Colt M1911A1 U.S. Army 45 ACP Pistol (1944)

The M1911 is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered primarily for the .45 ACP cartridge. The M1911 pistol originated in the late 1890s as the result of a search for a suitable self-loading (or semi-automatic) pistol to replace the variety of revolvers in service at the time. The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original model adopted in March 1911, and Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the improved M1911A1 model which entered service in 1926. This example is from 1944. It has a Colt frame and a Remington Rand slide. An ANAD refurb was completed in 5-73. A classic 1911 that is still in great shape and ready to take to the range. Some would argue it's the greatest pistol ever made.