Colt M1911

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Sometime during the early 1900s, the United States of America was searching for an automatic pistol to supply its military with, being a new firearm concept at the time. John Browning, an already prolific firearm designer, produced a pistol design that would be submitted by Colt's Manufacturing Company to directly compete with other tested handguns, including notable designs such as the Luger.

The M1911 would eventually succeed as the adopted choice of handgun for the US Military, and is notable for having been in standard use for the rest of the 20th Century with minimal change. It's also one of the final Colt pistols to have been used by the US Military, having been supplied with revolvers from the aforementioned company as early as the mid-19th Century.

It was chambered in .45 ACP with a 7-Round Magazine, but notably, was one of the first military pistols to allow chambering of an extra 8th round. Following its introduction, many automatic pistols from then to even the present day were inspired by this design and other pistols that Browning designed, such as the Browning Hi-Power. Within the US Military, it would remain in use with subtle changes until the 1980s, being superseded by the Beretta M9. Incredibly, only now is it being outdated by any means in the present day, even 100 years after its initial conception, making it one of the most legendary, iconic, and timeless firearms in history.

 

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Edited September 23, 2023 by TheLuigiNoidMan
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