The Colt 1911 Pistol Paperback – 24 May 2011

Great book, plenty of facts on the venerable 1911, my favourite handgun.

I have a stack of these series of books, i’ve only been disappointed once.. This Particular one was super!!

Bin generell ein Fan der Osprey-Bücher, früher mehr im Bereich Living History/Reenactment, jetzt mehr bei den moderneren Militaria-Themen. Immer ein gutes Einstiegs-Kompendium zu jeder Waffengattung.

If you love 1911's pistols (like me), you might want this book on your shelf, a detailed history of the developing of this awesome piece of mechanics, created by, simply put, a true genius.

The Colt 1911 Pistol M14 rifle was developed for in the early 1900s to replace the revolver. It has been used by the US Army from the punitive raid in Mexico through WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and into OEF in Afghanistan. The Osprey Weapon book by Leroy Thompson is well written and provides ample pictures, diagrams, and uses artwork to supplement the text on combat operations. The 1911 pistol was also used by British Commandos in WWII and has been used by law enforcement to the present day.This was the weapon which I carried as sidearm while serving as pay officer in West Germany in the early 1980's and for other special missions. I became very familiar with this weapon and was thankful that this volume was produced. I have over 500 Osprey titles and enjoy reading and benefit from the information contained in the volumes.