Meet the 1911's grandpappy- the Colt Model 1900

[Podmonkey]

I have long subscribed to this excellent channel.
He is going to do a series of videos on this line of revolutionary pistols starting here with the 1900 and through to the 1911.

 

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[dsdmmat]

My brother has got some of the early predecessors of the 1911. He gets a lot of neat things in partial payments for remodeling peoples homes and offices. He got a Colt 1902 for a job he did a couple of years ago.

 

[Podmonkey]

My brother has got some of the early predecessors of the 1911. He gets a lot of neat things in partial payments for remodeling peoples homes and offices. He got a Colt 1902 for a job he did a couple of years ago.

That's really cool and interesting. The whole Colt/Browning Automatic series is a fascinating lesson in iterative design and its especially interesting to see how Colt retroactively incorporated elements from later models into earlier ones. The Colt Model 1900 isn't just the eventual progenitor of the 1911 but of all modern pistols.

 

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[Defilade]

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