Colt .45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway, 1951

Colt 45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway Drawing 1951
Colt 45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway Drawing 1951

This  cutaway of the classic Colt .45 Automatic was part of Popular Science’s “Know Your Weapons” series that started up in 1951.  This series was aimed squarely at WWII (and even WWI) veterans who had been intimately familiar with these military firearms only a few years before.

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Colt 45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway Drawing 1951
Colt 45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway Drawing 1951

Source:  Popular Science October 1951

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