M1911 pistol

Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911
Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911
	M1911 and a M1911A1, both manufactured by Colt
Type	Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1911–present
Used by	See Users
Wars	As standard U.S. service pistol: World War I; Banana Wars; World War II; Korean War; Vietnam War; In non-US standard use: Finnish Civil War; Chaco War; Constitutionalist Revolution; Chinese Civil War; Spanish Civil War; First Indochina War; Indonesian National Revolution; Algerian War; Laotian Civil War; Cuban Revolution; Bay of Pigs Invasion; The Troubles; Basque conflict; Rhodesian Bush War; Cambodian Civil War; Cambodian–Vietnamese War; Sino-Vietnamese War; Iran–Iraq War; Falklands War; Lebanese Civil War; Salvadoran Civil War; Gulf War; War in Afghanistan; Iraq War; Syrian Civil War; Russo-Ukrainian War;
Production history
Designer	John Browning
Designed	1911 (Model 1911); 1924 (Model 1911A1);
Manufacturer	Colt Manufacturing Company, Smith & Wesson, Norinco, other companies
Unit cost	$26.38 (1938), equal to $589 now
Produced	1911–present
No. built	2,734,345 (produced by Colt) ; 4,294,345 (total including licensed copies)
Variants	M1911A1; M1911A2; FN Grand Browning; RIA Officers; Kongsberg Colt; MEU(SOC) pistol;
Specifications
Mass	39 oz (1,100 g) empty, with magazine
Length	8.5 in (216 mm)
Barrel length	Government model: 5.03 in (127 mm); Commander model: 4.25 in (108 mm); Officer model: 3.5 in (89 mm);
Cartridge	.45 ACP, .455 Webley Auto (British Contract), .38 Super, 9x19mm Parabellum, 7.65mm Parabellum, 9mm Steyr, .400 Corbon, others
Action	Short recoil operation
Muzzle velocity	830 ft/s (253 m/s)
Effective firing range	50 m (160 ft)
Feed system	7-, 8-, 9-, 10- or 12-round box magazines

The Colt M1911 (also known as 1911, Colt 1911, Colt .45, or Colt Government in the case of Colt-produced models) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered primarily for the .45 ACP cartridge.