development of automatic pistols...and breechblock continued back, ejecting the spent case and cocking the hammer, until a spring forced them forward while a fresh cartridge was picked up from a seven-round magazine in the grip. The M1911 Colt did not begin being replaced until 1987. Its successor, the nine-millimetre Italian Beretta, given the NATO designation M9, reflected post-1970 trends such as large-capacity magazines (15...
M1911 Colt pistol
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