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Colt is offering vintage ‘Black Army’ M1911 pistols to a handful of lucky buyers
2020 The Colt Model 1911 .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol that John Browning dreamed up more than a century ago remains on of the most beloved sidearms in U.S. military history. Hell, there’s a ...
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OSS Liberator: The Weirdest .45 ACP Pistol?
What firearms are synonymous with the .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge and World War II? This question brings three things to mind: If you answered the legendary M1911-A1 single-action ...
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The Maligned Handgun and Cartridge that Spawned the .45 ACP Autopistol
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the legendary M1911 single-action semiautomatic pistol and its .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces ...
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An Outlaw's Arsenal
A pistol fired point blank at the back of his ... the weapon of choice was the Colt .45 Peacemaker, which combined the bullet, gunpowder, and percussion cap in one cartridge and was therefore ...
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Breathe easy: America’s top commander in Afghanistan still holsters his .45 caliber pistol
45 caliber pistol: Army Gen. Austin Miller has not abandoned his M1911A1 for a newer, younger Glock 19. Miller, who leads all U.S. troops in Afghanistan, has used the .45 as his general officer ...