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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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I am looking for some small parts to finish a US&S 1911A1 - need a safety, grip safety, barrel bushing, mag release and trigger. pistol is an "AA"...
Is this possible to be correct? Gun is 98% Parko-Lubrite finish, obviously original and the barrel is in matching condition and wear to the gun. ...
I dropped by the LGS for a looksee, and hanging in the shadows I spied a 1911 with serial number 156xxx. It is in remarkably good shape, I'd say...
I'm Kohavis from Colorado. I just arrived here and hope to learn here as well as offer help to others looking for answers. I own an original WW2...
Just got back from an old Gunsmith that eats and breaths 45 auto..Fixed 4 problems and put in a buffer free...I have fired 50 rounds thru it and it...
Please recommend 1911 mags and best place to buy...Charlie
Where to buy one?...Charlie What about here? Are they really G.I. Slide Stop, .45 ACP, Extended, Replacement, Checkered Blued Gun Parts |...
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...
I am very new to service 1911's so looking for guidance. My local pawn dealer got in 2 1911A1's yesterday. 1 Ithaca & 1 colt. I Have a 1918 1911...
Good day gentlemen, I have a 1914 Colt M1911 which is 45 serial numbers into the stint of GHS. This one has been refinished in green parkerizing...
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...
The Savage Model 1911 prototype is the rarest Savage trials pistol ever produced. It was Savage's final attempt and incorporated all the...
I was wondering if there is a SRS database for 1911 pistols? If there is, and anyone has access to it, would it be possible to check and see if there...
I was pretty impressed with the work done to this old pistol. I'm confident the refinish wasn't done as a restoration, but simply to clean up the...
Will the parts for a govt. 1911 and a Ruger 1911 interchange? Charlie
Picked this up from a friend today. He bought several pieces recently and this was one of them...all from the same fellow. Granted, I prefer high...
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...
1942 Colt M1911A1 798021 This pistol is all original and unaltered. It was shipped June 1942. It was shipped in the last shipment of Colt pistols...
Need a good 1911.......copy ....Argentine or ruger...Just want it to work like my other G.I. 1911....Charlie
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....
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