Nagative ghostrider the 1911 was an improvement of the .45ACP 1905 for military acceptance. So you are victorious over your foe much like the ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS!
The 1911 was made around the .45?
I keep running into posts where the member states that he likes having the gun designed for the round, namely the 1911. I then ran accross some historical references of the 1911. In them they state the 1911 was a rechambering of JMB's earlier .38 caliber pistols to accept .45 What gives?
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Trivia- There was a 9.8mm version of the 1911 to be manufactured by FN for European sales. WW1 kinda killed that project.
And the 9.8 pistol was on its own frame and slide, 7/8s of the standard 1911 frame.
I have a couple of the loaded rounds in my collection but not one of the pistols, alas.
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I have a couple of the loaded rounds in my collection but not one of the pistols, alas.
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Yes, neat little guns. All three of them. There is probably not enough money in it for a manufacturer to tool up for one, but wouldn't that be great in .38 and .40? I was shooting my Gov't .380 in a BUG match Saturday and there is a lot to say for a gun in a familar action but scaled to the caliber.
BBBill
My reading indicates that the 9.8mm Colt was a Hartford Colt development and the 9.65mm Gran Browning was a separate FN project - not the same caliber or gun. So I don't see FN making 9.8 Colts when they had a similar product of their own in the works. But they did have the European rights to Browning designs, so maybe they would have.
It is interesting to calculate that 9.8mm = .3858" and that the hollowbase inside lube bullets for .41 LC are .386". Does anybody know the actual caliber of the 1902 .41 ACP or the later .41 Special? Also 9.65mm = .3799", a true .38 cal.
BBBill
My reading indicates that the 9.8mm Colt was a Hartford Colt development and the 9.65mm Gran Browning was a separate FN project - not the same caliber or gun. So I don't see FN making 9.8 Colts when they had a similar product of their own in the works. But they did have the European rights to Browning designs, so maybe they would have.
It is interesting to calculate that 9.8mm = .3858" and that the hollowbase inside lube bullets for .41 LC are .386". Does anybody know the actual caliber of the 1902 .41 ACP or the later .41 Special? Also 9.65mm = .3799", a true .38 cal.
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