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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...