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OSS Liberator: The Weirdest .45 ACP Pistol?
Its .45 ACP pistol cartridge was discharged from an unrifled barrel, thus greatly reducing its intrinsic and practical ...
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Beretta M9 Pistol
The M9 is a lightweight, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta and designed to replace the M1911A1 .45 caliber pistol and .38 caliber revolvers. The Beretta M9 has redundant automatic ...
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Most iconic handguns of all time
COLT M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces ...
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The Maligned Handgun and Cartridge that Spawned the .45 ACP Autopistol
F or those of you who aren’t familiar with the legendary M1911 single-action semiautomatic pistol and its .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces’ standard ...