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The Colt M1911 in Slow-Mo!
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By: Jerry Miculek
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Jerry shows us some classic shooting techniques along with a brief History Lesson on a 90-year-old Colt 1911A1 pistol, manufactured before WWII in the year 1925. We also look at some high-speed footage of how the firearm works!
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The Colt M1911 pistol served as the official sidearm for the US Armed forces from 1911 and 1985. It is a 0.45 caliber semi-automatic, single-action, recoil operated, magazine fed pistol.
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Semi-automatic means it fires one round each time the trigger is pulled. Recoil operation is based on Newton’s third law of motion which says that there is an equal and opposite reaction for every action. So, when a bullet leaves the barrel, the hand holding the firearm feels strong recoil in the opposite direction.
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All firearms use four types of automatic operations. In recoil operation, the entire firearm doesn’t recoil upon firing the bullet. Only a sliding portion of the weapon is allowed to recoil while the rest of the weapon remains motionless with respect to the recoiling parts. The recoiling and non-recoiling parts are connected with a spring.
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Over 2.7 million of the M1911s and M1911A1s were produced. M1911 was designed in 1911, and the M1911A1 was designed in 1924. These hand guns were widely used as service pistols in WWI, WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War. In Persian Gulf War, War in Afghanistan and the Iraq war, there were non-standard usages of the Colt M1911s.
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These guns were not completely phased out even after the introduction of Beretta M9 due to the popularity of M1911s. M1991, a special variant of this handgun is still in use by some units of the US Navy, US Army Special Forces, and US Marine Corps.
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68,533 Colt M1911s were used by US forces during the WWI. Due to the expansion of the war, besides Colt, other firearms manufacturers also got the contracts to produce army weapons including the M1911. US Government procured 1.9 million M1911s and M1911A1s from different manufacturers during the WWII. M1911A1s were favored by both US and Allied combatants due to its smaller size.
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British commando units, British Special Operations Executive unit, and Commonwealth South African forces prized the M1911A1s during the WWII.
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By: Jerry Miculek
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Jerry shows us some classic shooting techniques along with a brief History Lesson on a 90-year-old Colt 1911A1 pistol, manufactured before WWII in the year 1925. We also look at some high-speed footage of how the firearm works!
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The Colt M1911 pistol served as the official sidearm for the US Armed forces from 1911 and 1985. It is a 0.45 caliber semi-automatic, single-action, recoil operated, magazine fed pistol.
.
Semi-automatic means it fires one round each time the trigger is pulled. Recoil operation is based on Newton’s third law of motion which says that there is an equal and opposite reaction for every action. So, when a bullet leaves the barrel, the hand holding the firearm feels strong recoil in the opposite direction.
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All firearms use four types of automatic operations. In recoil operation, the entire firearm doesn’t recoil upon firing the bullet. Only a sliding portion of the weapon is allowed to recoil while the rest of the weapon remains motionless with respect to the recoiling parts. The recoiling and non-recoiling parts are connected with a spring.
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Over 2.7 million of the M1911s and M1911A1s were produced. M1911 was designed in 1911, and the M1911A1 was designed in 1924. These hand guns were widely used as service pistols in WWI, WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War. In Persian Gulf War, War in Afghanistan and the Iraq war, there were non-standard usages of the Colt M1911s.
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These guns were not completely phased out even after the introduction of Beretta M9 due to the popularity of M1911s. M1991, a special variant of this handgun is still in use by some units of the US Navy, US Army Special Forces, and US Marine Corps.
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68,533 Colt M1911s were used by US forces during the WWI. Due to the expansion of the war, besides Colt, other firearms manufacturers also got the contracts to produce army weapons including the M1911. US Government procured 1.9 million M1911s and M1911A1s from different manufacturers during the WWII. M1911A1s were favored by both US and Allied combatants due to its smaller size.
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British commando units, British Special Operations Executive unit, and Commonwealth South African forces prized the M1911A1s during the WWII.
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