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| colt 45 military issue: The Colt M1911 . 45 Automatic Pistol Jean Huon, 2019-10-28 The Colt M1911 is one of the most well-known and popular military weapons of the 20th century. Designed by John Browning, this pistol, with its legendary reliability and firepower, represents the developmental starting point of a majority of automatic pistols to this day. It was the standard-issue sidearm of the US armed forces for more than 70 years and is still in use throughout the world. This detailed, illustrated book features the M1911 from its initial design, manufacturing, and testing, through its combat use in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Through more than 370 images, this title includes close-up views of markings, as well as a serial numbers list, and a visual breakdown of the weapon. Accessories such as magazines, ammunition, holsters, and cleaning kits are featured throughout the book, as are rarely seen combat-related uniform and equipment items. |
| colt 45 military issue: The Colt 1911 Pistol Leroy Thompson, 2011-05-20 First used in combat during the Punitive Expedition into Mexico and then extensively during the world wars, the Colt Government Model (1911) pistol remained the standard issue handgun in the US armed forces for nearly 80 years and has continued in service with some units to this day. In fact, the M1911 has seen a resurgence amongst US Special Operations units as US Marine MARSOC and MEUSOC personnel are issued current generation 1911-type pistols. In addition the pistol has seen service with famous law enforcement agencies such as the Shanghai Municipal Police, LAPD Swat and Texas Rangers. Nearly a century after its introduction, the M1911 pistol remains a popular design and is now produced by virtually every major firearms manufacturer doing business in the USA. |
| colt 45 military issue: The Colt 1911 Pistol Leroy Thompson, 2011-05-24 First used in combat during the Punitive Expedition into Mexico and then extensively during both World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945), the Colt Government Model (1911) pistol remained the standard issue handgun in the US armed forces for nearly 80 years and has continued in service with some units to this day. In fact, the M1911 has seen a resurgence among US Special Operations units, as US Marine MARSOC and MEUSOC personnel are issued current generation 1911-type pistols. In addition, the pistol has seen service with famous law enforcement agencies such as the Shanghai Municipal Police, LAPD Swat and Texas Rangers. Nearly a century after its introduction, the M1911 Pistol remains a popular design and is now produced by virtually every major firearms manufacturer doing business in the USA. In this new volume, handgun expert Leroy Thompson sheds new light on the development, history and use of this revolutionary handgun, complete with specially-commissioned artwork depicting the firing process and cutaway profile of the gun, as well as its use in various theaters of war. |
| colt 45 military issue: The Model 1911 and Model 1911A1 Military and Commercial Pistols Joe Poyer, 2008 The Model 1911 and Model 1911A1 Military and Commercial Pistols, 3rd Edition, totals 566 pages. It includes 84 tables detailing parts and markings and 678 photos and drawings. This book is part of North Cape Publications, Inc.(R) For Collectors Only(R) series of books on collector's and antique firearms. Parts are described in chapters organized by subassembly receiver, slide and magazine. Serial numbers are listed in individual tables by military and the individual commercial models such as the ACE and Service ACE, National Match, .38 Super, Commander, Gold Cup, British, Argentine, Norwegian, and Canadian military models, etc. An appendix also contains a serial number listing organized by shipping date. Check to see when a pistol was manufactured, then to see when it was actually shipped. Parts are described in chapters organized by assembly receiver, slide and magazine. Each part of each assembly, i.e., trigger system, magazine release, sights, etc. are then described and photographed complete with markings and other identifying characteristics. Parts are differentiated by model and manufacturer, i.e. Colt, Springfield Armory, Remington Arms-UMC, Singer, Ithaca, Remington Rand and Union Switch & Signal. All Colt commercial model and variation parts are also described and compared to the military .45 ACP part. Serial number ranges are provided for every model and manufacturer of the Model 1911, Model 1911A1, and Series 70/80 in separate tables. Serial numbers for British military, Canadian, Argentine, Norwegian, and Russian military pistols are also given. Markings are often the key to authenticating the Model 1911/Model1911A1. All military and commercial markings are listed by date or serial number range of use in twenty-six individual tables both by military and the individual commercial models, and by other manufacturers. Individual chapters provide detailed examinations of markings on receivers, slides and barrels, including both military inspection and commercial markings, all correlated to serial number ranges. An appendix includes photographs of all slide markings. Finishes are discussed for both military and commercial pistols by serial number ranges. Accoutrements and accessories for the Model 1911 and Model 1911A1 are thoroughly explored. All belts, magazine pockets, and holsters are described and photographed. Complete listings of all U.S. military holster manufacturers--- U.S. military Model 1912, 1916, M3, M7, and M15 are included. U.S. military-issue ammunition in .45 ACP is described in detail including cartons and shipping containers. Complete listings and descriptions of all holster manufacturers are included. U.S. military-issue ammunition in .45 ACP is described in detail. The Argentine Ballester-Riguad and -Molina pistols, as well as Norwegian Models are discussed in detail and compared to the Model 1911A1. A photo-illustrated assembly/disassembly procedure shows the most efficient way to maintain the pistol. As always in the For Collectors Only(R) series any change or variation in a part is described by serial number range, making it possible to determine the authenticity of any Model 1911 or Model 1911A1 by year of manufacture. |
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| colt 45 military issue: Michael Gunn As Told to Frances Kane, with R. T. Budd, 2020-02-24 “You may think I’m crazy, but the gun actually talks to me,” says Francis Kane, who has agreed to write the autobiography of a gun that had twelve owners. The gun, a.k.a. Michael Gunn, an M-1911 Colt .45 ACP, is a sidearm used by the U.S. military for five-plus decades. Michael fears his usefulness is coming to an end, so he wishes to have his story set to words for posterity. Michael relates the tales of his 12 owners – or “handlers” – as Francis likes to call them. There was the World War I doughboy; a French train engineer; a small French boy during the Nazi occupation; a German Luftwaffe pilot; a WWII American sergeant; a Korean soldier; a USAF Search-Air-Rescue airman in Thailand; the Hispanic gang leader in San Antonio; the young homeless woman from Louisiana; the female SWAT team member in Washington, D.C.; the African-American Philadelphia policeman; and finally, Francis Kane himself. Prior to relating its owners’ stories, Michael spins a lengthy narrative on how its creation came to life. |
| colt 45 military issue: The Javelin Trilogy Cutcliffe King, 2021-07-26 Little was known about the Great Southern Ocean during World War Two, or the large icebound continent located at the very bottom of the Blue Planet, known as Earth. Using nautical charts, put together by Old World explorers, and relying on the sharp eyes of the submarine’s lookouts, the USS Javelin plowed through the remarkably still, icy waters, towards the Antarctic continent. Both United States Army Air Corp pilots, colonels Jeremy McCloud and Kevin Stillwell, were none the wiser about their mysterious assignment. This ignorance did not deter the enemy from their quest to assassinate both men. Apparently, their deaths were to be finalized at any cost—a cost that included the mysterious loss of two German raiders on the voyage south, as well as a German raider’s spotter plane sent to bomb the submarine. With the unannounced arrival of a stranger on board the USS Javelin, the submarine commander, Martin Reeves, became aware of strange forebodings aboard his vessel. Add to this the discovery of a small, shiny orb in the engine room. This strange piece of hardware alerted the commander to an association with the Air Corp colonels, leading to severe behavioral changes in both pilots. Aware that both pilots were under pressure from unknown sources, Commander Reeves brought his submarine to the safe harbor of McMurdo Sound on the Antarctic continent where an American research team had built a large base. Upon meeting the mission leader, Professor Karl Schwuiter and his fellow scientists, Commander Reeves completed his mission, introducing the two pilots to the professor. Using his professional discretion, Professor Schwuiter permitted the two pilots and a restricted number of submariners to tour the facility, code-named Base Olympus. When exposed to the “other” USS Javelin, all visitors were completely overawed at the sight of the beautiful craft standing before them. Briefed on the mission to send the craft into outer space, everyone was made aware as to how the selection of the first ever human being to go into outer space would be made. With the departure of the submarine, renamed USS Scorpion, both pilots were set tasks to test their endurance. During one of these tests, Colonel Kevin Stillwell disappeared, never to be found! His disappearance was labeled “misadventure.” Other incidents confounded the scientists, who were looking for reasons as to why someone was trying to sabotage the mission. Even as the first mission into space was counting down, an even deadlier attack was foisted onto the mission personnel, with a number killed and seriously wounded. After a successful launch, expedited manually, the pilot’s mission was cut short after an intercepting spacecraft belonging to an alien race captured the spacecraft USS Javelin! |
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| colt 45 military issue: 97 Evergreen West Weddle, 2007-04 Survivors of a plane crash in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, in the middle of winter, remain determined to survive even though the odds are stacked against them. The survive first, then wait time is spent by a fire, where they discuss any and all subjects; religion, personal histories, goals and dreams, some satisfied and some never realized. This emotionally charged story tries to reflect what crash survivors really experience in this unimaginable scenario. Once again you are asked to place yourself into the story and see if you agree. Deeply reflect on all the things you have gained and lost in your lifetime, up to this given point. This is the opportunity afforded to these survivors by tragic circumstance. Everyone could use a little soul searching time in this fast paced world. |
| colt 45 military issue: The Rockabye Contract Philip Atlee, 2021-02-16 A wild plot leads a covert operative around the globe—and into deadly trouble: “I admire Philip Atlee’s writing tremendously.” —Raymond Chandler Joe Gall’s current assignment involves escorting a sexy folk singer on an international journey—but as always for the ex–CIA operative, there’s more going on behind the scenes. Before this job is through, Gall will find himself untangling a mystery involving a toy manufacturer, an assassination plot, and a dictator’s goons—and trying desperately to make it out alive . . . This classic series of action novels featuring the fearless freelancer comes from the Edgar Award–nominated author praised as “the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction” (Larry McMurtry, The New York Times). |
| colt 45 military issue: The Cardinal's Conscience J. R. Mathis, Susan Mathis, 2022-05-18 Enjoy this Contemporary Small Town Family Secrets Murder Mystery Featuring a Unique Sleuthing Couple. When the body of Gwen Tolson's mother is found near Anna's house, a fifty year old secret may hold the key to finding her killer. The Honeymoon Homicide is the fourth novel in the Mercy and Justice Mystery series, a contemporary small town mystery series. The series is a sequel to the Father Tom Mysteries that began with The Penitent Priest and includes the same cast of characters. It features Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest who is also an amateur sleuth in the tradition of Father Brown, and his wife Helen Greer, female Chief of Police and detective in the tradition of Kinsey Millhone. If you enjoy the works of Rhys Dylan, Andrew Mayne, and Mary Stone, you will enjoy this novel. |
| colt 45 military issue: Beyond Haviland Deborah Oswald, 2024-11-25 In the turbulent aftermath of World War I, Haviland Seminary for Girls hides more secrets than ever—and Jay McKenna is determined to uncover them. When Jay returns to Haviland in 1919, her hopes for a fresh start are dashed as a fellow student forces her out of her dorm room, relegating her to the eerie attic of Fowler House. Sharing the cramped space with the enigmatic new girl, Olive Moody, Jay is unsettled by Olive’s secretive nighttime escapades and cryptic demeanor, sparking both curiosity and suspicion. As Jay contends with the new dynamics inside Haviland’s walls, an unexpected encounter with political activist Ruth Lefkowitz leads her on a new and dangerous path. Tasked with infiltrating a factory in her hometown of Brewster, Jay uncovers a conspiracy stretching from Manhattan’s settlement houses to the very heart of her own past. Alongside her steadfast friend Florence, she must brave a network of betrayals, lies, and treacherous allegiances that could endanger her future—and perhaps her life. Rich in historical intrigue and suspense, Beyond Haviland is a powerful tale of resilience, courage, and the search for truth in a world haunted by secrets. |
| colt 45 military issue: Legacy Of Avalon Nathaniel Vanderkooi Smith, 2015-06-27 Two half brothers magic awakens as they fight for their lives in parallel worlds. Discovering their destinies and the wonders of magic in fantastic cities. A sinister group tries to lead the parallel worlds into darkness, can the Brother's stop them? |
| colt 45 military issue: A Gideon Crew Collection Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, 2016-04-05 Now, available for the first time together in a single volume: a digital-only, value-priced bundle edition of the first three books in the Gideon Crew series: Gideon's Sword, Gideon's Corpse, and The Lost Island, by #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child. GIDEON'S SWORD:At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down. At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him. Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful. But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade. For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning... GIDEON'S CORPSE:A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before. Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack. Ten days. And Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of New York to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse--far worse--than mere Armageddon. THE LOST ISLAND:Brilliant scientist and master thief Gideon Crew is living on borrowed time when he is tasked by his mysterious employer, Eli Glinn, to steal a page from the priceless Book of Kells, now on display in New York City and protected by unbreakable security. Gideon gets the parchment-only to learn that hidden beneath the illuminated image is a treasure map dating back to the ancient Greeks. As they ponder the strange map, they realize that the treasure it leads to is no ordinary fortune. It is something far more precious: an amazing discovery that could perhaps even save Gideon's life. Together with his new partner, Amy, Gideon follows a trail of cryptic clues to an unknown island in a remote corner of the Caribbean Sea. There, off the hostile and desolate Mosquito Coast, the pair discover the extraordinary treasure they are hunting conceals an even greater shock-a revelation so profound that it may benefit the entire human race . . . if Gideon and Amy can survive. |
| colt 45 military issue: Things I Didn't Know Robert Hughes, 2009-06-03 Robert Hughes has trained his critical eye on many major subjects, from the city of Barcelona to the history of his native Australia. Now he turns that eye inward, onto himself and the world that formed him. Hughes analyzes his experiences the way he might examine a Van Gogh or a Picasso. From his relationship with his stern and distant father to his Catholic upbringing and school years; and from his development as an artist, writer, and critic to his growing appreciation of art and his exhilaration at leaving Australia to discover a new life, Hughes’ memoir is an extraordinary feat of exploration and celebration. |
| colt 45 military issue: Watching Gideon Stephen H. Foreman, 2009-11-10 GIDEON PICKETT WAS BORN WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. This has never bothered his father, Jubal. He understands his son better than anybody, and though the boy has never uttered a word, the two could be no closer. This Gideon is no ordinary child: His powers of observation, strength, and extraordinary threshold for pain make him almost otherworldly, though to Jubal he's just a moody, hungry sixteen-year-old kid. He would do anything for his boy. So, in 1953, Jubal Pickett makes the decision to buy a red Ford Flathead V-8 truck and travel with Gideon from Mississippi to the desert canyon lands of Utah to strike it rich in uranium prospecting. On their journey, they encounter Abilene Breedlove, a country-girl-meets-femme-fatale. Jubal is smitten. Abilene sees only opportunity, but she joyfully jumps into her end of the bargain and climbs aboard. Things begin to fall apart when they arrive in Utah. While Jubal sets out on what most consider to be a fool's errand, Abilene fi nds herself a job and Jack Savage. Jack is handsome, mysterious, rich, and powerful -- all qualities Abilene fi nds irresistible. He cuts Jubal in on a claim he owns in order to get the man out of town as fast as possible so that he can begin aggressively pursuing the intoxicating Abilene. It's not long before the situation gets out of hand. Watching Gideon is at once a poignant, moving portrait of a nearly supernatural bond between father and son, a snapshot of America's rugged, gritty history, and a fast-paced story of lust, greed, and self-satisfaction. Filled with humor, adventure, sex, and intrigue, it is the textured, incredible, stark tale of the cost of an American dream pursued. |
| colt 45 military issue: The Undiscovered Country Mike Nemeth, 2018-03-20 Winner of the Beverly Hills Book Award for Southern Fiction: “A precise, elaborate tale that shows just how menacing a family’s history can be” (Kirkus Reviews). When Randle’s mother becomes critically ill he rushes to her bedside to comfort her. As he puts her affairs in order, he expects to face long-suppressed memories and contemptuous siblings, but he does not expect to discover that in her younger years, while he was an unaware child, his mother was a feisty, courageous woman who bravely battled an abusive husband and made fateful decisions for the good of her children. Now she wants nothing more than to die with dignity, with her secrets intact. But Randle learns that her husband was not his birth father, that a wealthy man who is being extorted claims to be his birth father, and his mother hopes to take the secret of his biological father’s true identity to her grave. As he grapples with the implications for his own identity, Randle uncovers a murder no one knew had been committed and struggles to protect the unwitting man who intends to bequeath him millions of dollars. When he unravels his mother’s dark secrets he unlocks his own demons and is left with the agonizing choice between revenge and greed or forgiveness. “An intriguing who-done-it story that critiques antiquated social practices and values while remaining affectionate to its Georgia setting . . . A story centered on an all-around Southern family, complete with all the dying pageantry and tradition of passing generations in a changing South.” —Deep South magazine |
| colt 45 military issue: KIN Kealan Patrick Burke, 2012-01-04 A novel by the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE TURTLE BOY. On a scorching hot summer day in Elkwood, Alabama, Claire Lambert staggers naked, wounded, and half-blind away from the scene of an atrocity. She is the sole survivor of a nightmare that claimed her friends, and even as she prays for rescue, the killers -- a family of cannibalistic lunatics -- are closing in. A soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder returns from Iraq to the news that his brother is among the murdered in Elkwood. In snowbound Detroit, a waitress trapped in an abusive relationship gets an unexpected visit that will lead to bloodshed and send her back on the road to a past she has spent years trying to outrun. And Claire, the only survivor of the Elkwood Massacre, haunted by her dead friends, dreams of vengeance... a dream which will be realized as grief and rage turn good people into cold-blooded murderers and force alliances among strangers. It's time to return to Elkwood. In the spirit of such iconic horror classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance, Kin begins at the end and studies the possible aftermath for the survivors of such traumas upon their return to the real world -- the guilt, the grief, the thirst for revenge -- and sets them on an unthinkable journey... back into the heart of darkness. |
| colt 45 military issue: Light M. John Harrison, 2007 In Harrison's dangerously illuminating new novel, three quantum outlaws face a universe of their own creation, where the rules are made up--and broken--along the way, and where there's only one thing more mysterious than darkness. |
| colt 45 military issue: Infected Scott Sigler, 2008-10-14 A terrifying thriller that will crawl beneath your skin . . . and leave fresh blood on every page. “Fraught with tension . . . Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets The Hot Zone.”—Rocky Mountain News Across America a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families. Working under the government’s shroud of secrecy, CIA operative Dew Phillips crisscrosses the country trying in vain to capture a live victim. With only decomposing corpses for clues, CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya races to analyze the science behind this deadly contagion. She discovers that these killers all have one thing in common—they’ve been contaminated by a bioengineered parasite, shaped by a complexity far beyond the limits of known science. Meanwhile Perry Dawsey—a hulking former football star now resigned to life as a cubicle-bound desk jockey—awakens one morning to find several mysterious welts growing on his body. Soon Perry finds himself acting and thinking strangely, hearing voices . . . he is infected. The fate of the human race may well depend on the bloody war Perry must wage with his own body, because the parasites want something from him, something that goes beyond mere murder. |
| colt 45 military issue: Quietus Van Poyck William, 2004-05 A dark secret sleeps, deep in a Florida swamp. Falcon asks, What would you do if you found a fortune in Mafia money, lost deep in a swamp, unmarked and unclaimed? If you are young David Alistair, raised in poverty, you take it and you bury it . . . and you wait for maturity, and grow a plan. As the power of money develops a life of its own, young Alistair tightens his seatbelt, presses the accelerator and hangs on. With new understanding he un-harnesses a fortune redirected, to find his lost sister, then prepares to unleash his wrath on the men who kidnapped her. Denver Rose, a highly financed small town attorney launches the LEA Foundation. The Baron, a secretive old man, an enigma with a bad larynx and a vibrating voice, bent on protecting his identity, channels huge sums of money into L E A F. Harley Proffit, arguably the best private detective in all of Florida, brought back from the brink, becomes point man, leading the search for Lindsay Elizabeth Alistair. Emily Rodenberry, teacher with a gift joins the team, an all-seeing silent contributor. Ned Baker, the crusty old recluse with a questionable past, runs interference. Toby Lambert, David's best friend, snake bitten and ill, develops amnesia just in the nick-of-time, as he wants no part of this dangerous game. Join the search, as this adventurous young man, leads his highly financed and colorful team. Ride with them, let the adrenaline flow, taste the danger, and feel the lure of easy money. Travel their journey through the backwater tributaries of Florida, then out deep into the Caribbean, on a quest for justice and help solve the mystery of Lindsay Elizabeth Alistair's disappearance - while wondering if this team has been chosen, protected from darkness, seduced into guerrilla warfare, disarming those so evil. |
| colt 45 military issue: Ghosts Of Berlin Ralph Ryan, 2020-12-27 In 1971, after five years training as a covert CIA agent, Mark Dillon returns to Berlin. But he's not there for a Cold War government mission—he's there hoping to search the war-torn streets of East Germany for Russian General Mstislav, who raped his mother during WWII. Mark wants revenge. Mark is given the opportunity to help smuggle Ullie, a woman trapped in East Berlin, over to the West. The mission will give him better access to Mstislav, so he agrees. He meets Ullie in Dresden, intent on helping her escape. But when Mark and Ullie discover they both have reasons to hate Mstislav, they set off together to find and kill him. The plan fails and Ullie is captured, but Mark escapes. Meanwhile, his mother, a retired CIA agent, realizes Mark's objective and begins searching for her son. Amid double crosses, double agents, and a dark family past, Mark is determined to save Ullie, deliver justice to Mstislav, and uncover the motives of a suspicious KGB agent who knows his mother. Will Mark be able to achieve his personal missions and rid himself of his ghosts, or do some things simply haunt us forever? |
| colt 45 military issue: Gun Trader's Guide, Fortieth Edition Robert A. Sadowski, 2018-10-02 If you are seeking a comprehensive reference for collectible gun values, the Gun Trader’s Guide is the only book you need. For more than half a century, this guide has been the standard reference for collectors, curators, dealers, shooters, and gun enthusiasts. Updated annually, it remains the definitive source for making informed decisions on used firearms purchases. Included are extensive listings for handguns, shotguns, and rifles from some of the most popular manufacturers, including Beretta, Browning, Colt, Remington, Savage, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and many more. This fortieth edition boasts dozens of new entries since last year’s edition and includes a complete index and a guide on how to properly and effectively use this book in order to find the market value for your collectible modern firearm. Determine the new prices for any firearm you want to sell or trade, whether its condition is in-box, excellent, or good. With new introductory materials that every gun collector and potential buyer should read, this book is the ultimate guide to purchasing classic or discontinued firearms. No matter what kind of modern firearm you own or collect, the Gun Trader’s Guide should remain close at hand. |
| colt 45 military issue: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Quarterly Bulletin United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 1982 |
| colt 45 military issue: Quarterly Bulletin United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, 1982 |
| colt 45 military issue: Daffodil Barry Arbiloff, 2011-01-26 Daffodil is a tale in the tradition of For Whom the Bell Tolls and Rains of Ranchipur. It is a story of courage and gallantry in a time of extreme peril. It is the story of two expatriates, Stavros Papadopoulos, an old timer from Ano Voutena, a remote village in Messinia in the Peloponnese of Southern Greece, and his unlikely sidekick, Danny, a young man of indeterminate youth and very excellent abilities, an all-American rascal from a rich family in Palm Beach, Florida. Now, in the aftermath of a natural disaster in Southeast Asia, a journey of four days in the lives of these two extraordinary characters, through the best and worst of times, occurs against a backdrop of intrigue and high adventure in exotic lands seen by few men and women from the Western world. The characters in the novel represent the best and worst in society, and what happens, good and bad, is the stuff of legends. |
| colt 45 military issue: Colt Single-Action Revolvers Martin Pegler, 2017-01-26 In 1836, Samuel Colt changed the face of warfare with the production of the first of a series of iconic and influential single-action revolvers, including the .44-calibre Colt Walker and the seminal .45-calibre Colt Single Action Army, which remains in production today. These weapons shifted the role of the pistol from single-shot weapon of last resort to a practical and powerful sidearm that gave the user the ability to defend himself once his primary armament was discharged. It transformed cavalry tactics and relegated the sword to a largely ceremonial role in many armies. Featuring full-colour artwork, expert analysis and gripping first-hand accounts, this is the absorbing story of Colt's family of single-action revolvers, covering their origins, development, use and lasting impact on the modern world. |
| colt 45 military issue: 1998 Standard Catalog of Firearms Ned Schwing, 1998 |
| colt 45 military issue: The Theatrical Firearms Handbook Kevin Inouye, 2014-05-30 The Theatrical Firearms Handbook is the essential guide to navigating the many decisions that are involved in the safe and effective use of firearm props for both the stage and screen. This book establishes baseline safety protocol while empowering performers and designers to tell their story of conflict in a way that makes the most of both established convention and current tools of the trade. Within these pages are practical instruction couched in the language of theatre and film, making firearms technology and concepts approachable to dramatic artists without any dumbing-down of the subject material. It contains over 100 illustrations This handbook is equally at home within the worlds of academic training, professional performance, and independent or community theatre and video productions, and is an invaluable resource for fight choreographers, props designers, backstage crew, directors, actors, stage managers, and more, at all levels of experience. |
| colt 45 military issue: The Panther Nelson DeMille, 2012-10-16 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille returns with another heart-pounding John Corey thriller—this time including Corey’s FBI agent wife Kate Mayfield… and their mission is to catch an elusive terrorist mastermind before he catches them. Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen-one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one of the masterminds behind the USS Cole bombing: a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative known as The Panther. Ruthless and elusive, he's wanted for multiple terrorist acts and murders-and the U.S. government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost. As latecomers to a deadly game, John and Kate don't know the rules, the players, or the score. What they do know is that there is more to their assignment than meets the eye-and that the hunters are about to become the hunted. Filled with breathtaking plot turns and told in John Corey's inimitable voice, The Panther is a brilliant depiction of one of the most treacherous countries in the world and raises disturbing questions about whether we can ever know who our enemies - or our allies - really are. |
| colt 45 military issue: A Time to Remember Jan Hendrix, 2018-05-05 It is 1951, and Mark Bergner is an American soldier who has just returned home from serving in the army. As he attempts to acclimate to a life he never asked for or wanted, no one knows that Mark has left the love of his life behind in Germany. Lauren Werner, the beautiful German girl who captured his heart despite their seemingly insurmountable obstacles and different backgrounds, is also doing her best to move on without him. Unfortunately all that remains in their stark reality is their memories. As ten years pass, Mark and Lauren carry on their individual lives, separated by an ocean and continent. Mark transforms into the CEO of a large company while Lauren becomes a well-known reporter and photographer who ends up in the midst of a civil war. Despite their professional successes, both Mark and Lauren are still relentlessly preoccupied by remembrances of their time together. After Mark decides to travel overseas in search of Lauren, their dream of reuniting finally comes true. Will their meeting have disastrous results, or will they recapture the special magic they once shared together? In this historical tale, two young lovers tragically separated by an ocean during the early 1950s struggle to rebuild their lives while holding out hope they will one day reunite. |
| colt 45 military issue: Gun Trader's Guide, Thirty-Fourth Edition Stephen Carpenteri, 2012-10 Provides descriptions, prices, and photographs of small firearms. |
| colt 45 military issue: I Was A P-51 Fighter Pilot in WWII James Neel White, 2003 SOME OF THE 150 STORIES IN THIS BOOK: · What WWII was all about · How the German Luftwaffe began and ended · Adolph Hitler's Nazi party and the Waffen SS · 8th Air Force raids over Europe · P-51 Mustang battles with Me-109 · 1093's Cleveland Air Races · Wright Brother's flight in 1903 · WWI Bi-planes in France · P-40s in the Flying Tigers · D-Day and P-47 Thunderbolts · Winter War in Finland · Barbarossa and airplane battles · Zeros in Southeast Asia · P-39 Airacobras fight for Russia · War-Booty in WWII · Hitler robs art treasures · How P-51 Mustangs stopped the Luftwaffe · How the Nazi Gestapo operated · The author's personal observations of WWII This book is dedicated to Orville and Wilbur Wright who discovered flight in 1903 You may purchase this book ISBN 0-595-28235-0 from www.iuniverse.com |
| colt 45 military issue: Gun Trader's Guide, Forty-Sixth Edition Robert A. Sadowski, 2024-10-01 If you are seeking a comprehensive reference for collectible gun values, the Gun Trader’s Guide is the only book you need. Included are extensive listings for handguns, shotguns, and rifles from some of the most popular manufacturers, including Beretta, Browning, Colt, Remington, Savage, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and many more. The Gun Trader's Guide is a one-stop manual to buying collectible firearms. For more than half a century, this guide has been the standard reference for collectors, curators, dealers, shooters, and gun enthusiasts. Updated annually, it remains the definitive source for making informed decisions on used firearms purchases. |
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| colt 45 military issue: The King Never Smiles Paul M. Handley, 2006-01-01 Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej, the only king ever born in the United States, came to the throne of his country in 1946 and is now the world's longest-serving monarch. This book tells the unexpected story of his life and 60-year rule: how a Western-raised boy came to be seen by his people as a living Buddha; and how a king widely seen as beneficent and apolitical could in fact be so deeply political, autocratic, and even brutal. Paul Handley provides an extensively researched, factual account of the king's youth and personal development, ascent to the throne, skilful political maneuverings, and attempt to shape Thailand as a Buddhist kingdom. Blasting apart the widely accepted image of the king as egalitarian and virtuous, Handley convincingly portrays an anti-democratic monarch who, together with allies in big business and the corrupt Thai military, has protected a centuries-old, barely-modified feudal dynasty. When at nineteen Bhumibol assumed the throne after the still-unsolved shooting of his brother, the Thai monarchy had been stripped of power and prestige. Over the ensuing decades, Bhumibol became the paramount political actor in the kingdom, crushing critics while attaining high status among his people. The book details this process and depicts Thailand's unique constitutional monarch in the full light of the facts. |
| colt 45 military issue: Field & Stream , 2005-04 FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations. |
| colt 45 military issue: Standard Catalog of Firearms Ned Schwing, 1997-02 A catalogue listing more than 12,000 types of guns and over 1,100 American and foreign manufacturers, catalogued and priced by condition for collectors and dealers. Entries include brief background and history of the item, often with a photograph. The introductory material reviews gun purchase protocol, and includes the entire text of the new Assault Weapons Law. The revised edition features a new section on the M1 Garand for military arms collectors. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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