- Arsenal Rebuilds – “My Colt has a Remington Serial Number. What’s Going On?” It’s the most “frequently asked question” on The Sight M1911. People often suspect that there’s an error in the serialization tables or that they have stumbled onto a rare collector’s item. Neither of these is the case, however. These guns are “arsenal rebuilds.” This term refers to guns which have been extensively repaired or reconditioned by government armorers at one of the government arsenals which support the small arms of the Armed Forces.
- Background Information on the United States Pistol Caliber .45 M1911 – Development history of the M1911 .45 Caliber Automatic Pistol including the Thompson-LaGarde cadaver tests of 1904.
- Ballester-Molina .45 Pistol
- Barrel Markings of the G.I. M1911 and M1911A1 Pistols
- Colt Ace, Service Ace, and Conversion Units
- Colt Commander – Evolution and Development – A pictorial history of the Colt Commander
- Colt Commercial Caliber .45 Automatic Manual, circa 1916 – A Colt frame for $10? A new barrel for $2.50? Check out this manual that came with a commercial Colt around 1916. Special thanks to Frank Lindquist.
- Detonics Combat Master
- The FBI M1911 Contracts
- FM 23-35 Basic Field Manual – Basic Field Manual of the M1911 and M1911A1 is online. This is the version which was issued in 1940 and authorized by General George C. Marshall. Special thanks goes to Anthony Gabrielson who did the scanning and OCR which allows this online document to look like the original while having the type in text so that it is searchable and prints using fonts. If you ever wanted to know how to fire your 1911 from horseback at a full gallop, this manual will show you how. It also shows us how the Army expected soldiers to be trained with the M1911 in the WWII era. Included are target and range diagrams, scoring charts, funky old pictures and much more.
- The Guns of Frank Hamer – The nemesis of Bonnie and Clyde packed an M1911 but it was a .38 Super.
- Inspectors’ Marks for Rebuilt M1911 Pistols
- General Officers Model M15
- G.I. Surplus .45 ACP Ammunition By Jan Haluska
- History and Development of the M1911/M1911 Al Pistol by Jeff Lesemann
- Legends of the M1911
- The M1911 Magazine FAQ
- The M1911 Trials – The story of the the testing process done in 1910 that resulted in the M1911 being accepted as the sidearm for the U.S. military.
- M9 vs. M1911 – A Subjective Comparison
- The True Story of the Beretta M9 Pistol. by Tim Chandler
- The Marine MEU(SOC) M1911 in Iraq – It’s a less-than-closely-guarded-secret that the Marines never have liked the Beretta M9 9mm pistol. Here is the pistol that they built for the Marine Expeditionary Units.
- The National Match .45 ACP M1911 Pistols
- The Norwegian M1911s, Models M1912 and M1914
- The History of The Randall Firearms Company
- R. A. Crowder, Chief of the Texas Rangers – Favorite Gun
- The Remington Government Model .45 ACP Pistols
- The Series 70 Colt Autos
- Some MEU’s still carry proven M1911 .45’s – Not everyone in the U.S. military carries Beretta’s M-9 9 mm handgun. A small group of Marines still carry .45-caliber pistols — but they’re a far cry from Grandpa’s World War II gun.
- T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and the M1911
- Who Made It?
- The Sight M1911-A1 History of the M1911 and M1911-A1 Pistol
- The Singer .45 Caliber Automatic Pistol
- .45 Auto Cartridge Development – Stefano Mattioli’s article on the early development of the .45 ACP cartridge. Includes specs and drawings of these early cartridges such as WRA 1904.
- Our WTC Attack Image Gallery
- History of the M1911 Pistol
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