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Walther Night Hawk

Taurus Slim

Ruger SR9-4

PB1 0SS

87 Sig P245

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Colt Delta Elite

Nighthawk Talon FLX

Wilson Combat X-Tac

Chiappa .22LR 1911

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PX107 Laser

Magnum F92

Beretta M92 xxtreme

Armory Champion Operator 1911

Springfield Armory Loaded 1911 Green

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Maxell Jackal full Auto Pistol Nickel

99 Beretta 92

Ruger SR9

Desert Eagle Pistol

The M1911

The M1911

     Houses of all M1911 pistols. Reference Internet, with all you ever wanted to know about the M1911, a magnificent firearm, designed by the most cunning thief of all times, John Moses Browning. If you're interested in learning more about this gun, when it was designed, how it works, who makes it, what accessories are available, how it can be repaired or adjusted, etc., you come to the right place.

M1911 Pistols Organization offers three locations to choose from:

       The M1911.ORG Home Page An online encyclopedia with information relating to gun M-1911, in a reference site style.
The Forum M1911.ORG Forums Site where you can discuss anything related to the M1911 pistol with the other members.
The M1911.ORG An electronic publication with all the latest news about the M1911 pistol, from the new M1911s etc.
The M1911.ORG Gun Politics Site A site dedicated to the discussion of legal and political issues associated with firearms possession, use, etc..

      Select what you want on the home page above, We hope you can get new insights.

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 STI SteelMaster

 Chiappa .22LR 1911

Wilson 30th Anniversary 1911

Iver Johnson Trojan

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Colt Combat Elite

Firestorm DLX

ParaUSA GI Expert

 Wilson Bill Wilson Carry

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Cylinder & Slide 1903

Nighthawk Custom Lady Hawk

Wilson Combat Hunter

Colt Model O1918

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We added some more airsoft

Charles Daly EFS

STI Rogue

Matt Davis Custom 1911

PISTOLS

PISTOL P3 PINDAD

     Pindad double action pistol is designed with an ergonomic shape, using the intercept notch and hammer block which allows high accuracy in shooting. Using high quality materials to ensure the precision and accuracy, both guns can be used either for single or double action. Equipped with a tool accessories viewfinder, red dot, laser sight and tactical light. There are 2 types of P2 type caliber 9 x 19 mm for the military and the type of P3 with a caliber 7.65 x 17 mm for law enforcement and personal protection.

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Colts spaq5 :

Walther P22

Walther PK380

P99 Air

European handgun

    The general types of handguns are listed in their order of historical in. Each type can be classified into many subtypes. Some of these types can also be differently classified using the general distinction between muzzle-loading firearms (loading from the front of the barrel) and breech-loading firearms (loading from behind the barrel).

Western European handgun, circa AD 1380. It is 18 cm long and weighs 1.04 kg. It was fixed to a wooden handle to facilitate manipulation (e.g., aiming; holding while firing; holding while hot). 

 Single-shot

     Single-shot pistols are the simplest possible form of pistols. The earliest handguns were single-shot, muzzle-loading guns with ignition provided by inserting a smoldering match cord into a touch hole. As such, they were essentially nothing more than miniature cannons, small enough to be handheld.

     Improvements followed in subsequent centuries, as various types of locks (ignition devices) were invented. In the matchlock, the separate match cord was affixed to a spring-loaded pivot which could be tripped by a trigger. In the wheellock, a mechanism analogous to that used in today's cigarette lighters replaced the smoldering match cord. In the 17th century, the flintlock, which strikes a flint against steel, appeared. (The flintlock, amazingly, remained state-of-the-art for some two hundred years.) In the 19th century, percussion caps were developed, followed shortly by modern integrated-primer cartridges, and hammers therefore traded their flint for firing pins.

     Single-shot pistols continue to be manufactured today and are often used for target shooting. They are also sometimes used for handgun hunting of game, including big game. The most powerful handguns are capable of killing all game, including elephants. (Governments attempt to enforce the regulation of big game hunting to prevent overhunting.)

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 STI Guardian 9mm

Kimber Pro Covert II

 Auto Ordnance 1911A1

Nighthawk Custom Heinie Tactical Carry

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Wilson Combat Sentinel Compact

 Colt Special Combat Government Super

 STI Escort

 Rock River Arms Tactical

Pistols mitraliur

Replica Thompson 1928A1
with box-type magazine.

19th century to 1920
Replica Thompson 1928A1 with box-type magazine.

   The first automatic weapon to fire a pistol round was a scaled-down version of the Maxim machine gun, used for demonstrations in marketing the Maxim in the late 19th century, especially when a full-sized firing range was not available. First-generation submachine guns were characterized by machined metal parts, Blowback designs with the bolt directly behind the barrel. The submachine gun appeared during the later stages of World War I. It first saw action in trench warfare where grenades, pistols, sharpened entrenching tools, improvised clubs, and bayonets were commonly employed.
'Artillery Luger' Lange Pistole 08 with 32 round Trommel-Magazin 08 and removable stock.


     The Italians developed the Villar Perosa, introducing it in 1915. It fired pistol calibre 9 mm Glisenti ammunition, but wasn't a submachine gun in the sense that the weapon type would later be defined, as it couldn't be fired from shoulder and without support. Originally developed as an aircraft weapon, it also saw some use by infantry as a light machine gun. This odd design was eventually modified to become a traditional submachine gun, the OVP 1918 that evolved into the Beretta 1918 after the end of WW1 .


     However, the Bergmann MP18 is the first true submachine gun and had been used intensively starting with Operation Michael in March 1918.


     The Thompson submachine gun program began in roughly the same period. The various dates and achievements of the first generation submachine guns creates a contentious area for firearms historians, with conclusions much to do with their nationality and interpretations. The only pictures of SMGs used in combat and reports of captured SMGs refer to MP18 captured in France after the German Spring Offensive.


     The Beretta 1918 had a traditional wooden stock, a 25-round box magazine, and had a cyclic rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute. The Germans had been using heavier versions of P08 pistols, equipped with larger capacity "snail" drum magazine, and longer barrel; these were semi-automatic. Bergmann, by 1918 had developed the MP18. The MP18 used 9x19mm Parabellum round in a snail-drum magazine. The MP18 was used in significant numbers by the German stormtroopers which, in conjunction with appropriate tactics, achieved some notable successes in the final year of the war. However, they were not enough to prevent Germany's collapse in November 1918.


     The Thompson submachine guns had been in development at approximately the same time as the Bergman and Beretta, but development was put on hold in 1917, when the US and the weapon's designer (Thompson) entered the war. The design was completed afterwards and used a different internal system from the MP18 or Beretta, but it had missed its chance to be the first purpose-designed submachine gun to enter service. It would however go on to serve as the basis for later weapons and have the longest active service life of the three.

'Artillery Luger' Lange Pistole 08
with 32 round Trommel-Magazin 08 and removable stock.

19th century to 1920
Replica Thompson 1928A1 with box-type magazine.

     The first automatic weapon to fire a pistol round was a scaled-down version of the Maxim machine gun, used for demonstrations in marketing the Maxim in the late 19th century, especially when a full-sized firing range was not available. First-generation submachine guns were characterized by machined metal parts, Blowback designs with the bolt directly behind the barrel. The submachine gun appeared during the later stages of World War I. It first saw action in trench warfare where grenades, pistols, sharpened entrenching tools, improvised clubs, and bayonets were commonly employed.
'Artillery Luger' Lange Pistole 08 with 32 round Trommel-Magazin 08 and removable stock.


     The Italians developed the Villar Perosa, introducing it in 1915. It fired pistol calibre 9 mm Glisenti ammunition, but wasn't a submachine gun in the sense that the weapon type would later be defined, as it couldn't be fired from shoulder and without support. Originally developed as an aircraft weapon, it also saw some use by infantry as a light machine gun. This odd design was eventually modified to become a traditional submachine gun, the OVP 1918 that evolved into the Beretta 1918 after the end of WW1 .


However, the Bergmann MP18 is the first true submachine gun and had been used intensively starting with Operation Michael in March 1918.


     The Thompson submachine gun program began in roughly the same period. The various dates and achievements of the first generation submachine guns creates a contentious area for firearms historians, with conclusions much to do with their nationality and interpretations. The only pictures of SMGs used in combat and reports of captured SMGs refer to MP18 captured in France after the German Spring Offensive.

     The Beretta 1918 had a traditional wooden stock, a 25-round box magazine, and had a cyclic rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute. The Germans had been using heavier versions of P08 pistols, equipped with larger capacity "snail" drum magazine, and longer barrel; these were semi-automatic. Bergmann, by 1918 had developed the MP18. The MP18 used 9x19mm Parabellum round in a snail-drum magazine. The MP18 was used in significant numbers by the German stormtroopers which, in conjunction with appropriate tactics, achieved some notable successes in the final year of the war. However, they were not enough to prevent Germany's collapse in November 1918.


     The Thompson submachine guns had been in development at approximately the same time as the Bergman and Beretta, but development was put on hold in 1917, when the US and the weapon's designer (Thompson) entered the war. The design was completed afterwards and used a different internal system from the MP18 or Beretta, but it had missed its chance to be the first purpose-designed submachine gun to enter service. It would however go on to serve as the basis for later weapons and have the longest active service life of the three.