No matter how you look at them—as outstanding examples of John Browning's genius, an interesting phase in American firearms ...

2020 8:38 AM EST The Colt Model 1911 .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol that John Browning dreamed up more than a century ago remains on of the most beloved sidearms in U.S. military history.

The Colt New Service was the other major revolver in this .45 Colt bloodline, a double-action revolver, made from 1898 to 1941. Firearms enthusiast Winston Wolfe labeled it as “built like a tank.” ...