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The Colt Delta Elite is a modified series 80 M1911 pistol chambered for the 10mm Auto cartridge. It was first introduced in 1987 by the Colt's Manufacturing Company. [1]The Delta Elite is credited as being the first firearm produced by a major manufacturer to chamber the 10mm.
Colt Commander: Colt's Manufacturing Company: 9×19mm Parabellum.38 Super.45 ACP United States: 1950–present Colt Delta Elite: Colt's Manufacturing Company: 10mm Auto United States: 1987–1996 (Gen 1) 2009–present (Gen 2) Colt M1911: Colt's Manufacturing Company.45 ACP United States: 1911–present (Model 1911A1 introduced 1924) Colt Model ...
Colt 2000; Colt Ace; Colt Commander; Colt Delta Elite; Colt M1900; Colt M1902; Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer; Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless; Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket; Colt Model 1909; Colt Model 1910; Colt Mustang; Colt Mustang XSP; Colt Officer's ACP; Colt OHWS
The Canadian company Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco) licensed production of a rifle (Colt Model 715) and carbine (Colt Model 725), but later went on to produce an entire line of AR-15/M16 pattern weapons developed independently. In May 2005, Colt's Manufacturing Company acquired Diemaco, and the name was changed to Colt Canada.
The .40 S&W (10.2×22mm) is a rimless pistol cartridge developed jointly by American firearms manufacturers Smith & Wesson and Winchester in 1990. [3] The .40 S&W was developed as a law enforcement cartridge designed to duplicate performance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) reduced-velocity 10mm Auto cartridge which could be retrofitted into medium-frame (9 mm size) semi ...
Colt is known for the engineering, production, and marketing of firearms, especially during the century from 1850 through World War I, when it dominated its industry and was a seminal influence on manufacturing technology. Colt's earliest designs played a major role in the popularization of the revolver and the shift away from single-shot ...
The result from Colt was the Model 1905 and the new .45 ACP cartridge. The original round that passed the testing fired a 200-grain (13 g ) bullet at 900 ft/s (274 m/s), but after a number of rounds of revisions between Winchester Repeating Arms , Frankford Arsenal , and Union Metallic Cartridge , it ended up using a 230-grain (15 g) bullet ...
The Colt Double Eagle was a double-action / single action, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company between 1989 and 1997. It was available in standard full-size, as well as in more compact versions. It featured a decocking lever, and was chambered for several calibers. The family of models was known as the Series 90.