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Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

Stamped Sheet Metal 1911 Prototype (1947)

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Stamped Sheet Metal 1911 Prototype (1947)

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Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

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Presumably an attempt to reduce the cost to manufacture the iconic handgun.

This one is also on display at the Springfield National Armory Historical Site.

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The army was experimenting with bringing the weight down. The one in the picture is stamped sheet metal, but they also experimented with stamped aluminum. Only 30 were ever made. I don’t think they ever planned to produce them in mass. Its a proof of concept.

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