Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on History of Weapons & War

Watch this video and more on History of Weapons & War

Start your free trial

Already subscribed? Sign in

Shooting the World War II Colt 1911A1 45ACP pistol

Semiauto Pistols • 9m 54s

Up Next in Semiauto Pistols

  • Shooting the 9 mm Mauser C96 "Red 9" ...

    Please support us at: https://www.patreon.com/capandball The Mauser C96 is one of the best known self loading pistols of the World. The Red 9 (9mm Luger version, manufactured during the 1st World War) is quite rare. Watch my short film about its history, system, tactical use, disassembly - reasse...

  • What was the First Automatic Pistol?

    What was the first true semiautomatic pistol? Let's take a look...

    Before there were self-loading pistols, there were manually operated repeating pistols with magazines - like the 1850s Volcanics. A surprising number of this type of pistol were developed in Austria in the 1880s, and they led d...

  • Praga 1921 One-Handed Pocket Pistol

    This cute little pocket pistol was an early project of Vaclav Holek, who would become much better known for his work with the ZB-26 light machine gun and ZH-29 rifle. It is a very small .25ACP selfloader, intended to be operated with one hand only. The trigger locks into a folded position to allo...