(_Taylor's_& 23:22 1884 Tacticool_ Silver & Fletcher's _Exp 10:54 A Japanese Officer's Pistol_ The Baby Na 13:10 A Mystifying 3-Barrel Percussion Shotgun 06:09 A Rifle for International Competition_ t 08:23 A Unique Pre-WWI Custom Combination Gun 08:44 AAI 2nd Gen SPIW Flechette...
Political pressure through the late 1970s grew for replacing the M1911A1 with a pistol firing NATO's standard 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge. The U.S. Air Force selected the Baretta 92S-1. The Army disagreed, and its own competition in 1981 led to the official adoption in 1985 of the Baretta...
(_Taylor's_& 23:22 1884 Tacticool_ Silver & Fletcher's _Exp 10:54 A Japanese Officer's Pistol_ The Baby Na 13:10 A Mystifying 3-Barrel Percussion Shotgun 06:09 A Rifle for International Competition_ t 08:23 A Unique Pre-WWI Custom Combination Gun 08:44 AAI 2nd Gen SPIW Flechette...
or semi-automatic pistols, culminating with the weapon that won the competition and was subsequently adopted by all U.S. services as the U.S. Army Model of 1911. These pistols represented a completely different mechanical solution to the problem of designing a repeating handgun. ...
As a ffl of 35 years, I’ll make an educated guess that the new python will never change the market for well maintained originals. Just as the original 1911s and first generation SSA’s have continued to increase in demand and price, the original pythons will also. SAA’s that once sol...
1911, Colt, competition, Competition Model 70 1911, Gun Review, News, Uncategorized July 10, 2024 Gun Review: Colt’s Series 70 Competition Pistol There is a great deal of storied history surrounding the 1911. Much of this history is backed up by military records not to mention ...
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Some of the features we take for granted today were true innovations in their day. Colt's Police Positive was quite a revolver when introduced, one that gave all others stiff competition because it incorporated a positive internal hammer block that allowed six cartridges to be loaded safely. ...