45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces’ standard-issue sidearm following the failures of the Army’s .38 Long Colt revolvers during the fight against the Moro ...

45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge and World War II ... Over a million of these single-shot pistols were produced during a mere two-month span from June 1942 to August 1942, and their ...

As the original manufacturer of John Browning’s iconic M1911 handgun, over the past century, Colt's Manufacturing ... that cartridge and the classic .45 ACP. While the non-optics ready versions ...

36 caliber 1851 Navy Colt revolver. This gun was named for its inventor ... the weapon of choice was the Colt .45 Peacemaker, which combined the bullet, gunpowder, and percussion cap in one ...

45 Colt single action. Their one return shot only went through a transom window over Bill's head as he entered the saloon. The .22-caliber sixguns and semiauto pistols are useful for just one ...

COLT M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge ... 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols in military contracts during ...