M1911 pistol series

The M1911A1 pistol and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, anime, and video games:

Specifications

• Company: Colt, Remington UMC, Remington Rand, Ithaca, Union Swiss & Signal, Singer, Springfield Armory, Auto Ordinance, Para Ordinance, Rock Island Armory, Smith & Wesson.

• Type: Self-loading pistol

• Operation: Locked Breach

• Caliber: 11.43x23mm/.45 Automatic Colt Pistol(ACP)

(Various calibers in clone copies)

• Designer: John Moses Browning

• Capacity: 7+1 (original), 8, 9, 10, 15,(all single stack mags for original M1911A1) 30 drum. Various capacities for clone copies.

• Firing Mode: Semi Automatic.

• Safety: Frame mounted slide stop safety, grip safety, half cock hammer, slide battery disconnect.

Information

M1911 to M1911A1 comparison pictures.

The 1911 pistol is considered by many gun collectors and veterans the greatest self-loading pistol ever made, and the grandfather of the modern handgun which, despite its age, is still used alongside modern pistols today. Designed by John Moses Browning in 1910 and sold for marketing on February 14, 1911, the U.S. military initially found Browning's 1903 model too weak for combat. In turn, Browning Browning combined traits of his former pistols and built a prototype around the recently-developed .45 ACP round. The result was the M1911.

Browning sold the pistol to Colt, the first major company that would market the handgun. During initial testing in the military trials, the M1911 fired 1000 rounds flawlessly, becoming the first self-loading pistol to pass with a 100% grade. After World War I, the military modified the M1911 design to optimize it for combat, adding a larger ejection port and rounding the main-spring housing to allow the gun to better fit in the user's hand. The new firearm was called the Colt M1911A1. Many companies bought the model for their own sales, including Remington and Springfield Armory, which they would later sell to the US military during World War II. The M1911A1's power and reliability kept it in circulation through the Korean and Vietnam Wars before the pistol began showing its age. However, it should be noted that at the time that the military began looking for a new sidearm no new M1911's had been purchased since 1945; 40 years prior. The U.S. Military held new military trials, during which they tested numerous pistols, the finalists being the SIG-Sauer P226 and the Beretta 92F. Due to the high price of the SIG-Sauer's magazines, the 92F was chosen to replace the M1911A1, a highly controversial decision to this day.

The M1911A1 remains alive in the hands of many gun enthusiasts and many U.S. Military special forces. Modern incarnations include models built by Colt, responsible for the M1991A1 and Commander series, and Springfield Armory which faithfully continues building 1911's based on their original designs. Auto Ordinance has made several expensive reproductions, and Para Ordinance manufactures a number of high-capacity double stack variations, including the P-13 and P-14 and the LDA (Light Double Action). Kimber manufactures the Desert Warrior and the Custom II, variations that Special forces and SWAT teams use.

Countless foreign copies are also in circulation, including Llamas, Mausers, and Argentinian clones. Despite being almost 100 years old, the 1911 pistol continues to be manufactured with almost no major design changes, and has proven itself as one of the greatest handguns ever made.

M1911

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 acp

The original M1911 first issued to the U.S. Military during WWI. When identifying, note a smaller ejection port (a bit difficult in film recognition), smaller grip safety spur, thinner front sight, original diamond cut checker grips, lack of curved mainspring housing (on the rear of the grip below the grip safety), and a larger hammer spur.

Film

• Public Enemies (2009)

• Gene Hackman as Brill in Enemy of the State

• Letters from Iwo Jima

• Michael Collins

• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

• Ghosts of Mars

• Miller's Crossing

• Farewell To The King

• Battle Royale

• Babylon A.D.

• The Roaring Twenties

• James Cagney as Brick Davis, Robert Armstrong as Jeff McCord, Barton MacLane as Collins and Edward Pawley as Danny Leggett in G Men (1935)

• The Wild Bunch (1969)

• David Warner as Spicer Lovejoy and Billy Zane as Caledon "Cal" Nathan Hockley in Titanic (with pearl grips and chrome finish)

• They Were Expendable (1945)

• Bataan (1943)

• Humphrey Bogart as Sergeant Joe Gunn in Sahara (1943)

• Sergeant York (1941)

Television

• The Lost Battalion

Anime

• Mikura Suzuki in Mezzo Forte

• Mezzo DSA

• Vincent Volaju from Cowboy Bebop uses a customized Colt 1911 by Strayer voigt Inc. (most likely in 9mm, as I will explain)!!!!!!!! good movie

M1911A1

World War 2 issued Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP.

The U.S. military was re-issued the 1911 pistol in 1924, now designated the M1911A1. Changes to the gun included a larger ejection port, a shortened trigger, a longer grip-safety spur to prevent hammer bite, a widened front sight, a slightly shaved hammer spur to prevent clothing snags, a curved mainspring housing, simplified checkered grips (although diamond grips still appeared on some), and relief cuts around the trigger guard on the frame.

Film

• John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski

• Bruce Willis as John Smith in Last Man Standing Matched pair in shoulder rig.

• Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Joe Enders in Windtalkers

• Christian Slater as Sergeant Peat 'Ox' Andersen in Windtalkers

• Keith David, Chris Tucker, N'Bushe Wright and members of the Marine Recon unit in Dead Presidents

• Pat Renella as Johnny Ross in Bullitt

• Chris Penn in Return from the River Kwai

• Jean Claude Van Damme in Nowhere to Run

• Robert De Niro as Sam in Ronin

• Qi Shu as Lai in The Transporter

• Joaquim de Almeida as Bucho in Desperado

• Antonio Banderas as El Mariachi in Desperado

• Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow during a bank robbery in Bonnie and Clyde

• Tom Hanks as Captain John Miller in Saving Private Ryan

• Tom Sizemore as Technical Sgt. Mike Horvath in Saving Private Ryan

• Robert Redford as CIA operative Joe "Condor" Turner in Three Days of the Condor

• Evan Parke as Ben Hayes in King Kong

• Renard's men, Sophie Marceau as Elektra King, and Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in The World Is Not Enough

• Gene Hackman as Capt. Frank Ramsey in Crimson Tide

• Milla Jovovich as Alice in Resident Evil

• Michelle Rodriguez as Rain Ocampo in Resident Evil

• Willem Dafoe as Lt. Commander Virgil "Tiger" Cole in Flight of the Intruder

• Delta Force operators in Black Hawk Down

• Warren Oates as John Dillinger and gang members in Dillinger

• Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October

• Scott Glenn as Cmdr. Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October

• Samuel L. Jackson as Col. Terry L. Childers in Rules of Engagement

• Michael Douglas as William 'D-Fence' Foster in Falling Down

• One of Gamble's men and Oliver Martinez as Alex Montel in S.W.A.T.

• Mel Gibson as Lt. Colonel Hal Moore and Sam Elliott as Sgt. Major Basil L. Plumley in We Were Soldiers

• Used by Pvt. Steel in Day of the Dead

• Ben Affleck as Captain Rafe Cawley in Pearl Harbor

• Josh Hartnett as Captain Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as the T-800 in Terminator 2: Judgement Day

• U.S. Marines and Soon-Tek Oh as a Japanese Zero pilot in The Final Countdown

• Steven Seagal as Chief Casey Ryback in Under Siege

• Wesley Snipes as Mark Sheridan in U.S. Marshals (with stainless steel finish)

• Josh Hartnett as "The Man" in Sin City (fitted with a silencer)

• Chris Rock as Detective Lee Butters in Lethal Weapon 4

• Nicolas Cage as Castor Troy in Face/Off (with custom grips and gold-plated finish)

• Matthew Modine as Pvt. Joker in Full Metal Jacket

• Tom Wilkinson as Juntao in Rush Hour

• One of Ana's neighbors in Dawn of the Dead

• Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas (with and without silencer)

• Chow Yun-Fat as Ko Chow in City on Fire

• Chow Yun-Fat as Gou Fei in Full Contact

• Dennis Quaid as Frank Towns and Tyrese Gibson as A.J. in Flight of the Phoenix

• Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump and Gary Sinise as Lt. Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump

• Ed Harris as William Parcher in A Beautiful Mind

• Chow Yun-Fat as Mark Lee, Anita Mui as Chow Ying Kit, Tony Leung Ka-Fai as Cheung Chi Mun, Saburô Tokitô as Ho Cheung Ching/Tanaka, Kien Shih as Pat, Triads, and ARVN soldiers in A Better Tomorrow III

• Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Ah Bee, Jacky Cheung as Fai, Waise Lee as Little Wing, and Simon Yam as Luke in Bullet in the Head

• Ryan Phillippe as Parker and Benicio del Toro as Longbaugh in The Way of the Gun

• No Country for Old Men

• IRA forces in Michael Collins

• Shoot to kill

• The Getaway (movie)

• The Silence of the Lambs

• Steven Seagal in Above the Law and Shadow Man

• Reni Santoni in Cobra

• U.S. Marines in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

• Nick Nolte in 48 Hrs.

• Bruce Willis as Mr.Goodkat in Lucky Number Slevin

• Lee Marvin in The Professionals (1966) (it must be a M1911, instead of a M1911A1, as the action takes place around 1920)

• John Turturro as Bernie Bernbaum in Miller's Crossing (This is likely the M1911 model as the film's setting pre-dates the M1911A1)

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as a militia officer in Tears of the Sun

• Peter Stormare and James Caviezel in Unknown

• Morgan Freeman as Colonel Curtis and Tom Sizemore as Lieutenant Underhill in Dreamcatcher

• The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

• Robert Mitchum and Richard Egan in The Hunters (1958)

• The Devil's Brigade (1968)

Television

• Kate Mulgrew as Katherine Janeway, Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris, Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres, Robert Beltran as Chakotay, and Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager (episode "The Killing Game")

• Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I.

• U.S. Army soldiers in Band of Brothers

• CSI: Miami

• Paul Michael Glaser as Detective David Starsky in Starsky & Hutch (pilot episode only)

• Gas station robbers in Mr. Poxycat & .Co

• Numerous characters in Family Guy

• Prison Break

• Lt. Col. John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis Season2 to present

• David McCallum as "Illya Kuryakin" in the first episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ("The Vulcan Affair")

• All Field Agents for "The Company" in Heroes

• Muse Watson as Retired Agent Mike Franks in CBS's "NCIS"

Anime

• Inspector Koichi Zenigata in Lupin III

• Vicious, Julia, and a Red Dragon Syndicate member in Cowboy Bebop

• Kai Miyagusuku in Blood+

• Mikura Suzuki in Mezzo DSA

• Used by several characters in Black Lagoon

• Used by Yakuza in Full Metal Panic

Video Games

• Battlefield: 1942

• Battlefield: Vietnam

• Hidden & Dangerous

• Return to Castle Wolfenstein

• Call of Duty

• Call of Duty: United Offensive

• Call of Duty 2

• Call of Duty 3

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Enter the Matrix

• Medal of Honor: Frontline

• Medal of Honor: Heroes

• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

• Medal of Honor: Infiltrator

• Syphon Filter 2 (as the ".45")

• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Can be unlocked via password)

• Devil May Cry Series (extensively customized)

• Promotional material and cutscenes of Shadow the Hedgehog (though it is not a playable weapon)

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (as the "Kora-919")

• Scarface: The World is Yours (as the ".45", can be upgraded with a silencer.)

• Hitman: Blood Money

• Mafia

• Tetsuya uses a chrome M1911 in 2 Spicy.

Colt Gold Cup National Match

Colt Gold Cup National Match (Mark IV, Series 70) - .45 ACP.

Colt Gold Cup National Match (Mark IV, Series 70) - .45 ACP.

A target match grade M1911A1 produced by Colt off the Series 70 and Series 80 pistols. Noted most easily by raised adjustable sights. Note light hollowed trigger and slanted cocking serrations as well.

Film

• Sylvester Stallone as Marion Cobretti in Cobra

• Marcel Bozzuffi in The French Connection

Auto Ordnance M1911A1

Although it has a longer trigger, it is impossible to differentiate from a genuine M1911A1 at a distance or in the hands of an actor. The easierst way to identify it is the slanted grooves on the slide.

Auto Ordnance M1911A1 .45 ACP. This is a well worn blank adapted movie gun used in multiple World War 2 movies as a substitute for the Colt M1911A1.

An Auto Ordnance M1911A1 with Nickel plated finish and custom pearl grips. This is the screen used gun that was carried and fired by John Travolta in the movie Pulp Fiction.

Film

• John Travolta as Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction (with pearl grips and chrome finish)

Colt MK IV Series 70

Colt 1911 Series 70 .45 ACP

Colt MKIV Series 70 pistol - .45 ACP with stainless steel finish

Film

• Benicio del Toro as Longbaugh and Ryan Phillippe as Parker in The Way of the Gun

• Mark Wahlberg as Bobby Mercer in Four Brothers

• Joaquim de Almeida as Butcho in Desperado

• A student bomber in Blown Away

• Several characters in Dead Presidents

• O.J. Simpson as Detective Nordberg in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

• Quentin Tarantino as Richard Gecko in From Dusk Till Dawn (stainless)

• Commando

Colt Commander

Colt Combat Commander - .45 ACP.

Colt Commander M1991A1 - .45 ACP.

The Commander model 1911 is basically a moderately scaled down M1911A1 produced between 1951 and 1969, and was chambered in 9x19 mm Parabellum, .45 ACP, and .38 Super. There are several versions of the Commander. The original aluminum framed "Commander" was renamed the "Lightweight Commander" in 1970, when other versions of this type appeared. The "Combat Commander" is an all steel version introduced in 1970. Later versions include the Colt Commander Gold Cup National Match, the Combat Elite, and the Concealed Carry Officer's model, which mated the Commander slide & barrel with the smaller frame of the Colt Officer's Model.

Film

• Steven Seagal in Above the Law

• Nick Nolte in Extreme Prejudice

• Warren Oates in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

• Ben Stiller in Starsky and Hutch

• James Olson as General Franklin Kirby in Commando (satin nickel finish)

• Clifton Powell and N'Bushe Wright in Dead Presidents

Colt Mustang

Colt Mustang .380 ACP

Colt Mustang .380 ACP‎

The Colt Mustang was a small frame .380 ACP semi-auto handgun based on the M1911 design and was produced from 1986-1997.

Film

• Dan Akroyd as Grocer in Grosse Pointe Blank

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater in Last Action Hero

Television

• Alan Tudyk as Hoban "Wash" Washburn in Firefly

Colt Combat Elite

Colt Combat Elite .45 ACP with Pachmayr grips

Colt Officer's ACP

Colt Officers ACP .45 ACP.

Colt Officers ACP M1991A1 Series 80, used by Al Pacino in Heat.

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Colt Compact M1991A1 .45acp - the Colt Compact is the Parkerized version of the Colt Officer's ACP

A smaller compact 1911 copy of the Commander, this weapon is commonly mixed up with the Colt Commander, which has a longer barrel and slide than the Officer

Film

• Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna in Heat

• Nick Stahl as Roark Jr. in Sin City

• Ben Foster as Mars in Hostage (2005)

• Sin City

• Steven Seagal as Orin Boyd in Exit Wounds

• Thomas Jane as Frank Castle/Otto Kreig in The Punisher (2004)

Kimber Custom TLE II

Kimber Custom TLE II .45 ACP with Surefire 310R weaponlight. This is a screen used pistol in the movie S.W.A.T.

Custom Kimber TLE II pistol with Surefire light - this is the exact pistol used by the team in the movie S.W.A.T.. This one is Samuel L. Jackson's actual pistol in the movie (and was carried by him)

Film

• L.A.P.D. SWAT officers in S.W.A.T. (fitted with Surefire 310R weaponlights, including several modified to fire paintballs)

• Bruce Willis as Det. Jeff Talley in Hostage

• Street Kings

Television

• Michael Cudlitz as Colonel Ryan in Over There (fitted with Surefire 310R weaponlight)

• Used by members of The Unit

Kimber Pro Carry II

The Kimber Pro Carry II is a compact 1911 chambered in .45 acp.

Kimber Pro Carry II in Stainless/Alloy Frame - .45 ACP

Television

• Emily Proctor as Calliegh Duquesne in CSI: Miami (with stainless steel finish)

Strayer Voigt Infinity 1911

Strayer Voigt Infinity 1911 .45 ACP

Television

• Jack Coleman as Noah Bennet a.k.a. The Man in the Horn-Rimmed Glasses in Heroes

• Malcolm McDowell as Mr. Linderman in Heroes

• Eric Roberts as Mr. Thompson in Heroes

Anime

• Vincent Volaju in Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Infinity Tiki-T

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Infinity Tiki-T .45 ACP

Television

• Emily Proctor as Calliegh Duquesne in CSI: Miami

• Seen in Heroes

Safari Arms .45

Safari Arms .45 with custom grips

Film

• Angelina Jolie as Fox in Wanted (heavily customized)

Kongsberg m/1914

Kongsberg M1914 .45 ACP

Film

• Bruce Campbell as the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills in Escape from LA

Ballester Molina

Ballester Molina .45 ACP

The Ballester Molina .45 is an Argentine copy of the Colt M1911. It has a few minor cosmetic differences but magazines and some other parts will interchange. To tell it from a genuine US 1911, look at the hammer, which is different in shape, and note the lack of a grip safety.

Colt XSE

Colt XSE 1911 .45 ACP.

A modern Colt 1911 with added front cocking serrations and a few cosmetic changes.

Film

• Brad Pitt as John Smith in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (fitted with a silencer)

MEU(SOC)/Kimber Desert Warrior/Warrior II

MEU(SOC) Pistol\Kimber Desert Warrior .45 ACP.

Kimber Warrior II .45 ACP.

Detonics ScoreMaster

Detonics ScoreMaster .45 ACP.

Film

• David Graf as Eugene Tackleberry in Police Academy 2

• Point Break

• Vernon Wells as Bennett in Commando

Television

• Miami Vice

Detonics CombatMaster

Detonics Combat Master .45 ACP.

Television

• Miami Vice

Detonics ServiceMaster

Detonics ServiceMaster .45 ACP.

Film

• Runaway

• Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Smith and Wesson SW1911

Smith and Wesson SW1911 .45 ACP Blued version

Smith and Wesson SW1911 .45 ACP Stainless version with second set of grip ridges and integral rail on the frame.

Springfield Armory M1911

Springfield Armory M1911-A1 - .45 ACP Blued version with Springfield logo grips

Springfield Armory M1911-A1 - .45 ACP Stainless Steel version with U.S.-marked grips

Springfield Armory Champion - .45 ACP stainless Steel semi-compact slide/full sized grip - 8 round

Video Games

• Call of Duty 4 (Springfield Armory Professional)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Springfield 1911A1 Lightweight Operator)

Dan Wesson Panther

A Dan Wesson copy of the M1911A1, note external extractor.

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Dan Wesson "Panther" 1911 .45 ACP

AMT Hardballer

AMT Hardballer Longslide .45 ACP

AMT Hardballer w/ 5" barrel .45 ACP.

Film

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator in The Terminator (Longslide version fitted with laser scope)

• Bruce Campbell as himself in My Name Is Bruce (Longslide version)

Video Games

• Hitman: Blood Money (as modified Silverballer)

• Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

• Hitman: Contracts

Para-Ordnance P-12

A sub-compact, double stack .45 caliber pocket 1911.

Para-Ordnance P-12 - .45 ACP.

Para Ordnance P-13

A compact, double stack .45 caliber pistol.

Para-Ordnance P-13 - .45 ACP.

Film

• Several of the Montagues in Romeo & Juliet

Para-Ordnance P-14

A full-size, double stack .45 caliber pistol. Famously known as the 14-shot 1911 pistol, double the capacity of the traditional M1911A1.

Para-Ordnance P-14 - .45 ACP.

Para-Ordnance P-14 (Two Tone) - .45 ACP.

Film

Milla Jovovich as Alice in Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Para Ordnance P-15

Para-Ordinance P-15 w/ Hogue grips - .45 ACP.

Para-Ordnance P-16

A full size, double stack .40 S&W caliber pistol.

Para-Ordnance P-16 - .40 caliber.

Para-Ordnance P-18

A full size, double stack 9mm pistol. Sometimes called the P18.9, which is proper designation, but then again P14.45 and P16.40 are also proper designations, but not required to be said in full every time.

Para-Ordnance P-18 - 9mm.

Film

• Timothy Olyphant as Agent 47 in Hitman (akimbo-style)

Para-Ordinance LDA

Similar to the P-14, the Para Ordnance LDA (Light Double Action) is a full size, double stack .45 caliber, holding 14 shots. Unlike the P-14 or any other 1911 before though, it is outfitted with a double action trigger. They are built as double/singles with exposed hammers and double action only models with shaved down flat hammers.

Para-Ordnance LDA w/ exposed hammer - .45 ACP.

Para-Ordnance LDA w/ shaved flat hammer - .45 ACP.

Film

• Timothy Olyphant briefly as Agent 47 in Hitman