A Breif History of the Colt 1911

By popular consensus the best 1911 type fire arms in production today are made by Springfield Armory. They produce what they call the G.I. It is built to the same specifications as the weapons form the service era. They have faithfully recreated it down to the lack of a trigger break. They also offer a full array of customizable accessories that can be added any of their bass model 1911s. This gives you the custom appearance of the premium brands at a fraction of the cost. They were also the first major 1911 producer to offer a rail system in their “operator” variation. They also produce the first of it kind compact model. Other companies have taken the original M1911 design and scaled it down. Springfield was the first to totally redesign the entire inner workings of the weapon.

Kimber in recent years has produced some of the best firearms in not only the 1911 category but in general. In 2003 Kimber won the bid contract with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Special Weapons And Tactics teamto be their sidearm the Kimber “custom II” beat out almost every imaginable competitor in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Special Weapons And Tactics team’s battery of test. Its Federal Bureau of Investigation specified model has also been picked up as an alternate to the Springfield Federal Bureau of Investigation contracted model.

From his humble family origins as a black smith to his innovative early designs John M, Browning was destined to go down in fire arms history as one of the most talented and driven inventers in any field. Very rare is it that an inventor invents something with the staying power of the M1911. Veterans of WWII have told stories about how their M1As where either out of ammunition or jammed and all they had to rely on was their sidearm. They tell that it never once jammed or malfunctioned when they really needed it. Some soldiers and Marines place such sentimental value on their issued weapons that they have even gone as far as to track their...