Those who bid are bound by those Terms and Conditions of the Sale, as amended by any oral announcement or posted notices, which together form the contract of the sale between the successful bidder (purchaser), CONESTOGA GUNS and the seller (consignor) of the lot. Hess Auction Service Inc., collectively referred to below as CONESTOGA GUNS. We advise all bidders to read the Terms and Conditions of the Sale before bidding with Conestoga Guns LLC and/or its affiliates John M. NO EXCEPTIONS.Ĩ:00am-12:00pmEST and 1:00pm-4:00pmEST Monday-Friday Location: 768 Graystone Rd., Manheim, PA 17545 Driving Directions: Checkout Date & Times: Equipment can be removed from the sale site ONLY after Auctioneer has received PAYMENT IN FULL. Preview Date & Times: Please contact the auction company for preview dates & times. Currency Type: USD Shipping Instructions: Buyer is responsible for all shipping costs and logistics. Sales Tax: 6% - sales tax charged on all sales including buyer's premium unless buyer can provide a valid farm or resale tax exemption form. All wire transfer fees to be paid by the buyer ($35/transaction).Īll purchases not paid within (5) business days will be charged a monthly fee of 1.5% of the purchase price. Accepted forms of payment include Credit Card, Check, Money Order, Wire Transfer and Cash.
Federal ordnance 1911 magazine series#
This set into motion a series of changes and upgrades to the Model 1905 Colt that included altering the angle of the grip, adding a grip safety, push-button magazine release, and a frame modification.Internet Premium : 20% Participation Requirements: Valid Credit Card required for bidding approval Payment Options: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Check, Money Order, Wire Transfer, and Cash Visa MasterCard Discover Payment Instructions: All purchases must be paid within (5) five business days post auction. The military eyed this new offering, but decided a year later that none of the pistols in production at that time met their demands. 45 autoloader produced, but they didn’t begin to roll out of the Colt factory until 1906. 45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge. By happenstance, 1904 was also the birth year of the. John Thompson and Major LaGarde used live cattle and human cadavers to determine that the new military cartridge should have a bullet no smaller than. The very next year in 1904 the military commissioned the Thompson-LaGarde Tests to determine the proper caliber for a new service handgun. 45 caliber, Colt again chose to be proactive and in 1903 began to conceptualize a cartridge that would later become the renowned. 45 Colt and also purchased some Colt Model 1902 DA revolvers in. This new version was then designated the Model 1911-A1.Īs the army had begun re-issuing the old Single-Action Army (SAA) revolvers in.
38 LC and continued on to kill or maim the soldier using it.įollowing its service in WWI, the Model 1911 was re-evaluated by the Ordnance Department and improvements were made to the pistol - including better sights, a shorter This included the fierce Moro Tribesmen of Mindanao, who often soaked up several hits from the. Some of the Filipinos went straight from battling the Spanish to fighting the United States. The round had proved to be a dismal failure during our war with Spain in 1898 and the Philippine Insurrection that followed. 38 caliber handgun.Īmerican Armed Forces had adopted a Colt double-action (DA) revolver in 1892 chambered for the. Colt, like every other arms manufacturer was looking for a lucrative military contract and the U.S. 38 caliber cartridge and using a short-recoil, locked-breech mechanism. Three years later in 1899, the first Browning-designed self-loader was introduced, chambering a. In 1896 Colt had seen the “writing on the wall” and contracted with Browning to develop an automatic pistol. Browning, whose genius had resulted in such creations as the Model 1886 and Model 1892 Winchester rifles.
It was originally produced by Colt’s Patent Firearms and was designed by firearms inventor John M. You are probably already aware that 2011 marks the 100th Anniversary of the 1911 pistol. Service Pistol’s 100th Anniversary, Auto-Ordnance has produced this special M1911A1-a duplicate of the pistol used during and after WWII, complete with special commemorative engraving on the slide. In celebration of the Colt Model 1911 U.S.
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