Many companies manufactured the M1911 for the U.S. The new firearm was called the Colt M1911A1. After World War I, the military modified the M1911 design to optimize it for combat, adding a slightly larger ejection port, shortening the trigger, extending the grip safety tang to help prevent "slide bite", and adding an arched mainspring housing to allow the gun to better fit in the user's hand. During initial testing in the military trials, the M1911 fired 1,000 rounds flawlessly, becoming the first self-loading pistol to pass with a 100% grade. The end result was the M1911.īrowning sold the pistol to Colt, the first major company that would market the handgun. Browning had combined traits of his former pistols and built a prototype around the recently-developed. 45 caliber pistol was adopted into the U.S. Designed by John Moses Browning in 1910 with patent dates going as far back as 1897, the. The 1911 pistol is considered by many gun collectors and veterans to be the greatest self-loading pistol ever made and the grandfather of the modern handgun, which despite its age is still used alongside modern pistols today. Various capacities for clone copies.įire Modes: Semi-automatic (single action) 45 GAPĬapacity: 7+1 (original), 8, 9, 10, 15,(all single stack magazines for original M1911A1) 30-round drum. Various additional calibers in slide conversion units and clone copies including.
5.8 WE HiCapa 5.1 Full Metal Dragon Custom M1911 (Type B)Ĭaliber.The War Department got its handguns, serial number series S800001-S800500, but the company was unable to live up to the pace of 100 guns a day. The contract, Educational Order W-ORD-396, was a test to see if Singer could produce 100 guns a day, a number it thought was doable. War Department contracted the Singer Sewing Machine Company to build 500 1911A1s. So did the typewriter manufacturer Remington Rand. The Union Switch and Signal company, maker of railroad equipment, made the firearm. During World War I and World War II, companies that produced civilian machinery retooled to produce weapons, including the 1911. military from World War I to the 1980s, a remarkable longevity. 45 ACP ammunition and was the standard sidearm of the U.S. The slab-sided semi-automatic handgun holds seven rounds of. The M1911A1 handgun was designed by prolific arms developer John Moses Browning.
Military asked the company to build more complicated equipment instead. 45s on the eve of World War II, and their guns were so good the U.S. Perhaps the rarest of this common breed are those made by the Singer Corporation.īest known for manufacturing sewing machines, Singer produced a handful of. 45 caliber pistol, also known as the M1911A1, is one of the most iconic handguns ever made.
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