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COMBAT FIRING WITH HAND GUNS - Department of Defense 1944 - PIN 20504 - CORRECT GRIPS; THREE BASIC FIRING POSITIONS; FIRING QUICKLY AND INSTINCTIVELY.
TM 9-1295 U.S. Pistols & Revolvers - M1911, M1911A1 and S&W M1917 (1942) Ordnance Maintenance Manual War Department - November 9th, 1942 Format:...
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Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons (WWII U.S. Training Films) These combined videos demonstrate the mechanics of pistols, rifles and machine guns....
TM-43-0001-27 - Army Ammunition Data Sheets (1994) DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited....
Infantry Weapons and their Effects (WWII and Korean era U.S. Training Films) "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" is an official WWII era...
Small Arms Instructors Manual (1918) Compiled by the Small Arms Instruction Corps Format: 234 pages - E.P. Dutton @ Company, New York (1918) ...
Cleaning a Mil-Spec 1911-A1 Mouse Click on the film strip thumbnail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI33et_ar_I Cleaning a Mil-Spec...
Springfield Armoury 1911 Mil-Spec Disassembly/Assembly Mouse Click on the film strip thumbnail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufd6W1a2NHc...
1911 Handgun Assembly Animation Mouse Click on the film strip thumbnail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P4XJTKzKEU 1911 Handgun...
Blueprints and Specifications for the M1911A1 .45 Caliber Service Pistol (U.S. Ordnance Department blueprints dating from 1936 with revisions...
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A person I know was transporting two pistols to the Police to turn in for destruction. We discussed them and I offered to purchase them if they had...
Need a good 1911.......copy ....Argentine or ruger...Just want it to work like my other G.I. 1911....Charlie
Well, I got my Rock Island 1911A1 that I am going to carry as a duty weapon "out of jail" this morning. Decided that it had to be a little more...
Does anyone know where i can get a new rear sight for my 1914 Commercial Government Model? I'm in the UK. I want to replace a broken...
Here is a pretty neat pistol. It is one of the very last pistols to have an R.S. inspection mark and one of the first to have a W.B. inspection mark....
Was at a couple of Gun shops thursday and just as I was leaving spotted this.numbers matched including the barrel no number on the mag. a $550...
Looks to be all orig.
Today was a memorable day. My dad would have been 88 yrs. old today. We lost him a couple years ago. He was a WWII Marine Corps vet. He turned 18...
Going through some stuff in my den, and found my Fort Ord DA Form 2818, "Firearms Authorization Card" for my issue Remington Rand 1911A1, from...
I've purchased a cartridge, which looked similiar to those which were used for the Kongsberg .22 System. Comparing it to the Kongsberg cartridge, it...
Hello, any idea what was the holster for Russian Colt 1911??? K31/43
Most here have already seen this one, but was ask for pictures of early RR and figured I might as well post them for those that haven't seen it. ...
The first (50) Colt M1911 pistols were shipped 4 January 1912. Here are a couple photos of a pistol owned by a friend that was in that first...
I recently picked up a Rock Island Armory 1911A1 to carry as a duty sidearm (replacing my S&W model 469 9mm) for my high country "Critical...
We know what looks like the USGI kraft M1911A1 boxes of the five manufacturers from WWII, but I've never seen any M1911 US Army boxes of WWI. Are...
If you search the history of firearms, you would be hard pressed to find another weapon, especially a handgun, that has been in full utility and...
I have a Colt 1911 that I want to know year it was made. serial number is 266266 I bought it 30 years ago to have one. any one Know?
I have a question regarding an early (pinned, two-tone) unmarked magazine pictured below: The upper, normally bare steel portion of this type...
This is obviously not a 1911 holster. I have never seen one like it but it is obviously "Mills". It resembles somewhat the Mills holsters used by the...
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