And thats why the army immediately adopted the cartridge after seeing it inaction. This is a storied debate, that generally ends with some agreement that the real determining fact is a shooters preference. The first was the t23m12 which was developed in late 1943. Nov 17, 2017 what is the best pistol caliber for selfdefense.
Find answers to your essential ammunition questions and a multitude of others in choosing handgun ammo. John browning is credited with having designed the. This beautifullycolored book is hardbound with over 350 pages. Army in 1873 and served as an official us military handgun cartridge for 14. It was originally a blackpowder revolver round developed for the colt single action army revolver.
Background, history, features and load data on the. Notice that no fighting force in history has gone into battle armed with pistols as their. John browning the genius firearm inventor of of the m1911 designed a. It was actually an adaptation of the remingtonpeters shot cartridge which had been used with the thompson smg prior to. With every purchase, donates to an organization that shares our values. After successful military trials, it was adopted as the standard chambering for colts m1911 pistol. Id place it in the must read category for anyone wanting to shoot andor reload this magnificent caliber.
The round originally fired a 200 grain bullet at 900 feet per second. The history of us military sidearms firing a metallic cartridge as opposed to cap and ball designs begins with the colt single action army saa which began service in 1873 and was chambered in. Sep 10, 2012 the legendary pistol comes in many packages from many manufacturers. Sweeny mentions a load book he is working on, but a few favorite loads should have been included in this book. Its got a higher hand position, enhanced grip texturing and thin slide for comfortable carry all day and unrelenting reliability when called upon. It is the cartridge that saw iwo jima, normandy, anzio, the tet offensive, korea and many other bloody places. Everything youve ever wanted to know about america. Cutshaw in 1898, at the end of the spanishamerican war, spain ceded the philippines to the united states, who quickly moved in to take over. The masterfully written reference cuts through the chatter of endless caliber and cartridge debates to deliver the stone cold facts on ammunition with the results of actual testing to back it up. Jan 24, 2011 the history of the 1911 pistol the model 1911. Pictures of cartridges and components of the cartridge.
This is a very good book for going into details on the. Feb 19, 2019 all i can say is that the us army sure seemed to like it ever since it was part of the original military spec requirements from 1905, along with what eventually became the us pistol, model 1911. Weve all heard about the 45 and its magnificent combat record. Note 1 headstamps often contain multiple pieces of information. I reloaded 100 rounds of 45acp using a 200 grain plated berry bullet. It was designed by the famous john browning in the early part of the 20th century. It is the cartridge that fueled the tommy gun, as well as other carbines. An honored veteran of two world wars, korea, vietnam and lesser conflicts across the globe, the.
By the middle of the first decade of the 20th century, colt was into development along with the genius designer of most of their handguns, john browning, of a. It was designed in 1904 by one of our most prolific firearms geniuses, the brilliant john moses browning, to be used in his newly designed colt semiautomatic pistol. Our nations military and law enforcement relied on. Headstamp codes international ammunition association. It was used in pistols and revolvers, as well as all typical yankee submachine guns m3, reisling. It was the round that drove the m1911, the standard united states army sidearm for more than 70 years, including both world wars and the vietnam war. If you own a handgun or carbine chambered for the big. All the goodies in johns book youre going to have to dig out for yourself. As the title implies, im looking for real world experiences with subject cartridge, but any and all are welcome. Today it remains as popular as ever with military, police and civilian shooters continuing to make this cartridge their choice for personal protection. Codes are listed by number codes, then in alphabetical order from a to z, followed by a list of suspect codes at the end.
Nearly any m1911 pistol and pistols of the same pattern can be converted to the. This was especially true in 2011 during the 100year anniversary of the gun and the. Jul 21, 2016 background, history, features and load data on the. However, im not at all sure that the m1911 wouldnt have been chambered for. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the enduring popularity of the. It would take nearly half a century more before that chapter of their history was fully played out. There were 2 different versions and 3 different names. John taffin covers the guns, shooting and loading for all. Dillons and other cartridge gauges are apparently made to minimum saami chamber specs, which only makes sense of course. One was in the hands of special agent charles winstead of the fbi when he led the team that took john dillinger off the streets of chicago. Army in 1873 and served as an official us military handgun cartridge for 14 years. The 1911 was designed with a new handgun cartridge.
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