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chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge, which served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States
Armed Forces from 1911 to 1985. It was first used in later stages of the Philippine-American War, and was
widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1911 is still carried
by some U.S. forces. Its formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the
original Model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924. The
designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam era. In total, the United
States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols in military contracts during its service life.
The M1911 was replaced by the 9mm Beretta M9 pistol as the standard U.S. sidearm in the early 1990s, but
due to its popularity among users, it has not been completely phased out. Modernized derivative variants of
the M1911 are still in use by some units of the U.S. Army Special Forces, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine
Corps. Designed by John Browning, the M1911 is the best-known of his designs to use the short recoil
GLOCK 17- A polymer-framed, short recoil operated, locked breech semi-automatic pistols designed and
produced by Glock Ges.m.b.H., located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. It entered Austrian military and police
service by 1982. Despite initial resistance from the market to accept a "plastic gun" due to durability and
reliability concerns, and fears that the pistol would be "invisible" to metal detectors in airports, Glock
pistols have become the company's most profitable line of products, commanding 65% of the market share
of handguns for United States law enforcement agencies as well as supplying numerous national armed
forces and security agencies worldwide. Glocks are also popular firearms amongst civilians for
Parabellum, .40 S&W, .357 SIG, and .22 Long Rifle. It is essentially the same basic design of the SIG P220,
but developed to use higher capacity, staggered-column magazines in place of the single-column magazines
of the P220. The P226 itself has spawned further sub-variants; the P228 and P229 are both compact
versions of the staggered-column P226 design. The SIG Sauer P226 and its variants are in service with
CZ 75-a pistol made in the Czech Republic that has both semi-automatic and selective fire variants. First
introduced in 1975, it is one of the original "wonder nines" featuring a staggered-column magazine, all-steel
construction, and a hammer forged barrel. It has a good reputation amongst pistol shooters for quality and
SMITH & WESSON MODEL 60 - a 5 shot revolver that is chambered in either .38 Special or .357 Magnum
BROWNING HI-POWER- a single-action, semi-automatic handgun available in 9mm and .40 S&W calibers. It is
based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at
Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was
finalized. The Hi-Power is one of the most widely used military pistols in history, having been used by the
armed forces of over 50 countries. The Hi Power name is somewhat misleading and alluded to the 13-round
magazine capacity; almost twice that of contemporary designs such as the Luger or Mauser 1910.
SMITH & WESSON MODEL 29 - a six-shot, double-action revolver chambered for the .44 Magnum cartridge
and manufactured by the U.S. company Smith & Wesson. It was made famous by and is still most often
associated with the fictional character "Dirty Harry" Callahan from the Dirty Harry series of films starring
Clint Eastwood. The Model 29 was offered with 3", 4", 5", 6", 6 1/2;", 8 3/8;" and, later, 10 5/8;" barrel
arms as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht shortly before World War II.
RUGER MK II - a rimfire single-action semi-automatic pistol chambered in .22 Long Rifle and manufactured
by Sturm, Ruger & Company. Ruger rimfire pistols are some of the most popular handguns made, with over
competitive target pistol. It was designed with a 105 degree grip angle, the same as the Colt M1911 pistol,
COLT WOODSMAN - a semi-automatic sporting pistol manufactured by the American Colt's Manufacturing
Company from 1915 to 1977. It was designed by John Moses Browning. The frame design changed over time,
in three distinct series: series one being 1915–1947, series two 1947–1955, and series three being 1955–
1977.
COLT 1873 SINGLE ACTION ARMY-The Colt Single Action Army which is also known as the Single Action
Army, SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, M1873, and Colt .45 is a single action revolver with a revolving cylinder
holding six metallic cartridges. It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by
Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company – today's Colt's Manufacturing Company – and was
adopted as the standard military service revolver until 1892. The Colt SAA revolver is a famous piece of
manufactured by Beretta of Italy. The model 92 was designed in 1972 and production of many variants in
different calibers continues today. The United States Armed Forces replaced the Model 1911A1 .45 ACP
pistol in 1985 with the military spec Beretta 92F, the M9.
SMITH & WESSON MODEL 10 - previously known as the Smith & Wesson .38 Hand Ejector Model of 1899, the
Smith & Wesson Military & Police or the Smith & Wesson Victory Model, is a revolver of worldwide
popularity. It was the successor to the Smith & Wesson .32 Hand Ejector Model of 1896 and was the first
Smith & Wesson revolver to feature a cylinder release latch on the left side of the frame like the Colt
M1889. In production since 1899, it is a six-shot double-action revolver with fixed sights. Over its long
production run it has been available with barrel lengths of 2 in, 3 in, 4 in, 5 in, and 6 in. Barrels of 2.5 inches
are also known to have been made for special contracts. Some 6,000,000 of the type have been produced
over the years, making it the most popular centerfire revolver of the 20th century.
RUGER SINGLE SIX CONVERTIBLE - produced by Sturm, Ruger. The Single Six was first released in June 1953.
The ability to shoot .22 rimfire or .22 Magnum made it practical for the woods or practice range, and it