Do I have a unique specimen? A. In 1918, Colt was shipping the Model 1911 in batches of 6,000 and then increased that to 8,000. Toward the end of the year, the company shipped a huge batch of ...

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There’s no buts about it: those door handles are clearly modeled after the Colt M1911. Chambered in .45 ACP, the handgun has seen service around the world for more than a century, and remains a ...

"Letters to Muriel Radford (née Lloyd) 1911-1920"PP/RAD/A/2/2 Various letters to Muriel including the letters signed by Edith Moss, [Dutchie], Olivia, [Chadwick], A Jones, Christine Pullman, Mrs Homer ...

The 1911 Wyoming State Penitentiary All-Stars was the baddest ball club ever assembled ... Both men were armed, but it was Seng’s Colt .41-caliber that blazed first. He put two bullets into Lloyd’s ...

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Others include Colt’s Single-Action Army, the Winchester Model 1873, and perhaps the Winchester Model 70—but no one would argue whether the 1911 merits a spot on the podium. ... Best Value in a 1911: ...

Journeying back to 1918, it was the talented Sun Briar, owned by Willis Sharpe Kilmer and trained by Hall of Famer Henry McDaniel, who got the best of Derby winner Exterminator, Preakness winner ...