[Crash67]

The History of the 1911 Pistol.

 

[g26s239]

Unfortunately articles like that keep being published giving the impression that only the Moros objected to the Philippines being given to the USA in the 1898 Treaty Of Paris. Actually damned near everyone in Philippines was happy to see the Spanish gone but they didn't want another colonial master either. www.britannica.com/event/Philippine-American-War#ref1218809

 

[Sergio Natali]

More or less the same story written and repeated millions of times, but it's always something interesting to read.

 

[seagiant]

Hi,
What is not written about much, but interesting.

Is how much input the US ARMY and Colt Engineers had in the final design and adoption of the 1911.

The 1911 was JMB's baby, but the Army and Colt helped raise it!

 

[dsk]

It's a lot like the development of the AK-47. How much of it was Mikhail Kalashnikov's input versus that of the other designers he worked with is unknown. It is known that Mikhail didn't come up with the entire thing from buttplate to muzzle. John Browning created the first prototypes on his own, but the development of the M1905, M1907, M1909, M1910 and finally M1911 was accomplished using a lot of input from the Army Ordnance board, Springfield Armory and Colt engineers. Exactly how much and what parts of it we will never know.

 

[warp2diesel]

Good article.