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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....
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...
Springfield Armoury 1911 Mil-Spec Disassembly/Assembly Mouse Click on the film strip thumbnail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufd6W1a2NHc...
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...
Small Arms Instructors Manual (1918) Compiled by the Small Arms Instruction Corps Format: 234 pages - E.P. Dutton @ Company, New York (1918) ...
Infantry Weapons and their Effects (WWII and Korean era U.S. Training Films) "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" is an official WWII era...
TM-43-0001-27 - Army Ammunition Data Sheets (1994) DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Approved for public release: distribution is unlimited....
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TM 9-1295 U.S. Pistols & Revolvers - M1911, M1911A1 and S&W M1917 (1942) Ordnance Maintenance Manual War Department - November 9th, 1942 Format:...
COMBAT FIRING WITH HAND GUNS - Department of Defense 1944 - PIN 20504 - CORRECT GRIPS; THREE BASIC FIRING POSITIONS; FIRING QUICKLY AND INSTINCTIVELY.
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About 4 or 5 years ago I identified a US contract for the 1911A1 barrel, chrome lined, from the early 1990's. I remember it was an aerospace...
Can anyone please let me know what the thickness and length of the 1943 lanyard cord? OK, I really don't need the length so much as the diameter. I...
in a lot of parts i picked up yesterday, i found this, i think, they are Colt SA cleaning rods, if memory servs me right they originally had 4 rods...
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Now that I have the Kongsberg M1914 about to come online, I thought now would be a good time to gather up all my 1911 magazines and troubleshoot the...
I posted about this one awhile back on a thread about Savage slide .45's but did not provide pics. It has initials scratched into the slide and a...
Anybody have anyway of checking for a hit on Colt M1903..SN 565833? Colt letter ordered.. Thanks, Andy
does anyone have anything good or bad about one of these
M9 match at Camp Perry: http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_eventAward.cgi?matchID=4583&eventID=9&awardID=1&alpha=Y At #61, I thought I did...
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I am restoring a 1944 Remington Rand and I am done to one final part, the grip safety. I have seen photo's of perhaps a dozen and some of the...
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The 3/75th Rangers down at Benning have contracted w/ Khar for a coupla hundred 1911 "presentation-shooters" for personal purchase by the troops. ...
We have names for some parts of the 1911 model pistols,but I check thru the patents quite often and have found that Browning's parts names described...
Can anyone tell me the value of a Combat Elite .45 in VG+-EX. condition? Many thanks!
At Rock Island auction,some nice pistols. http://www.rockislandauction.com/search.aspx?psid=1875960&aid=46 RayP.
Anyone know if "standard" 1911 grips will fit a wide body? Getting a Rock Island(takes Para P14 mags) ans the black plastic grips leave a lot to be...
I want to build up a .45, who has a decent reciever for sale? Sam
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