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Blueprints and Specifications for the M1911A1 .45 Caliber Service Pistol (U.S. Ordnance Department blueprints dating from 1936 with revisions...
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...
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Small Arms Instructors Manual (1918) Compiled by the Small Arms Instruction Corps Format: 234 pages - E.P. Dutton @ Company, New York (1918) ...
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:...
Infantry Weapons and their Effects (WWII and Korean era U.S. Training Films) "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" is an official WWII era...
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....
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Hi all, I have a National Match 1911 and I feel it is an early model however the serial number on the lower of this pistol dates the gun to the...
Picked up this nice condition HP barrel and unsure what serial range it is for. First one I've seen with a small G and and unside down K. Thanks...
I am looking at a Colt SAA 1st generation made in 1880. A. It is my understanding that the SN should appear on the barrel. However only the last 3...
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Are these mags originally blued or parked? If blued, were they ever parked during rebuild or discarded? Thanks, Bob
Colt 1911 A1- I bought from a friend that was moving out of state. He told me he paid $230 for it when he bought it from someone he knew. When I saw...
I see many references to counting the diamonds to determine maker and approximate age of double diamond stocks for the 1911. Exactly what or how are...
I'm looking for information regarding the possible origin of two M1911 magazines. Both have pinned bases and both have lanyard rings. One has a...
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...
I saw a what I think the guy said was a 1945 rem rand that was made on original GI machines after the war but not for the military. It was in what...
This is one of the very last 1940 Colt M1911A1 pistols. Only 6 others have higher serial numbers. It was part of the last 1940 shipment made 27...
This is my Colt Combat Elite, I have been carrying it on duty going on 25 years. I'm the last of the dinosaurs, the only one left in the county....
I have an argentine ballester rigaud pistol that I want to have better sight s put on. My eyes don't like the originals any more. In looking at a...
hello there ,just looking for some idea's on were to get a set of replacement wood grip's made that have the fighting sea bee either engraved or a...
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?
I am in need of one of those unusual looking front sights used on the army national match pistols built in the 1960's. My pistol has had its front...
The Savage Model 1911 prototype is the rarest Savage trials pistol ever produced. It was Savage's final attempt and incorporated all the...
Hey I found a 1911 Round Rear Sight in my parts bin the other. The one that was on the first colt 1911 pistols all the way up to around serial...
I have two 1911 magazines. They both have convex followers. and are marked COLT 45 AUTO. They are also marked 7 on the top of the base lip. Any idea...
Several years back, I 'acquired' a '43 Remington Rand and for quite some time I was sitting back all dumb, fat (at 6ft/165 lbs) and happy thinking I...
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