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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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Anyone needing a Colt lanyard loop magazine with that pleasing been there, done that look? This isn't one of those safe queens. Original Colt 1911...
Since I have only the one collectable 1911 and at this point not (yet?) the compulsion to increase the flock, I haven't invested in The Book. So if...
This Government Model is out of the largest group of pistols delivered to the Argentine Navy during the 1930's, being one of 600 in a 1935 order. A...
1944 Colt M1903 560049 Original and unaltered. Colt Model 1903 No. 560049 shipped Aug. 11, 1944 to the O.S.S. and later purchased in Nanking,...
If you guys have read my m1 carbine thread and fighting knives, my uncle has just passed. He had many collectible colts/ WW1/ WW2/ Winchester etc...
Another one i didn't even know he had.. Enjoy 1912 Production Sieral NO 185X USN with matching slide... wow.. Anyone know who B.G. is?
Another one from my uncles collection 1911 A1 WW2 Union Switch Bore is VG+
Picked this up a couple of months ago for just $600. Appears to be (though I look forward to any corrections y'all may have!) a 1945 Remington Rand...
Hi Guys, I have a friend who wants to trade me a M1911 s/n 303350. He has 2 clips with it, a holster and web belt. However, the holster does not...
Just picked this one up a couple of weeks ago. No import marks.
The Argentine Navy was an early adopter of the new style Government Model patterned after the US M1911a1. They ordered 150 in 1924, of which 75 were...
I am looking at an early 1944 Remington Rand 1911A1 SN 15xxxxx. Should the slide stop be serrated or checkered or could it be either? No sign of...
I have had a few requests for information about the C marking on certain parts. I have a batch of parts made by Colt. This contract started in 1952...
I recently purchased a RR 1911 A1, from what I can tell it is mostly complete, except for the thumb safety, that appears to be from a Colt, anyone...
The first .45 ACPs for the Argentine Army were shiped in mid-1915. A block of 1000 pistols with sequential serial numbers, starting with 20000. (Or...
footage of the weapons they had Stock Footage - Ammunition inside Clyde Barrow's car in Bienville Parish, Louisiana
This early SM Ace has the first type slide marking and first style Stevens Adjustable rear sight. It's in really nice shape and was presented to LTC...
I suspect this one was built in early 1943, based on the parts. It's a little different than other cutaways I've got. It came from Remington Rand and...
A question was raised at the range last week between two owners of 1911-A1 pistols. One gun was made by Remington and marked Illion, N.Y. and the...
I have just come to own a Remington UMC 1911 serial #3989 that I belive was made in 1918. the gun appears to be all origina and the man I got it...
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