Marine Cpl. Justin Morrall fires a 1911 M45A1 pistol at Susong Ri live fire range, Republic of Korea. The Army will soon transfer up to 10,000 surplus 1911s to the Civilian Marksmanship Program for ...

The Civilian Marksmanship Program has released the much anticipated instructions for purchasing U.S. Army surplus 1911 .45 automatic pistols. After reading the instructions on the CMP's 1911 webpage, ...

A new limited run of vintage Colt Model 1911 'Black Army' pistols were designed to invoke the World War I heritage of the M1911's original blackened finish that Colt used in lieu of the standard ...

Remember when the Civilian Marksmanship Program announced that it would sell off 10,000 surplus Army M1911 pistols to the American public as part of a provision in the 2018 defense budget? Well, mark ...

Pistols like this 1970s-era 1911 handgun could soon be available to private purchasers as part of 8,000 surplus guns being sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. (Photo: U.S. Archives) ...

Overall, more than 1.9 million 1911A1s were produced during World War II. For more than a hundred years, one weapon has travelled with American troops into almost every crisis, hot spot and war the ...

Minor adjustments have been added here and there, but the general appearance and function of the gun has largely been left unchanged. The 1911 is one of the most notorious handguns in history and ...

The U.S. Army is expected to transfer upward of 8,000 surplus M1911 pistols for civilian sale in fiscal 2018. That's based on this year's National Defense Authorization Act, a massive defense policy ...

The new Girsan MC1911 Noel is a semi-custom 1911 from EAA developed with input from competitive shooter Noel Zarza Affordable, quality and 1911s are part of a seemingly impossible trifecta. Shooters ...

The Army has given the Civilian Marksmanship Program thousands of surplus M1911 .45 caliber pistols to sell. Getting one won't necessarily be easy, however. There are about 8,000 of the firearms ...