Adamson University

College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Department

A Final Project in

Computer-Aided Drafting 2
for 1st Semester 2022-2023

Final Design Project

“The Colt M1911”

Submitted by:

Allan Gonzales
Nicanor Jimenez
Jhon Michael Oblego

Class Schedule/Section:

Friday 02:00 – 05:00/ 57078

Submitted to:

Engr. Lailah C. Bautista

November 25, 2022

• INTRODUCTION
As a group, We always play shooting games whenever we hang out. That's
why we decided to create a design that will make us remember those bonds. We
came up with the concept of Colt M1911, a hand gun pistol. By definition,The
M1911 is a single-action only, semi-automatic pistol with a quick recoil
mechanism. The 45 ACP round is used, and a single stack magazine is used for
firing. The ergonomics of the M1911 series of pistols are legendary. The single
stack magazine has a slim grip that is simple to hold. The grip angle is great, and
the manual safety is positioned appropriately for ease of access. The M1911 was
released a century ago and is now largely obsolete, although it is still highly
popular. The US armed services have used this weapon longer than any other
small arm in their arsenal. The M2 machine gun, another John Browning
invention, is the second-longest-serving weapon in the arsenal of the US armed
services after the M1911. The US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Navy Seals, and
other special operations groups, as well as the FBI and SWAT teams, still use the
M1911 today. This handgun has been exported to more than 50 nations since it
was first made available. Although numbers are declining, it is still in use in close
to 30 nations at the moment.

History
The M1911 was created by John Browning under contract with Colt. The
original Colt 1900, a pioneering semi-automatic pistol chambered in the
now-forgotten 38 ACP, is where the M1911 derives its heritage from. When the
Army was looking for a new service handgun, the Mauser and Mannlicher
designs competed with the original Colt 1900. Although the Colt 1900 functioned
superbly, the Army dragged its feet as it usually does. In the interval, it adopted
Colt and S&W revolvers and gradually tried out automatic pistols. Colt continued
to produce the 1900, which later evolved into the 1902 and the 1905 when the
Army realized it needed a projectile with a 45 caliber.
The 1911 handgun platform has developed a reputation as an accurate
and dependable shooter over the course of more than a century. particularly
created to meet U.S. criteria The current military handgun, a double action
revolver chambered in.38, was discontinued by the Army after a war in the
Philippines proved it lacked the stopping capability soldiers need on the
battlefield. The Army and Marines started using 45 caliber Model 1873 Colt
revolvers that had been stocked since the Plains Indian Wars out of desperation.
The army started looking for a new service sidearm because, despite their
antiquity, these revolvers proved to be more effective as a defensive handgun for
Americans fighting in the Philippines than their newer pistols. Like today, a
number of gun manufacturers participated in the selection process. Guns from
Colt, Luger, Savage, Knoble, Bergmann, White-Merrill, and Smith & Wesson were
among those submitted; Browning's entry for Colt ultimately took first place.
Browning's dependable design was groundbreaking because it combined two
relatively new technologies (autoloading and smokeless gunpowder), which is
obvious when you consider that the same design, with only minor adjustments,
is still in use and quite popular today. Worldwide, 1911 enthusiasts continue to
put these guns through their paces and are more than willing to compare their
1911s against the best polymer guns currently available.

Figure 1. Colt M1911

• METHODOLOGY
One of the many tools that we used for the project would be the "Extrude " tool as it
not only made our parts Third Dimensional it also gave a more textured look to the
Parts
also another tool that we used was the "Helix/Spiral" This was a very usefool tool for
us because we created a lot of spring like Components and this help us in creating
not ony the look of the Spring but also the texture
another tool that we used for filing most of the components was the Fillet tool as it
helped us clean the component of its rough and jagged edges
• PARTS 3D MODELING
as there are a lot of parts we shall only be displaying the major parts that we used in
the Assembly of Our Project

Component 1. Stock grip

Front View of Front Grip

Right Side Grip

Top View of Grip
Isometric View of Grip
Component number 2 Slide

Front view of Slide

 Right View of Slide

Top view of Slide

Isometric View of Slide
Front View of Receiver
Right View of Receiver
Top View of Receiver
Isometric View of Receiver
Front View of Sight
Right View of Sight
 Top View of Sight

Isometric View of Sight

• FINAL OUTPUT (ASSEMBLY)
In this section, attach the FRONT, RIGHT, TOP, and ISOMETRIC VIEW of the assembly.
(1-2 drawings per page)

Front View of the Colt M1911 Assembly

Right Side View of the Colt M1911 Assembly

 Top View of the Colt M1911 Assembly

Isometric View of the Colt M1911 Assembly

 • CONCLUSION
We therefore conclude that CAD can be hard yet fun. Because in this final project we
managed to make a hand gun that is often seen in the online games we play. When it comes
to the technical part, we had a hard time making each part since it is our first time doing it.
But we managed to assemble all of it and successfully made the Colt m1911. We struggled
specially in small parts of the gun because it is very hard to imagine what it would look at
how it would function. Overall, we learned a lot in this project