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OSS Liberator: The Weirdest .45 ACP Pistol?
Its .45 ACP pistol cartridge was discharged from an unrifled barrel, thus greatly reducing its intrinsic and practical accuracy alike and being intended for short-range use—ideally, one to four ...
Task & Purpose5d
Breathe easy: America’s top commander in Afghanistan still holsters his .45 caliber pistol
45 caliber pistol: Army Gen. Austin Miller has not abandoned his M1911A1 for a newer, younger Glock 19. Miller, who leads all U.S. troops in Afghanistan, has used the .45 as his general officer ...
The National Interest21d
The Maligned Handgun and Cartridge that Spawned the .45 ACP Autopistol
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the legendary M1911 single-action semiautomatic pistol and its .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces ...
On the Run, a Hit Man Gives One Last Confession
Edgar Matobato says he killed again and again for former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. Now he’s trying to ...
New York Post9d
Alaska woman convicted of murdering her court-appointed supervisor, police say
He had been shot four times with a .45-caliber pistol and had been struck by a vehicle, police said. Further investigation revealed Huss had been appointed by a judge to be Dayan’s third-party ...
philstar.com4d
Cops kill gun attack suspect in Cotabato shootout
A police team killed in a shootout a gunman who seriously wounded two Moro siblings in a gun attack about 30 minutes before ...
The National Interest21d
OSS Liberator: The Weirdest .45 ACP Pistol?
45 caliber firearms of WWII would be complete a discussion of what the late great gun writer Dean A. Grennell referred to in his 1989 book The Gun Digest Book of the .45, as “The Weirdest ...