Back to the late ’80s ... His company, Tripp Research, specialized in making M1911 parts by electrical discharge machining, some sold by Chip McCormick, who had been a top shooter in USPSA ...

Back in the early ’90s, when I was a gunsmith at Behlert Precision in Pipersville, Pa., I performed quite a few reliability upgrades on M1911 pistols. Although the Government Model was (and ...

The M1911 is the OG pistol that’s been used in ... they’d hit the decocking lever and forget to push it back up, which prevented the pistol from firing. When shooters would then draw and ...

This pistol was used by the U.S. Army for about 75 years. A variant of the M1911 is still by the U.S. Marine Corps. Back in 1911, the U.S. military chose the M1911 as the standard-issue sidearm ...

rather than as a back-up, secondary weapon like the M9 and remains in service with some Special Operations Command soldiers. Despite the retention of updated and modified M1911, the Colt M45A1 ...

The M1911 wasn’t just a sidearm—it was a battlefield legend. During WWII, this .45-caliber powerhouse was issued to U.S. officers, NCOs, paratroopers, tank crews, and military police.

The Colt M1911, a semiautomatic .45-caliber pistol, served as the standard-issue U.S. Army sidearm for nearly 90 years, starting at the end of the 19th century through the 1980s. It first saw ...

The U.S. Army is expected to transfer upward of 8,000 surplus M1911 pistols for civilian sale in fiscal 2018. That's based on this year's National Defense Authorization Act, a massive defense ...

The M1911 is known as the Old Earth Pistol in the 'Starfield' role-playing video game. (Courtesy of attackofthefanboy.com) For "Starfield" players eager to snag their very own in-game M1911 ...

In light of the extreme interest in the Army surplus .45 ACP M1911 pistols authorized for public sale as part of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s ...