1911 PISTOL
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE
THE MOST POPULAR PISTOL ON THE PLANET
This 3-4 hour course teaches you everything you need to know about your prized 1911 pistol.
Understanding how to care and maintain your 1911 pistol will help keep your pistol in trouble-free service for years.
The Following Subject Matter is Covered:
Classroom Requirements:
1911 Pistol
Cleaning Kit if you own one.
The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated handgun chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge.
It was designed by John M. Browning, and was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985, and is still carried by some U.S. forces. It was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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, M1911A1in the Vietnam era. In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols during its service life.
The M1911 is the most well-known of John Browning's designs to use the short recoil principle in its basic design.
Besides the pistol being widely copied itself, this operating system rose to become the pre-eminent type of the 20th century and of nearly all modern centerfire pistols.
It is popular with civilian shooters in competitive events such as IDPA and the International Practical Shooting Confederation shooting.
