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Colt M1911
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semi-automatic pistol with caliber .45, standard service pistol of the US Army from 1911 to 1985; produced also by a large number of other weapons companies apart from original manufacturer Colt
Key facts
- Type
- Semi-automatic pistol
- Place of origin
- United States
- In service
- 1911–present
- Used by
- See Users
- Designer
- John Browning
- Designed
- 1911 (Model 1911) 1924 (Model 1911A1)
- Manufacturer
- Colt Manufacturing Company , Smith & Wesson , Norinco , other companies
- Unit cost
- $26.38 (1938), equal to $603 now
- Produced
- 1911–present
- Number span no built
- 2,734,345 (produced by Colt) , 4,294,345 (total including licensed copies)
- Variants
- M1911A1 M1911A2 FN Grand Browning RIA Officers Kongsberg Colt MEU(SOC) pistol
- Mass
- 39 oz (1,100 g ) empty, with magazine
- Length
- 8.5 in (216 mm)
- Barrel length
- Government model: 5.03 in (127 mm) Commander model: 4.25 in (108 mm) Officer model: 3.5 in (89 mm)
- Cartridge
- .45 ACP , .455 Webley Auto (British Contract), .38 Super , 9x19mm Parabellum , 7.65mm Parabellum , 9mm Steyr , .400 Corbon , others
- Action
- Short recoil operation
- Muzzle velocity
- 830 ft/s (253 m/s)
- Effective firing range
- 50 m (160 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- pistol
- Country of origin
- United States
- Mass
- 1.12
- Manufacturer
- Colt's Manufacturing Company
- Designed by
- John Browning
- Conflict
- Syrian civil war
- Image
- American officer and French partisan crouch behind an auto during a street fight in a French city.in 1944 - NARA - 531322 (strong crop).tif
- Height
- 135
- Width
- 30
- Length
- 216
- Has use
- service rifle
Show 10 more facts
- muzzle velocity
- 253
- Commons gallery
- M1911
- service entry
- 1911-01-01
- ammunition
- .45 ACP
- total produced
- 2700000
- Commons category
- M1911 pistol
- derivative work
- LAR Grizzly Win Mag
- name in native language
- M1911 pistol
- depicted by
- Apocalypse Now
- caliber
- 45
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Colt M1911 (also known as 1911, Colt 1911, Colt .45, or Colt Government in the case of Colt-produced models) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered primarily for the .45 ACP cartridge.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colt M1911” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.