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Made in various calibers, the .45 Colt version with a 5½" barrel, was adopted by the U.S. Armed Forces as the Model 1909. [1] The Colt M1917 revolver was created to supplement insufficient stocks of M1911 pistols during World War I. [2] It was simply a New Service re-chambered to take the .45 ACP cartridge and used half-moon clips to hold the ...
The M1909 was an improvement on the Colt Model 1907, which was an earlier design by Browning chambered in .45 ACP that was turned down by the United States Department of War due to several issues, including constant jamming. In August 1909, Browning demonstrated his new automatic to Lieutenant Colonel Thompson by firing 500 rounds through it ...
The .45 Colt (11.43×33mmR), often called the .45 Long Colt, is a rimmed straight-walled handgun cartridge dating to 1872.It was originally a black-powder revolver round developed for the Colt Single Action Army revolver.
1909 356000 Colt M1917 revolver: Revolver: Sidearm: Double action, rotating cylinder United States: Colt.45 ACP, .45 Auto Rim: 1917 1.1 Smith & Wesson M1917 revolver:
1889-1909 Colt M1892: Colt's Manufacturing Company.38 Long Colt.41 Long Colt: 6 United States: 1892-1908 Colt Model 1905 Marine Corps: Colt's Manufacturing Company.38 S&W United States: 1905-1909 Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.31 ball/conical bullet 5 United States: c. 1847–1873
The complaints caused the U.S. Army to hurriedly issue stocks of .45 caliber revolvers, and played a central role in its decision to replace the M1892 with the .45 Colt M1909 New Service revolver in 1909.
The Colt Model 1910 was a prototype .45 ACP caliber automatic pistol developed by John Browning as an improvement of the earlier Colt Model 1909, which was rejected by the United States Department of War due to the Cavalry's belief that the design was too complicated for use by enlisted men, and because it lacked a safety mechanism. The M1910 ...
This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name. Data values are the highest found for the cartridge, and might not occur in the same load (e.g. the highest muzzle energy might not be in the same load as the highest muzzle velocity, since the bullet weights can differ between loads).