2020 8:38 AM EST 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.

45 Colt, and it had a six-shot cylinder, along with a 7.5" barrel. "First of all, it's a simple gun. It basically uses the lock work of the, you know, Dragoons and '51 Navys and '60 Armys ...

As one historian said fittingly, “It was the gun that won the West.” Of the many firearms made for the .45 Colt, probably one of the most famous is the Colt Single Action Army, better known as ...

Shortly after, the Army also began to use the Colt SAA around 1873. In 1875, S&W got a contract to outfit the U.S. military with new and improved Model 3 Schofield revolvers, with the caveat that the ...

1825 ca. - Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms.

Colt's 2000 model, an attempt to compete with the Glock 17, faced extraction issues and poor sales. -Lastly, the CIA's Deer ...

The M9 is a lightweight, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta and designed to replace the M1911A1 .45 caliber pistol and .38 caliber revolvers. The Beretta M9 has redundant automatic ...

A decade ago, pistol red dots were little more than a novelty for the average shooter. If you weren’t trying to achieve dominance at the Steel Challenge while shooting something like a tricked-out ...

Simple, elegant, no frills and—in the case of our test gun—possessing satin-finished stainless steel and no iron sights. Blued-steel models (shown) are also available, as are synthetic-stocked ...

This revised Colt is a big improvement on the previous model. Mitsubishi’s stylists have done a great job integrating the Evo X’s bold nose with the supermini’s shape, and it really stands ...

a public defender representing Colt Gray ... He then checked to see if the gun he had given Colt Gray for Christmas was in the house and found it missing. When Barrow County sheriff’s officers ...

He then checked to see if the gun he had given Colt Gray for Christmas was in the house and found it missing. When Barrow County Sheriff’s officers arrived at the Gray home, Colin Gray behaved ...