It has been 100 years since Mr. Browning designed the most famous pistol in the history of the United States Armed Forces. The Colt 1911 has fought for freedom everywhere we could tote one of them. Sure wish I could afford one of these:
http://www.coltsmfg.com/Catalog/Colt...aryModels.aspx
I know that many of you carried them into combat for our freedom. I thank you, Mr. Browning and Colt for your devotion to our liberties.
Mr. Browning had a good idea on what he was trying to accomplish for each of the firearms he designed. The list is too long to include here but the M2 Machine Gun remains in service.
The 1911 is the finest combat/self defense pistol ever made. I like the ANVIII the best. Bare-bones & business focused.
That is a nice piece. I agree, wish I could buy one. Guess I'll stick with my Colt Huntsman .22
Nice piece. Colt makes great firearms. Love my .45 ACP Gold Cup.
Eric,
I love the Colt .45. Carried one as a sidearm through all my tours in Nam and other places. Hated to see it replaced with a 9mm. I'm with Joe, though, the ANVIII is the model I'd go for, and for the same reasons. Bare bones and all business.
Colt .45 ACP, because shooting twice is just silly.
REE
I own one, belonged to my father. Works fine every time.
Larry ---sagefisher---
Ditto. Although I can't hit the side of a barn with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by sagefisher
I would agree that it's a US military iconic weapon.
I LOVE mine and CAN hit the side of a barn if large enough. It was my fave untill the S&W 44 mag. REE once said it best " there's nothing like the feel of a 1911 in your hand" ( I'm sure he said that in some "haste" and if given more time................... :))
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...debaker-23.jpg
Mark
PS: AS in a fsihing report, a post without pics is just a post.
Marco,
If I didn't say that, I sure as heck should have. There is nothing like the feel of a 1911 in your hand, especially after carressing that trigger and feeling the recoil.
I've had mine (Okay, the Army's) in mud, rice paddies, etc and it still fired first time, every time. I don't know about hitting a barn, side or front, but at 35 yards I know I used to be able to hit a North Viet Namese soldier center of mass with one. Like I said, shooting more than once is just silly.
REE
REE,
You DID say that when I posted my purchase of this gem about 2 years ago.
Mark
If you are looking for more of a workhorse model 1911, give these folks a try....
http://www.springfield-armory.com/armory.php
Brad
Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Jesse
Oh Uncle Jesse the "Ma Deuce" was what I humped when I was with the ground elements. I am and was a large human. Then large, lean, mean, tough and good looking. Now large, fat, mean and ugly. Oh well what the years do to us.;-)
For the lovers of the Ma Deuce M2 Browning Machine Gun you will like this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uMRu...eature=related
Ron,
Unfortunately as an enlisted air crew member I was issued a snub nosed Smith and Wesson .38 Special revolver. Now if you happen to find out what flavor of liquor your armorer likes to drink a Model 1911 will magically appear with your weapon number on it. Strange how that happens.:D
Eric,
In the units I was with, getting your weapon of choice was never a problem, even AK-47's and SKS's. Confuses the other guys when you shoot at them with their weapons. We always had plenty of guns, bullets, grenades, bayonets and such. Matter of fact, we had pretty much anything we needed when it comes to fighting a war.
REE
I started my daughter, Ally, off with Mr. Browning's "other" design when she was five...
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...ALLYBHP-1-.jpg
I let her start using this when she was about twelve...
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...OLTCCSS-1-.jpg
Guess which one she wants to wear on her hip when we go out in the desert...???
PT/TB:p
Attachment 9034
This says it all !!
The 45 ACP is a truly wonderful piece. I currently own a SA 1911 and was lucky enough to be issued one of these instead of the 9mm when the military switched over:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEU(SOC)_pistol
One of these days I'll "pull the trigger" and get my stock 1911 dressed up.
Nighthawk, one evening after some beverages were consumed, a buddy of mine convinced a supply-type to issue him a hand receipt for a "personal problem, one ea."Quote:
Originally Posted by Nighthawk
Back then it was not uncommon for one of the ranks to be told, "That sounds like a personal problem, soldier! Did the Army issue you a personal problem?! Do you have a hand receipt for a personal problem?!"
The eventual result of Chuck's hand receipt was as inevitable as it was amusing. :)
(The icing on the cake was that the hand receipt couldn't be confiscated... until he returned the personal problem. A more clever, less stunned victim of this prank would have turned it around, with interest. But Chuck wasn't too dense and played his card at the right time and on the right person.)
Ed
Ron,
Never lacked firepower in an Air Cav Attack Helicopter unit or the Field Artillery unit I served with!;-) Door gunning in a UH-1H is an experience that one has to live. Same as bringing all that firepower of the Cobra to bear or beating feet to get the heck out of the way of the fast movers you just called in to take out target. My normal office was the front left seat of an OH-58C Kiowa once I became an Aerial Observer.
Used to be amazed watching the guys so their thing on a fire mission with the 105mm howitzers. I liked doing hip shoots myself but as I was the truck driver for the base piece I would like them.
EdD,
Now that is too funny!:-D
Now that is raising them the right way! My bet is she is a bullseye shooter with either one.Quote:
Originally Posted by planettrout
I agree with all above. And I love the Colt Gov Issue .45 that I have here. The finest handgun ever built.
NJTroutbum,
"here" being where???
Mark
Meaning in my collection :)
John Moses Browning was one of the greatest Americans of all time and one of our greatest patriots. Did you know that in the 1st World War, he donated the patients for several of his firearms to the government?
Winchester turned down his gas operated shotgun, the FN/Browning Auto 5 shotgun, also Remington Model 11, because it didn't have lever!!
Read the book on Browning: John M. Browning, American gunmaker; a illustrated biography of the man and his guns by John Browning, Curt Gentry Most libraries have it. The chapter of the .45 ACP is great!
The lists below don't even begin to touch on his handguns.
The following are a few comments copied from: http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=185879
Several of John Moses Browning’s most notable guns:
The Winchester Model 1887 lever-action repeating shotgun;
The Winchester Model 1894 lever-action repeating rifle;
The Winchester Model 1897 pump-action repeating shotgun;
The Browning Auto-5 semi-automatic shotgun of 1902;
The Browning M1910 semi-automatic handgun;
The Colt Model 1911 semi-automatic handgun;
The Model 1917 water-cooled machine gun;
The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) of 1918;
The Browning M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun of 1921.
Patents
• U.S. Patent 220,271 Winchester 1885 single-shot, Browning’s first patent
• U.S. Patent 306,577 Winchester 1886 and Model 71 lever action rifles
• U.S. Patent 336,287 Winchester Model 1887/1901 lever action shotgun
• U.S. Patent 385,238 Winchester 1890 pump action rifle
• U.S. Patent 441,390 Winchester 1893 and 1897 pump action shotguns
• U.S. Patent 465,339 Winchester 1892 lever action rifle
• U.S. Patent 524,702 Winchester 1894 lever action rifle
• U.S. Patent 544,657 Colt 1895 machine gun
• U.S. Patent 549,345 Winchester 1895 lever action rifle
• U.S. Patent 580,924 Colt 1900 automatic pistol
• U.S. Patent 632,094 Winchester 1900 bolt action single shot .22 rifle
• U.S. Patent 659,507 FN/Browning Auto 5 shotgun, also Remington Model 11
• U.S. Patent 659,786 Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle.
• U.S. Patent 678,937 Browning Model 1917 machine gun
• U.S. Patent 747,585 Colt 1903 automatic pistol
• U.S. Patent 781,765 Stevens 520 pump action shotgun
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The following is the complete listing of all the various Models built by Winchester using a Browning Patent with the number made;
1885 Single Shot Rifle (139,725)
1886 Lever Action Rifle (159,994)
1887 Lever Action Shotgun (64,855)
1890/90 Slide Action Rifle (approx. 849,000)
1892/92 Lever Action Rifle (1,004,067)
1893 Slide Action Shotgun (34,050)
1894/94 Lever Action Rifle (more than 9.5 million)
1895/95 Lever Action Box Magazine Rifle (425,881)
1897/97 Slide Action Shotgun (1,024,700)
1900 Bolt Action Single Shot Rimfire Rifle (105,000)
1901/01 Lever Action Rifle (13,500)
1902/02 Bolt Action Single Shot Rimfire Rifle (640,299)
1904/04/04A Bolt Action Single Shot Rimfire Rifle (302,859)
1906/06 Slide Action Rifle (848,000)
1918 Automatic Rifle (47,123)
36 Bolt Action Single Shot Shotgun (20,306)
41 Bolt Action Single Shot Shotgun (22,146)
53 Lever Action Rifle (15,110)
55 Lever Action Rifle (20,580)
58 Bolt Action Single Shot Rimfire Rifle (38,992)
59 Bolt Action Single Shot Rimfire Rifle (9,293)
60 Bolt Action Single Shot Rimfire Rifle (165,754)
60A Bolt Action Single Shot Rimfire Target Rifle (6,118)
62/62A Slide Action Rifle (409,475)
64 Lever Action Rifle (66,783)
65 Lever Action Rifle (5,704)
71 Lever Action Rifle (47,254)
9422 Lever Action Rimfire Rifle (2,000,000+)
9410 Lever Action .410 Shotgun (unknown at present)
In all, Winchester manufactured over 18,000,000 firearms based on Browning patents. When you take into account all of the various Colt, Remington, Savage/Stevens, FN, and military contract machine guns made using Browning patents, the numbers are absolutely staggering. Without John M. Browning's tremendous accomplishments and influence, the history of firearms manufacture in America would have be vastly different and lacking.
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Don't forget the Remington 24 & 241 semi-auto .22
Didn't Remington start producing this Browning design in the 20's only to have Browning take it over in the 50's. It is basically the same design produced by Browning today.
Any of the above are some of the best .22's ever made!
Back in the early 80's I purchased the new Colt "Combat Government"model,It was made on the last 50 70's series gold cup frames. They put pachmeyr wrap around Colt medallion grips with a slightly shortened hammer And a modified grip safety. It had the long trigger and tall drift adjustable rear
site and a tall front site. they put in a better quality barrel bushing for lots of full power combat loads,also a stiffer main spring also a parkerized type flat black on the top of the slide. One caveat was the relatively stiff trigger. It was an early attempt I believe to get into the combat/practical pistol game. Mine was the tenth one out of the batch according to the dealer-not numbered as such so I really don't know. Still have it and do still legally carry it at need. Love shooting it.
Flickfly.
You actually carry a CC 1911????. You must be awfly FATTT to not "print" your "concealed" weapon.
Mark
PS: "print" means a profile , imprint , bulge of a concealed carry weapon under clothing.
PS again, I forgot the "smiley" after the "FATTT" :)
With the right holster....AND the right shirt or jacket, it can be done with a full size Gubmint issue. But certainly not during T-shirt weather. :)
That's why they made this:Quote:
Originally Posted by NJTroutbum
http://www.detonicsdefense.com/#!products/vstc2=fusion-grips
PT/TB :p
I'm short & chunky & I look natural in long baggy summer shirts & pants. also pancake /flat or "gun loop" on belt type leather.
While I do shoot and train with a Beretta M96 this sweet baby is my dream gun...
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/a...achmentid=9040
Be safe and keep your powder dry...
Steve