•the world’s most respected handgun

Finest Pistol Design of All Time

• The World’s Most Respected Handgun

Some Designs Change

1900 Daimler 2021 Mercedes

Some Designs Change

Wright Bros. F-35

Some Designs Change

1900 Speedos 2021 Bikini

John Moses Browning

John Moses Browning

John Moses Browning

John Moses Browning

Early Ideas

Colt 1904 Colt 1907

Colt 1910

The Venerable 1911

The Venerable 1911

Why .45 ACP?

Colt M1892

.38 Long Colt

Why .45 ACP?

Philippine-American War 2-4-1899 to 7-2-1902

Many factions continued to fight.

Moro insurgents finally defeated in 1913

Why .45 ACP?

Thompson-LaGarde

tests of 1904

Shot cadavers and livestock

Concluded .45 or larger

best for future sidearms

Why .45 ACP?

.45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)

Rimless straight-walled cartridge

Designed by J.M. Browning in 1904

Why .45 ACP?

Why .45 ACP?

Pancho Villa

3/9/1916 Villa attacks

Columbus, New Mexico

and Camp Furlong

Wilson orders Pershing

into Mexico to capture

Villa

Pancho Villa

M1903 rifles and M1911’s

used in the

Punitive Expedition

1911 in World War One

Charged by 6 German soldiers

and out of rifle ammo, York

used his 1911 and killed them all

with one magazine.

World War One Relic

Would you

take this to

the range? WW1

Springfield

1911 becomes 1911A1

Frame cutaway

Arched housing

Parkerized vice blue

Extended grip safety

Trigger moved back

1911A1 in World War 2

A pristine Singer

last sold at auction

for $414,000

1911A1 in World War 2

Teacup grip?

1911A1 in World War 2

A Browning design

victory!

1911A1 in World War 2

RHIP

1943-1945

1972-1981

Issued to

General

Officers

1911A1 in World War 2

Crew of the Enola Gay

1911A1 in the Korean War

Always keep the bottle

pointed in a safe

direction!

1911A1 in Vietnam

ARVN Advisor Tunnel Rat

1911A1 in Vietnam

S&W 5 shot .38 Airweight

1911A1 Replacement

Beretta M9

adopted in 1985

Many units

continue to use

the 1911 to this

Day.

Modern Day

Rock Island

Armscor

Philippines

Tisas

SDS

Turkey

Around $450 to $500

Modern Day

Sig Spartan II

S&W 1911

Around $900 - $1400

Modern Day

2016 - Cabot Guns pair of 1911’s from a meteorite.

Only $4.5 million for the pair.

Modern Day

Jerry Miculek

gets off 7 rounds

from a 1911A1

made in 1925

in under 1 second

Modern Day

Arsenal

2011

Italy

20 rounds in 1.5 seconds

$5999.00 on Gunbroker.com

And the Winner is……

And the Winner is……

True Confession

1 August 1963

True Confession

True Confession

True Confession

I was given a few helpful hints!

Redemption 2020

Civilian Marksmanship

Program Auctions

Redemption 2020

First .45 ACP shots

for me in 56 years.

First shots for the 1911

in 75 years.

1 inch group with

2 “outliers” at 7 yards

When .45 isn’t enough

THAT’S ALL, FOLKS!