'ACP' means Automatic Colt Pistol. A 1911, for example, would chamber a .45 ACP cartridge.
Answer The Colt .45 caliber automatic pistol was accepted as the standard side arm of the US Army and became identified as the Model 1911 Pistol. The bullet developed for use in this new design of automatic pistol was called the .45 ACP or the .45 Automatic Colt Pistol cartridge. It stands for "Automatic Colt Pistol" because it was adopted for the Colt 1911 only by the US army.You get many variants the most prolific being the .45 GAP for glock handguns.It's patented I believe.
The term "1911" is generally used to refer to the Colt 1911 semi-automatic pistol. it is a pistol, and not a revolver. However, there ARE revolvers that fire the same cartridge- the .45 ACP. But they are not referred to as "1911s".
.45 Automatic Colt Pistol (also known in some countries as the 11.65x23 mm), and no other cartridge.
1913
the semi-automatic 45 pistol holds seven rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber
The US Army were issued the Model 1911 Colt .45 automatic pistol.
50-10000 USD dependinn on specifics.
Yes, Colt has and continues to make automatic pistols.
Your 1911 pistol was made by Remington Rand in 1944. Your slide is probably marked Colt. however, the serial number denotes the gun manufacturer. Often when cleaning several 1911 pistols the parts are mixed when put back together as with putting a Colt slide on a Remington Rand frame.
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