ceremonious War
  • Cuban Revolution
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion[iv]
  • The Troubles
  • Rhodesian Bush-league War
  • Cambodian Ceremonious War
  • Cambodian–Vietnamese War
  • Sino-Vietnamese War
  • Iran–Republic of iraq War
  • Falklands War[five]
  • Lebanese Civil State of war
  • Salvadoran Civil War
  • Gulf War
  • War in Afghanistan[6]
  • Iraq War
  • Syrian Civil War[ citation needed ]
Production history
Designer John Browning
Designed 1911 (Model 1911)[7] and 1924 (Model 1911A1)
Manufacturer Colt Manufacturing Company
Unit toll $26.38 (1938),[8] equal to $485 now
Produced 1911–present
No. built 2,734,345 (produced past Colt)
4,294,345 (full including licensed copies)[9]
Variants
  • M1911A1[vii]
  • M1911A2[10]
  • FN Grand Browning
  • RIA Officers
  • Kongsberg Colt
  • MEU(SOC) pistol
Specifications
Mass 39 oz (1,100 g) empty, with magazine[7] [xi]
Length 8.five in (216 mm)[vii]
Barrel length
  • Government model: v.03 in (127 mm)[seven]
  • Commander model: iv.25 in (108 mm)
  • Officeholder model: 3.5 in (89 mm)
Cartridge .45 ACP
Action Short recoil operation[7]
Charge per unit of fire 85 rounds/min semi-automatic
Cage velocity 830 ft/s (253 m/south)[7]
Constructive firing range 50 m (160 ft)
Feed organisation 7-circular or 8-round (.45 ACP) box magazine[7]

The M1911, as well known equally Colt 1911, or Colt Government, is a single-action, semi-automated, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge.[7] The pistol's formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Quotient .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, which was adopted in 1924. The designation inverse to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam War era.[7]

Designed past John Browning, the M1911 is the all-time-known of his designs to employ the short recoil principle in its basic blueprint. The pistol was widely copied, and this operating organisation rose to get the preeminent type of the 20th century and of nearly all modern centerfire pistols. It is pop with civilian shooters in competitive events such as USPSA, IDPA, International Applied Shooting Confederation, and bullseye shooting. Meaty variants are pop civilian curtained comport weapons in the U.Southward. because of the design's relatively slim width and the stopping power[12] of the .45 ACP cartridge.[13] [14]

The U.Due south. war machine procured effectually 2.7 one thousand thousand M1911 and M1911A1 pistols during its service life. The pistol served every bit the standard-effect sidearm for the United States Armed Forces from 1911 to 1985. It was widely used in World State of war I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1911A1 was replaced past the adoption of the 9 mm Beretta M9 pistol every bit the standard U.S. military sidearm in 1985. Notwithstanding, the U.S. Regular army did non replace the M1911A1 with the Beretta M9 until October 1986, and due to the M1911'south popularity among users, it has not been completely phased out. Modernized derivative variants of the M1911 are still in use by some units of the U.S. Army Special Forces, U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy.

History [edit]

Early history and adaptations [edit]

The M1911 pistol originated in the late 1890s equally the effect of a search for a suitable self-loading (or semi-automatic) pistol to replace the variety of revolvers then in service.[15] The United states was adopting new firearms at a phenomenal rate; several new pistols and two all-new service rifles (the M1892/96/98 Krag and M1895 Navy Lee), too as a serial of revolvers by Filly and Smith & Wesson for the Army and Navy, were adopted only in that decade. The next decade would run across a like pace, including the adoption of several more revolvers and an intensive search for a self-loading pistol that would culminate in the official adoption of the M1911 after the plough of the decade.[ citation needed ]

Hiram S. Proverb had designed a self-loading rifle in the 1880s, but was preoccupied with auto guns. Nevertheless, the application of his principle of using cartridge energy to reload led to several self-loading pistols in 1896. The designs caught the attending of various militaries, each of which began programs to find a suitable i for their forces. In the U.Due south., such a plan would atomic number 82 to a formal examination at the turn of the 20th century.[xvi]

During the end of 1899 and start of 1900, a examination of cocky-loading pistols, including entries from Mauser (the C96 "Broomhandle"), Mannlicher (the Mannlicher M1894), and Colt (the Colt M1900), was conducted.[15]

This led to a purchase of i,000 DWM Luger pistols, chambered in seven.65mm Luger, a bottlenecked cartridge. During field trials, these ran into some problems, peculiarly with stopping ability. Other governments had made similar complaints. Consequently, DWM produced an enlarged version of the round, the 9×19mm Parabellum (known in current military parlance every bit the 9×19mm NATO), a necked-up version of the 7.65 mm round. Fifty of these were tested besides by the U.S. Army in 1903.[17]

American units fighting Tausūg guerrillas in the Moro Rebellion in Sulu during the Philippine–American War using the then-standard Colt M1892 revolver, .38 Long Colt, institute information technology to be unsuitable for the rigors of jungle warfare, especially in terms of stopping power, as the Moros had loftier battle morale and often used drugs to inhibit the sensation of pain.[18] The U.Due south. Army briefly reverted to using the M1873 single-action revolver in .45 Colt caliber, which had been standard during the tardily 19th century; the heavier bullet was found to be more constructive against charging tribesmen.[xix] The problems prompted the Master of Ordnance, General William Crozier, to authorize further testing for a new service pistol.[19]

Post-obit the 1904 Thompson-LaGarde pistol round effectiveness tests, Colonel John T. Thompson stated that the new pistol "should not be of less than .45 quotient" and would preferably be semi-automatic in operation.[19] This led to the 1906 trials of pistols from vi firearms manufacturing companies (namely, Colt, Bergmann, Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM), Roughshod Artillery Visitor, Knoble, Webley, and White-Merrill).[xix]

Of the six designs submitted, three were eliminated early on on, leaving only the Savage, Colt, and DWM designs chambered in the new .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge.[19] These three all the same had problems that needed correction, just but Colt and Cruel resubmitted their designs. At that place is some debate over the reasons for DWM'due south withdrawal—some say they felt in that location was bias and that the DWM blueprint was being used primarily every bit a "whipping boy" for the Savage and Colt pistols,[xx] though this does not fit well with the earlier 1900 buy of the DWM pattern over the Colt and Steyr entries. In any instance, a series of field tests from 1907 to 1911 were held to make up one's mind betwixt the Savage and Filly designs.[19] Both designs were improved between each round of testing, leading up to the final test before adoption.[19]

Among the areas of success for the Filly was a test at the end of 1910 attended by its designer, John Browning. 6000 rounds were fired from a single pistol over the course of ii days. When the gun began to grow hot, it was simply immersed in water to absurd it. The Colt gun passed with no reported malfunctions, while the Savage designs had 37.[19]

Service history [edit]

Following its success in trials, the Colt pistol was formally adopted past the Army on March 29, 1911, when it was designated Model of 1911, later changed to Model 1911, in 1917, and and so M1911, in the mid-1920s. The Manager of Civilian Marksmanship began manufacture of M1911 pistols for members of the National Burglarize Association in August 1912. Approximately 100 pistols stamped "N.R.A." beneath the serial number were manufactured at Springfield Armory and by Colt.[21] The M1911 was formally adopted by the U.Southward. Navy and Marine Corps in 1913. The .45 ACP "Model of 1911 U.S. Army" was used by both U.s. Army Cavalry troops and infantry soldiers during the United States' Punitive Expedition into Mexico against Pancho Villa in 1916.[22]

World State of war I [edit]

By the beginning of 1917, a full of 68,533 M1911 pistols had been delivered to U.S. armed forces past Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company and the U.South. government's Springfield Armory. However, the need to greatly aggrandize U.S. armed forces forces and the resultant surge in demand for the firearm in World War I saw the expansion of manufacture to other contractors besides Filly and Springfield Arsenal, including Remington-UMC and North American Arms Co. of Quebec.[23] Several other manufacturers were awarded contracts to produce the M1911, including the National Cash Register Visitor, the Savage Artillery Company, the Caron Brothers Manufacturing of Montreal, the Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Winchester Repeating Arms Company, and the Lanston Monotype Company, but the signing of the Armistice resulted in the cancellation of the contracts before any pistols had been produced.[24]

Interwar changes [edit]

Battlefield feel in World War I led to some more pocket-sized external changes, completed in 1924. The new version received a modified type nomenclature, M1911A1, in 1926 with a stipulation that M1911A1s should have serial numbers college than 700,000 with lower series numbers designated M1911.[25] The M1911A1 changes to the original design consisted of a shorter trigger, cutouts in the frame behind the trigger, an arched mainspring housing, a longer grip condom spur (to preclude hammer seize with teeth), a wider front end sight, a shortened hammer spur, and simplified grip checkering (eliminating the "Double Diamond" reliefs).[19] These changes were subtle and largely intended to make the pistol easier to shoot for those with smaller hands. No significant internal changes were made, and parts remained interchangeable between the M1911 and the M1911A1.[19]

Working for the U.S. Ordnance Office, David Marshall Williams developed a .22 training version of the M1911 using a floating chamber to give the .22 long rifle rimfire recoil similar to the .45 version.[19] As the Colt Service Ace, this was available both as a pistol and as a conversion kit for .45 M1911 pistols.[19]

Before World War 2, 500 M1911s were produced nether license by the Norwegian artillery manufactory Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk, every bit Automatisk Pistol Model 1912. And so, production moved to a modified version designated Pistol Model 1914 and unofficially known as "Kongsberg Filly". The Pistol K/1914 is noted for its unusual extended slide stop which was specified by Norwegian ordnance authorities. 22,000 were produced between 1914 and 1940 simply production continued after the German language occupation of Kingdom of norway in 1940 and ten,000 were produced for the German armed forces every bit Pistole 657 (n). [26]

Between 1927 and 1966, 102,000 M1911 pistols were produced every bit Sistema Colt Modelo 1927 in Argentina, first past the Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares. A similar gun, the Ballester–Molina, was also designed and produced.[5]

The M1911 and M1911A1 pistols were too ordered from Colt or produced domestically in modified form by several other nations, including Brazil (M1937 contract pistol), Mexico (M1911 Mexican contract pistol and the Obregón pistol), and Espana (private manufacturers Star and Llama).

World War II [edit]

World War II and the years leading up to it created a great need. During the state of war, about 1.9 million units were procured by the U.Due south. Government for all forces, production being undertaken by several manufacturers, including Remington Rand (900,000 produced), Colt (400,000), Ithaca Gun Company (400,000), Union Switch & Bespeak (50,000), and Vocalist (500). New M1911A1 pistols were given a parkerized metal finish instead of bluing, and the wood grip panels were replaced with panels made of brown plastic. The M1911A1 was a favored small arm of both US and centrolineal military personnel during the war, in particular, the pistol was prized by some British commando units and United kingdom's highly covert Special Operations Executive, as well every bit South African Commonwealth forces.[27] [28] [29]

The 1911A1 pistol was produced in very large quantities during the war. At the end of hostilities the government cancelled all contracts for further product and fabricated use of existing stocks of weapons to equip personnel. Many of these weapons had seen service utilise, and had to be rebuilt and refinished prior to being issued. From the mid-1920s to the mid-1950s thousands of 1911s and 1911A1s were refurbished at U.S. arsenals and service depots. These rebuilds consisted of anything from minor inspections to major overhauls. Pistols that were refurbished at regime arsenals will usually exist marked on the frame/receiver with the arsenal'due south initials, such every bit RIA for Rock Island Armory or SA for Springfield Armory.[ citation needed ]

Amid collectors today, the Singer-produced pistols in particular are highly prized, commanding high prices even in poor condition.[30]

Full general Officer'due south Model [edit]

From 1943 to 1945 a fine-grade russet-leather M1916 pistol belt fix was issued to some generals in the United states of america Army. It was composed of a leather belt, leather enclosed flap-holster with braided leather tie-down leg strap, leather two-pocket magazine pouch, and a rope lanyard. The metal buckle and fittings were in gilded contumely. The buckle had the seal of the U.S. on the center (or "male") piece and a laurel wreath on the round (or "female") slice. The pistol was a standard-issue M1911A1 that came with a cleaning kit and three magazines.

From 1972 to 1981 a modified M1911A1 called the RIA M15 General Officeholder'southward Model was issued to general officers in the U.s.a. Ground forces and U.s.a. Air Force. From 1982 to 1986 the regular M1911A1 was issued. Both came with a black leather chugalug, open holster with retaining strap, and a two-pocket magazine pouch. The metal buckle and fittings were similar to the M1916 General Officeholder'south Model except it came in gold metallic for the Army and in silver metal for the Air Force.

Post–World War II usage [edit]

After World State of war II, the M1911 continued to be a mainstay of the U.Due south. Armed Forces in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, where it was used extensively by tunnel rats.[31] It was used during Desert Storm in specialized U.S. Army units and U.S. Navy Mobile Construction Battalions (Seabees), and has seen service in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, with U.South. Army Special Forces Groups and Marine Corps Strength Reconnaissance Companies.[32]

However, by the belatedly 1970s, the M1911A1 was best-selling to exist showing its age. Under political pressure from Congress to standardize on a single modern pistol design, the U.Southward. Air Strength ran a Joint Service Small Arms Program to select a new semi-automatic pistol using the NATO-standard 9mm Parabellum pistol cartridge. After trials, the Beretta 92S-i was chosen. The Regular army contested this event and subsequently ran its own competition in 1981, the XM9 trials, somewhen leading to the official adoption of the Beretta 92F on January 14, 1985.[33] [34] [35] By the belatedly 1980s product was ramping up despite a controversial XM9 retrial and a separate XM10 reconfirmation that was boycotted by some entrants of the original trials, cracks in the frames of some pre-M9 Beretta-produced pistols, and despite a trouble with slide separation using higher-than-specified-pressure level rounds that resulted in injuries to some U.Southward. Navy special operations operatives. This terminal outcome resulted in an updated model that includes additional protection for the user, the 92FS, and updates to the ammunition used.[36] During the Gulf State of war of 1990–1991, M1911A1s were deployed with reserve component U.S. Army units sent to participate in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Past the early 1990s, most M1911A1s had been replaced past the Beretta M9, though a limited number remain in apply by special units. The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) in particular were noted for continuing the utilize of M1911 pistols for selected personnel in MEU(SOC) and reconnaissance units (though the USMC also purchased over 50,000 M9 pistols.[ commendation needed ]) For its part, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) issued a requirement for a .45 ACP pistol in the Offensive Handgun Weapon Organisation (OHWS) trials. This resulted in the Heckler & Koch OHWS condign the MK23 Mod 0 Offensive Handgun Weapon System (itself being heavily based on the 1911's bones field strip), beating the Colt OHWS, a much-modified M1911. Dissatisfaction with the stopping power of the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge used in the Beretta M9 has really promoted re-adoption of pistols based on the .45 ACP cartridge such as the M1911 design, along with other pistols, among USSOCOM units in recent years, though the M9 has been predominant both within SOCOM and in the U.Southward. military in full general.[32] Both U.S. Army Special Forces Units and SFOD-D continue to employ modernized M1911s.[ commendation needed ]

Pattern [edit]

Cross-department diagram, with labeled parts, of original Model 1911 pistol, from official Army description every bit published in 1917.

Springfield Mil Spec field stripped

Browning's basic M1911 design has seen very trivial modify throughout its production life.[7] [ page needed ] The basic principle of the pistol is recoil functioning.[7] [ page needed ] As the expanding combustion gases force the bullet down the barrel, they requite reverse momentum to the slide and barrel which are locked together during this portion of the firing bike. After the bullet has left the butt, the slide and barrel continue rearward a curt altitude.[7] [ page needed ]

At this point, a link pivots the rear of the butt downwardly, out of locking recesses in the slide, and the barrel is stopped by making contact with the lower butt lugs confronting the frame. As the slide continues rearward, a claw extractor pulls the spent casing from the firing bedroom and an ejector strikes the rear of the instance, pivoting it out and away from the pistol through the ejection port. The slide stops its rearward motion then, and is propelled forwards again by the recoil spring to strip a fresh cartridge from the magazine and feed information technology into the firing sleeping accommodation. At the forwards end of its travel, the slide locks into the barrel and is ready to fire again. Even so, if the fired round was the concluding circular in the mag, the slide will lock in the rearward position, which notifies the shooter to reload by ejecting the empty magazine and inserting a loaded magazine, and facilitates (by being rearwards) reloading the chamber, which is achieved by either pulling the slide back slightly and releasing, or by pushing down on the slide terminate, which releases the slide to motion forrard under spring force per unit area, strip a fresh cartridge from the magazine and feed it into the firing bedchamber.[7] [ page needed ]

In that location are no fasteners of any blazon in the 1911 blueprint, excepting the grip screws. The main components of the gun are held in identify by the strength of the main spring. The pistol can be "field stripped" by partially retracting the slide, removing the slide stop, and subsequently removing the barrel bushing. Total disassembly (and subsequent reassembly) of the pistol to its component parts can be achieved using several manually removed components every bit tools to complete the disassembly.[ citation needed ]

The armed forces mandated a grip safety and a manual safety.[7] [ folio needed ] A grip safety, sear disconnect, slide stop, half erect position, and manual condom (located on the left rear of the frame) are on all standard M1911A1s.[7] Several companies have developed a firing pin block safe. Filly's 80 serial uses a trigger operated one and several other manufacturers, including Kimber and Smith & Wesson, use a Swartz firing-pivot safe, which is operated by the grip safety.[37] [38] Language cautioning confronting pulling the trigger with the second finger was included in the initial M1911 manual[39] and later manuals up to the 1940s.

The same bones pattern has been offered commercially and has been used by other militaries. In addition to the .45 ACP (Automated Colt Pistol), models chambered for .38 Super, nine×19mm Parabellum, seven.65mm Parabellum, 9mm Steyr,[40] .400 Corbon, and other cartridges were offered. The M1911 was adult from earlier Colt semi-automatic designs, firing rounds such as .38 ACP. The design beat out many other contenders during the government's choice period, during the tardily 1890s and early 1900s, up to the pistol's adoption. The M1911 officially replaced a range of revolvers and pistols across branches of the U.S. armed forces, though a number of other designs have seen employ in certain niches.[41]

Despite being challenged by newer and lighter weight pistol designs in .45 quotient, such as the Glock 21, the SIG Sauer P220, the Springfield XD and the Heckler & Koch USP, the M1911 shows no signs of decreasing popularity and continues to be widely present in various competitive matches such as those of USPSA, IDPA, IPSC, and Bullseye.[10]

Versions [edit]

MEU(SOC) pistol [edit]

Marine Expeditionary Units formerly issued M1911s to Strength Recon units.[42] Hand-selected Colt M1911A1 frames were gutted, deburred, and prepared for additional utilize by the USMC Precision Weapon Section (PWS) at Marine Corps Base Quantico.[42] They were then assembled with after-market place grip safeties, ambidextrous thumb safeties, triggers, improved high-visibility sights, accurized barrels, grips, and improved Wilson magazines.[43] These hand-made pistols were tuned to specifications and preferences of finish users.[44]

In the belatedly 1980s, the Marines laid out a series of specifications and improvements to make Browning'south design ready for 21st-century combat, many of which take been included in MEU(SOC) pistol designs, only design and supply time was express.[44] Discovering that the Los Angeles Police Section was pleased with their special Kimber M1911 pistols, a single source request was issued to Kimber for just such a pistol despite the imminent release of their TLE/RLII models.[45] Kimber before long began producing a limited number of what would exist later termed the Acting Shut Quarters Battle pistol (ICQB). Maintaining the simple recoil assembly, 5-inch barrel (though using a stainless steel match course barrel), and internal extractor, the ICQB is not much unlike from Browning's original blueprint.[45]

In July 2012, the U.S. Marines placed a $22.five million order with Filly for 12,000 M1911 pistols for MEU(SOC) forces.[46] The new 1911 was designated M45A1 or "Shut Quarters Battle Pistol" CQBP. The M45A1 features a dual recoil spring assembly, Picatinny rails and is cerakoted tan in colour.

M45A1 pistols continue to see usage today with USMC Force Recon Battalions, in addition to other specialized USMC units.

Noncombatant models [edit]

A Colt M1991A1 Meaty ORM pistol

A Colt M1991A1 Compact ORM pistol with slide locked back to expose balderdash butt.

  • Colt Commander: In 1949 Filly began production of the Colt Commander, an aluminum-framed 1911 with a 4+ ane⁄iv inch barrel and a rounded hammer. It was developed in response to an Army requirement issued in 1949, for a lighter replacement for the M1911 pistol, for upshot to officers. In 1970, Filly introduced the all-steel "Filly Combat Commander", with an optional model in satin nickel. To differentiate between the two models, the aluminum-framed model was renamed the "Lightweight Commander".[ citation needed ]
  • Colt Regime Mk. IV Serial 70 (1970–1983): Introduced the accurized Separate Barrel Bushing (collet bushing). The first 1000 prototypes in the serial number range 35800NM–37025NM were marked BB on the butt and the slide. Commander-sized pistols retained the solid bushing.[ citation needed ]
  • Filly Authorities Mk. IV Serial fourscore (1983–nowadays): Introduced an internal firing pin safety and a new half-erect notch on the sear; pulling the trigger on these models while at half-cock will cause the hammer to drop. Models after 1988 returned to the solid barrel bushing due to concerns about breakages of collet bushings.[ commendation needed ]
  • Colt Aureate Loving cup National Lucifer 1911/Mk. Four Series 70/Mk. IV Series 80 MKIV/Series 70 Gilded Cup 75th Anniversary National Friction match/Campsite Perry 1978. Express to 200 pistols. (1983–1996) Gold Cup MKIV Series fourscore National Match: .45 ACP, Filly-Elliason adjustable rear sight, fully adjustable Bomar-Style rear sight, target mail service front sight, spur hammer, wide target trigger, lowered and flared ejection port, National Match butt, beveled peak slide, wrap-around safety stocks with nickel medallion.[47]
  • Colt 1991 Series (1991–2001 ORM; 2001–present NRM): A hybrid of the M1911A1 military model redesigned to use the slide of the Mk. Four Series 80; these models aimed at providing a more than "mil-spec" pistol to exist sold at a lower cost than Colt'southward other 1911 models in order to compete with imported pistols from manufacturers such as Springfield Armory and Norinco. The 1991–2001 model used a large "M1991A1" curl mark engraved on the slide. The 2001 model introduced a new "Colt'due south Government Model" roll mark engraving. The 1991 serial incorporates full-sized blued and stainless models in either .45 ACP or .38 Super, as well every bit blued and stainless Commander models in .45 ACP.[ citation needed ]

Custom models [edit]

Since its inception, the M1911 has lent itself to piece of cake customization. Replacement sights, grips, and other aftermarket accessories are the nearly ordinarily offered parts. Since the 1950s and the ascent of competitive pistol shooting, many companies take been offer the M1911 every bit a base model for major customization. These modifications tin can range from changing the external terminate, checkering the frame, to hand plumbing fixtures custom hammers, triggers, and sears. Some modifications include installing compensators and the add-on of accessories such as tactical lights and fifty-fifty scopes.[48] A common modification of John Browning's design is to use a full-length guide rod that runs the total length of the recoil bound. This adds weight to the front of the pistol, only does non increment accuracy, and does make the pistol slightly more difficult to detach.[49] Custom guns can cost over $5,000 and are congenital from scratch or on existing base models.[fifty] The main companies offer custom M1911s are: Dan Wesson Firearms, Ed Chocolate-brown, Les Baer, Nighthawk Custom, Springfield Custom Shop, STI International, and Wilson Combat.[51] IPSC models are offered past BUL Armory, Strayer Voigt Inc (Infinity Firearms), and STI International.

Users [edit]

Current users in the U.S. [edit]

Many military and law enforcement organizations in the U.S. and other countries continue to use (frequently modified) M1911A1 pistols including Los Angeles Constabulary Section SWAT and Due south.I.S., the FBI Earnest Rescue Team, FBI regional SWAT teams, and 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment—Delta (Delta Force).

A basic version of Smith & Wesson'due south SW1911 with user-installed Pachmayr grips

The M1911A1 is popular amongst the general public in the U.S. for practical and recreational purposes. The pistol is usually used for concealed carry thanks in function to a unmarried-stack magazine (which makes for a thinner pistol that is, therefore, easier to muffle), personal defense, target shooting, and contest as well as collections. Numerous aftermarket accessories allow users to customize the pistol to their liking. There are a growing number of manufacturers of M1911-type pistols and the model continues to be quite popular for its reliability, simplicity, and patriotic appeal. Various tactical, target and compact models are available. Cost ranges from a depression end of around $400 for basic pistols imported from the Philippines or Turkey (Armscor, Tisas, Rock Island Armory, Girsan, STI Spartan, Seraphim Armoury) to more than $iv,000 for the best contest or tactical versions (Wilson Gainsay, Ed Brown, Les Baer, Nighthawk Custom, and STI International).[52]

Due to an increased need for M1911 pistols amidst Ground forces Special Operations units, who are known to field a variety of M1911 pistols, the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit began looking to develop a new generation of M1911s and launched the M1911-A2 project in late 2004.[x] The goal was to produce a minimum of seven variants with diverse sights, internal and external extractors, flat and arched mainspring housings, integral and add-on mag wells, a variety of finishes and other options, with the idea of providing the finish-user a selection from which to select the features that best fit their missions.[x] The AMU performed a well-received demonstration of the kickoff grouping of pistols to the Marine Corps at Quantico and various Special Operations units at Ft. Bragg and other locations.[10] The project provided a feasibility written report with insight into futurity projects.[10] Models were loaned to various Special Operations units, the results of which are classified. An RFP was issued for a Joint Combat Pistol only information technology was ultimately canceled.[ten] Currently units are experimenting with an M1911 pistol in .forty S&W, which will comprise lessons learned from the A2 project. Ultimately, the M1911A2 project provided a testbed for improving existing M1911s. An improved M1911 variant condign available in the hereafter is a possibility.[ten]

The Springfield Custom Professional person Model 1911A1 pistol is produced under contract past Springfield Arsenal for the FBI regional SWAT teams and the Hostage Rescue Team.[53] This pistol is made in batches on a regular footing by the Springfield Custom Shop, and a few examples from nigh runs are fabricated available for sale to the general public at a selling price of approximately US$two,700 each.

International users [edit]

  • The Brazilian visitor IMBEL (Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil) nevertheless produces the pistol in several variants for civilian, armed forces and police force enforcement uses in .45 ACP, .40 S&Westward, .380 ACP and ix mm calibers. IMBEL too produces for US civilian market equally the supplier to Springfield Armory.[ citation needed ]
  • The Canadian visitor Seraphim Armoury brands Filipino manufactured pistols in several models for domestic and export apply. Pistols are available in .45 ACP and 9 mm calibers for civilian, military and police force enforcement use.[ citation needed ]
  • A Chinese Arms manufacturer, Norinco, exports a clone of the M1911A1 for civilian purchase every bit the M1911A1 and the high-chapters NP-30, as well 9mm variants the NP-28 and NP-29. China has too manufactured conversion kits to chamber the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round following the Korean War.[54] [ page needed ]
As of 2013, the pistol is made under license[ citation needed ] instead of copying with Colt manufacturing machinery, due to an agreement betwixt Norinco and Colt in order to cease Norinco from producing the Norinco CQ burglarize. Importation into the U.s.a. was blocked by trade rules in 1993 just Norinco nevertheless manages to import the weapon into Canada and successfully adopted by IPSC shooters, gunsmiths and firearms enthusiasts at that place considering of the cheaper cost of the pistol than the other M1911s.[ citation needed ]
  • The German Volkssturm used captured M1911s at the end of World War II under the weapon lawmaking P.660(a), in which the letter of the alphabet 'a' refers to "Amerika", the weapon's country of origin.[55]
  • Norway used the Kongsberg Filly which was a license-produced variant and is identified by the unique slide catch. Many Spanish firearms manufacturers produced pistols derived from 1911, such equally the STAR Model B, the ASTRA 1911PL, and the Llama Model IX, to proper name only a few.[56]
  • Argentine Navy received 1,721 M1911 between 1914 and 1919.[57] 21,616 were received for Argentine Armed Forces between 1914 and 1941. Later, some ex-U.s. Navy Colts were transferred with ex-US ships.[58] Argentina produced under license some 102,494 M1911A1s as Model 1927 Sistema Colt, which eventually led to production of the cheaper Ballester–Molina, which resembles the 1911.[59]
  • The Military machine of the Philippines problems Mil-spec M1911A1 pistols as a sidearm to the special forces, war machine police, and officers. These pistols are generally produced past Filly, though some of them are produced locally by Armscor, a Philippine company specialized in making 1911-style pistols.
  • The Indonesian Army issued a locally produced version of the Filly M1911A1, chambered in .45 ACP along with the Pindad P1, the locally manufactured Browning Hi-Power pistol as the standard-issue sidearm.[ citation needed ]
  • In the 1950s, the Republic of China Army (Taiwan) used original M1911A1s, and the batches are now yet used by some forces. In 1962, Taiwan copied the M1911A1 as the T51 pistol, and it saw limited use in the Regular army. After that, the T51 was improved and introduced for consign every bit the T51K1. Now the pistols in service are replaced by locally-fabricated Beretta 92 pistols- the T75 pistol.[ citation needed ]
  • The Royal Thai Army and Royal Thai Law uses the Blazon 86, the Thai copy of the M1911 chambered in the .45 ACP round,[54] [ folio needed ]
  • The Turkish State Forces uses "MC 1911" Girsan made copy of M1911.[lx]
  • Numbers of Colt M1911s were used by the Royal Navy as sidearms during World State of war I in .455 Webley Automatic quotient.[19] The pistols were so transferred to the Royal Air Force where they saw use in limited numbers up until the end of World War 2 equally sidearms for aircrew in outcome of bailing out in enemy territory. The weapon also found apply among the British airborne, commandos, Special Air Service, and Special Operations Executive[xix]
  • Some units of the South Korean Air Force still employ these original batches equally officers' sidearms.

Current [edit]

Former [edit]

  • Argentina:[5] Manufactured M1911 pistols under license from 1945 to 1966 by Dirección Full general de Fabricaciones Militares.[ commendation needed ]
  • Austria[76]
  • Belgium[ citation needed ]
  • Canada: In both Earth Wars, Canadian officers had the option of privately purchasing their own sidearm and the M1911/M1911A1 was a popular choice. The joint Canadian-U.s. Outset Special Service Force (aka "The Devil'south Brigade") too used American infantry weapons, including the M1911A1.[77]
  • Republic of China (1912-1949)[78]
  • Cuba[4]
  • Republic of el salvador[79]
  • Estonia: replaced by USP pistols[80]
  • Ethiopian Empire: used past the Kagnew Battalion[ commendation needed ]
  • Finland: About 51,000 bought past Russian military from United States in years 1915–1917. Merely just relatively small number of these captured pistols ended up to hands of regime subsequently Finnish Civil War. Finnish military had about 120 pistols during World War 2, most of them were issued to field army.[81]
  • France: 5,500 M1911 received during World War I, especially for tank units, officers and trench raiders.[82] [83] Free French Forces received 19,325 Colts.[84] Known in French service as Pistolet automatique 11 mm 4 (C.45) (Automated pistol eleven.4mm (calibre .45)). Both M1911 and M1911A1 pistols were used.[85]
  • Autonomous Commonwealth of Georgia[86]
  • Kingdom of Laos: Received M1911A1s from United states during Laotian Ceremonious War (1955-1975).[87]
  • Luxembourg: In service with 1st Artillery Battalion 1963–1967.[88]
  • Nazi Germany: Used captured pistols during Earth War 2.[nineteen]
  • New Zealand: Used during WWII[89]
  • Japan: After World War II, the Japan Self-Defense Forces and Constabulary were provided 101,700 M1911A1s from the The states.[ninety] These were used until the 1980s.[91]
  • Netherlands: fifty received during World War I[57]
  • Kingdom of norway:[19] 700 received during World War I[57] Produced under license as Kongsberg Filly.
  • Poland: Shine Armed Forces in the West used pistols during World War Ii.[ commendation needed ]
  • Russian Empire: 51,000 purchased betwixt February 1916 and January 1917[57]
  • Shanghai International Settlement: Colt M1911 and M1911A1s were used past non-Chinese members of the Shanghai Municipal Police from 1926[92]
  • S Vietnam[xix]
  • Soviet Spousal relationship: Some M1911 pistols were captured during Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and used in Red Army.[93] [94] Extra 12,977 pistols were received as Lend-Lease during World War Two.[84] Conversion kits to sleeping room the seven.62×25mm Tokarev round are manufactured locally.
  • United Kingdom: Some M1911s chambered for .455 Webley Automatic were supplied to the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. Saw service amidst elite and special forces during WWII in .45 and .455. Mayhap all the same in use by UKSF.
  • Viet Cong: Rough clones used by VC guerrillas with some captured in the Vietnam War.[75]

Land firearm [edit]

On March xviii, 2011, the U.S. state of Utah—as a style of honoring M1911 designer John Browning, who was born and raised in the state—adopted the Browning M1911 every bit the "official firearm of Utah".[95]

Like pistols [edit]

  • AMT Hardballer
  • Ballester–Molina
  • Kimber Custom
  • Kongsberg Colt
  • Obregón pistol
  • Star Model BM

See too [edit]

  • List of U.S. Ground forces weapons past supply catalog designation (SNL B-six)
  • Solid Concepts 1911DMLS
  • Table of handgun and rifle cartridges

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Farther reading [edit]

  • Hogg, Ian V.; Walter, John (2004). Pistols of the World (4 ed.). David & Charles. p. 225. ISBN978-0-87349-460-1.
  • Thompson, Leroy (2004). Combat Handguns. Greenhill. ISBN9781853675768.
  • Thompson, Leroy (xx May 2011). The Colt 1911 Pistol. Weapon ix. Osprey Publishing. ISBN9781849084338.
  • Meadows, Edward Southward. U.S. Military machine Automatic Pistols: 1894–1920. Richard Ellis Publications, 1993.
  • The Bluejackets' Manual, 12th edition. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Found, 1944.
  • U.S. Army Ordnance Section (1917). Description of the Automated Pistol, Caliber .45, Model of 1911, with Rules for Direction, Memoranda of Trajectory, and Clarification of Ammunition. Washington: U.S. Regime Printing Office. Official U.S. Army clarification of the original Model 1911 pistol and its .45 ACP armament.

External links [edit]

  • Colt Model 1911 folio on Sam Lisker'due south Colt Automatic Pistols site (coltautos.com)
  • The M1911 Mag FAQ
  • The Thompson-LaGarde Cadaver Tests of 1904
  • M1911 Pistols Organization main folio, Detailed blithe drawing of all operational parts and Syd'southward 1911 Notebook on M1911.org
  • Exploded-View Diagram of an M1911 from American Rifleman
  • Black Army Colt 1911
  • Colt Model 1911A1 pistol (infographic tech. drawing)

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