Oooohrah!!<<
It's good to be proud of Connecticut again and the great Sam Colt. Heaven knows we need the business in this dreadful economy..
Posted on 08/20/2012 9:43:40 AM PDT by Daffynition
WEST HARTFORD — — The newest Colt .45-caliber pistol is touted for its durability and design.
It is tested to make sure it can be dropped in water, covered in mud, immersed in sand or ice or left in a dust storm — and still be able to get off a round when you pull the trigger.
"Virtually, it's indestructible," said Casimir Pawlowski, who works in international sales and technical sevices for Colt Defense LLC. "You can drive over these things with a Humvee and they're still gonna work. It's like a brick that shoots bullets."
(Excerpt) Read more at articles.courant.com ...
Wrong, please see the Colt advertisement in an early 20th century American Rifleman ad, that I posted in 13.
I love the old 1911 but this is crazy. Unless they added a glock style breech block, and a hi-power style linkless barrel, and a trigger with a second strike capability, and a polymer grip frame, then they are nuts.
Question: Have you ever seen a 1911 that didn’t have a hammer?
There are some very good replicas coming from the Phillipines, under the Rock Island brand. I have one and it shoots like the authentic Colt I sold for money to build ARs. The RI was around $350 new, IIRC. I want a stainless with upgraded sights next.
We finally have something in common.
Most military weapons have a hammer. The M14, M16 and the AK47 have hammers. As for the 1911 Its formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original Model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1.
so did I.
Thanks for the info. The Rock Island armory provided great guns for a long time is the company you referenced associated with the armory?
Obama brought in gays, cuts in military, but he is bringing in the Colt...I guess you are thrilled.
In boot camp we weren’t allowed to leave off the “A1” when reciting nomenclature.
Like I’ve said before. A friends father who taught me how to really shoot was a long time member of the U.S. Army Rifle Team, and his personal carry weapon was a Ruger Mark III. I have no doubt that if he shot anyone with it, they’d be deader than a door nail.
Oooohrah!!<<
It's good to be proud of Connecticut again and the great Sam Colt. Heaven knows we need the business in this dreadful economy..
No it does not. The 45, which I also qualified on, was actually a Model M1911 45 caliber pistol. It used a .45 acp (Automatic Colt Pistol) round. This is a specific weapon and round. A pistol can be an automatic, semi-automatic, revolver or single shot. Shotguns come in single shot, doubles (over under/side by side) semi-automatic and automatic.
I understand Colt presents a pair of 1911s to every president....and that Billy-Boy Clinton was the only prez to refuse them. Figures.
Not wrong see #33.
The only issue with .45’s is that many women and a few men do not have the hand strength / length of finger to properly control a 1911 in .45 ACP. Since there is a need to standardize ammunition, the only way you can compensate is to either:
1) go back to issuing .38s to females
2) order the .45 as a compensated model
Qualified expert back in ‘83 with a 1911 that was so warn it barely stayed together. You could shake the pistol and have the slide rattle.
My dad has a Spanish American War Colt 45.
Squeezing rounds off that pistol requires serious effort and affects your aim.
I've only shot 22 caliber semi pistols.
The trigger on a semi-auto is much lighter, the fire rate is two or three times faster, and there's no hammer.
Is that not the case on large caliber semi-auto pistols?
I see nothing there that refutes Colt’s own advertisement. Colt called it the Colt Automatic Pistol, and no, none of pistols in the Colt Automatic lineup were full auto.
At media’s whim, the pistol will morph from an “automatic” to an “assault-style weapon,” depending on the gun control needs of the article.
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