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This 1911 tactical pistol .45 Airsoft replica includes ris system, laser, scope and flashlight. Here's a short history of the gun: the weapon originated in response to problems encountered by american units fighting moro insurgents during the philippine-american war in which the then-standard .38 Caliber revolver was found to be unsuitable for the rigors of jungle warfare, particularly in terms of stopping power. The army briefly reverted to the .45 Long colt revolvers which had been standard during the last decades of the 19th century; the slower, heavier bullet was found to be more effective against charging tribesmen. An ordnance board, headed by john t. Thompson, concluded that a .45 Caliber automatic (~11.4 Mm) weapon would be most appropriate, and took bids from six firearms manufacturing companies in 1906. Of the six designs submitted, two were selected for field testing in 1907, one of them being colt's model, which browning had basically modified to government specifications from an earlier auto loading .38 Caliber (~9.65 Mm) design of his. A series of field tests was designed to decide between the two finalists (the other being a design by arthur savage) and the colt passed with flying colors, firing 6,000 rounds non-stop, a record at the time. The soundness of design is also borne out in its longevity of service (over 70 years). In order to meet the ordnance board's requirements, the 1911 was designed to fire a 45-caliber, 230-grain bullet at approximately 800 feet per second. These specifications were championed by gen. Thompson, and were the result of terminal ballistics tests conducted in 1904 at the nelson morris company stockyards in chicago on live cattle and human cadavers. |
