Posted August 19, 2019 3:00 pm by Comments

By Logan Metesh

Inland Manufacturing 1911 A1 Government Handgun with historic patent dates included
Inland Manufacturing 1911A1 Government Handgun with historic patent dates included

United States – (AmmoLand.com)- If you take a look at an older Colt 1911 slide that has patent dates listed on it, you’ll see that the most recent one is 116 years old, dating to August 19, 1913. On that day, US patent 1,070,582 was issued to John Moses Browning for improvements on his original M1911 patent from February 14, 1911.

Most people have probably looked right past the patent numbers on the slide. Of the few that have paid attention to them, a decidedly smaller number have had enough interest to look them up and see why each was necessary. So why, then, was it necessary for Browning to alter his design just two short years after introducing it?

Browning explains in his application that these changes were necessitated by the fact that “active military service makes it at times necessary” to carry the gun cocked and unlocked (in today’s parlance) while still being safe enough to prevent negligent discharge but, at the same time, ready to fire without any additional manipulation beyond what is required to grip the gun.

Visibly, guns made before this 1913 patent was issued are really …Read the Rest

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