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