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Posted on 08/20/2012 9:43:40 AM PDT by Daffynition
WEST HARTFORD — — The newest Colt .45-caliber pistol is touted for its durability and design.
It is tested to make sure it can be dropped in water, covered in mud, immersed in sand or ice or left in a dust storm — and still be able to get off a round when you pull the trigger.
"Virtually, it's indestructible," said Casimir Pawlowski, who works in international sales and technical sevices for Colt Defense LLC. "You can drive over these things with a Humvee and they're still gonna work. It's like a brick that shoots bullets."
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You can call it anything you want but it is a semi-automatic.
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The Kalishnikov of semi-autos.
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On the streets in LA gansta punks can take any Glock and from what I hear a drill bit and a roll pin makes it fully automatic.
As an owner of three Glocks and I know them inside out I could see a way to make them fully auto, I can do the same with an SKS.
so the trusty six shot revolver is an 'auto' too...???
all ribbin aside, the terminolgy of a hundred plus yrs gets confusing to those outside the 'gun culture'...
I really question your comment about frame failure. If the gun is made properly, the chances of frame failure are non-existent. This isn’t a new gun, the 1911 has been around for over 100 years.
I’ve built dozens of 1911’s and have never had one fail, no matter the caliber. The .45 is considered a low pressure round compared to the 9mm and 10mm.
The only way I could see these guns fail is if they are running proof rounds through them.
Other than that, I’m calling BS on the matter.
I’ve examined several of the USN SEAL 226 handguns. I’m just going to say that there were obvious signs of high pressure rounds being put through them.
For a long time, I questioned the notion that SEALs were running proof rated loads in combat. Now, after seeing some of the guns, I’m not so sure they aren’t. They may be running something like Samson SMG ammo in them. But from the samples I’ve seen, the guns have been pushed to the limits.
If they are using SMG ammo or proof loads, those guns are performing very near .357 magnum performance.
Just something to think about... and I don’t recommend emulating them in this practice.
Please see Post #90 before continuing on any further.
Frame and SLIDE cracks have been documented.
Also consider that this 1911 is NOT the same all-steel 1911 that was made 100 years ago. Aluminum frames have been adopted to lighten the pistol, as well as the addition of the 1913 rail. This changes the basic weapon and, curiously, the frame cracks originate with those changes.
I’ve fired a Glock 19 converted (legally) to FA by a SOT.
IIRC, the was a small metal plate mounted on the left side of the slide with a pin through the plate and the slide. Not sure what went on in the frame/trigger group.
After firing it, I’m not sure that I’d want to convert it, but you’re right that it can be done.
Or we have to change the name of the cartridge to .45SACP
novel, concept. I like it. Never leave home without it.
Yes a pin in the right place would keep the firing pin extended. Had an SKS with a gunked up firing pin do an almost full auto on me once.
I have an older 70 series 1911 slide that is cracked right at the front of the rear serrations. Time to order another from Brownells. I love customizing the 1911 more than any other handgun, so many options.
The .45 Colt 1911 was the first gun I ever shot.
I would rate your loss almost akin to losing a family member.
At the turn of the century, when the Model 1911 was being designed, the term “automatic” refered to it’s loading feature, not it’s firing capability. The 1911 was an automatic “loading” pistol. It fired with each pull of the trigger and loaded “automatically” between each shot.
“John Moses Browning (hallowed be his name to practitioners...)”
There are some FReepers that will aghast that John M Browning is a dreaded “Mormon.” lolololol.
Zee, your father owns a .45 calibre Colt “revolver”...
....evidently a “double action model” that, when you squeeze the trigger, causes the hammer to pull back and concurrently rotates the cylinder to bring a new round of ammunition in line with the barrel. Pulling it far enough allows the hammer to drop and fire the weapon. This accounts for the trigger pressure being so high. Pulling the trigger causes many different things to happen in sequence before the weapon can finally fire.
If you used your thumb to pull back the hammer before attempting to pull the trigger things would be much easier, as it essentialy puts it into “single action” mode. Your shots would be much more accurate using this method.
Note that revolvers are also made as single action revolvers where the hammer is brought back by the thumb only and squeezing the trigger causes it to drop and fire the weapon.
Your father’s revolver fires a .45 “Long” Colt cartridge that has a “rimmed” shell casing. This round was originaly a black powder round, later loaded with modern “somkeless” powder.
The weapon in the article refers to a Colt “pistol.” Designed at the turn of the century it was refined several times and later, in 1911, long after the Spainish/American war, adopted by the US armed forces as it’s standard sidearm. (actually the 1911 model was further modified to the 1911A1 and entered service in 1913)
This pistol bears no resemblence to your father’s revolver. It is an automatic loader that self loads after every round is fired from a magazine the inserts through the pistol’s handgrip. The ammunition for this pistol, other than sharing the .45 calibre, is very different than your father’s “long Colt.” Ammunition for this pistol is designated “.45 ACP” and uses a “rimless” shell casing. The ACP stands Automatic Colt Pistol....”automatic” refers to it’s self loading feature......
Like me; I’m a pretty small guy, and it’d probably be fairly difficult for me to control a .45 well enough to consider myself confident and proficient.
Only in video games do the developers adopt an arbitrary firing speed for semi-automatic firearms. In real life, as fast as you can pull the trigger is as fast as it shoots.
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