Colt Model 1905 Automatic Pistol
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| Civil name: | Colt Model 1905 .45 Automatic Pistol |
| Country of operation: | USA (test) |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | John Moses Browning, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. |
| Manufacturer country: | United States |
| Production time: | 1905 to 1911 |
| Weapon Category: | Self-loading pistol |
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| Barrel length : | 127 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | .45 ACP |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 7 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Bar magazine |
| Closure : | Browning system |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
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The Colt Model 1905 Automatic Pistol is the first series-produced self-loading pistol in .45 caliber. It was developed in the USA by John Moses Browning .
technology
This first self-loading pistol , a recoil loader , to be mass - produced by Colt in caliber .45 ACP , works on the same principle as its predecessor in caliber .38 Colt Rimless Smokeless, which was built from 1900. As with these, the barrel and breech slide are locked by combs located on the rear end of the barrel, which snap into grooves milled inside the slide in front of the ejection opening. When the barrel and breech run back after the shot, the barrel is pulled down and unlocked in parallel by chain links hinged to the front and back of the handle frame (Browning US Pat. 580,924, Apr. 20, 1897). This system, known in the USA as the “parallel ruler”, and later developments in which a chain link attached to the rear of the barrel tilts and unlocks it, are known as the Browning system . The safety slide operated with the thumb is attached to the left of the housing, it blocks the trigger and also blocks the slide in the open position. The magazine of these first automatic .45 pistols holds 7 rounds, the barrel length is 5 inches, respectively. 12.7 cm.
history
The Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. developed this weapon in caliber .45 of previously used Colt Single Action Army revolver because the stopping power of the predecessor in caliber .38 was assessed by the US Army to be insufficient, this led to the order of 200 copies for testing by US Army procurement agencies . Further developments of the weapon ended in 1910/11 with the introduction of the Colt MODEL OF 1911 US ARMY as an orderly pistol for the US armed forces.
The gun was not a great commercial success, but its design proved to be significant for the development of future handguns. The solutions introduced here have been taken up and modified many times, but their basic form has proven to be effective to this day. The designer himself provided an example of this. Browning continued to think about the bid for the military pistol and heeded the specifications for ammunition. He used cases from standard army rifle cartridges, shortened them to 23 mm and provided them with .45 bullets. The .45 ACP cartridge for a newly developed pistol in this caliber, the Colt M1905 model, was later developed from this in an improved form . Various prototypes were developed from this weapon by 1911, which eventually led to the orderly pistol of the US armed forces, the Colt MODEL OF 1911.
Only 6,100 of the Colt Model 1905 .45 Automatic Pistol were produced between 1905 and 1911; the competition for the Colt M11 was too great. In addition, there were strength problems on the handle, from serial number 3600 these were manufactured more massive. Various grips from older production had to be replaced later by the company, these weapons can be recognized by the different color of the bluing. The first Colt Model 1905 pistols had grooved wooden handles, later these were replaced by grooved hard rubber cups.
Due to the small number of weapons manufactured and the locking system used, the Colt Model 1905 pistols are coveted collectors' weapons.
literature
- RL Wilson: The Book of Colt Firearms . 2nd edition. Blue Book Publications, Minneapolis MN 1993, ISBN 0-9625943-7-7 .
- William Goddard: The development of the Colt Model of 1911 . Andrew Mowbray Pub 1988, ISBN 0-917218-24-8 .