The M9 is a lightweight, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Beretta and designed to replace the M1911A1 .45 caliber pistol and .38 caliber revolvers. The Beretta M9 has redundant automatic ...

(An easy way to start a fist fight is to ask pistol aficionados if the .45 caliber round has more “stopping power” than 9mm ammo.) But eagle-eyed Ian D’Costa of Military Times first reported ...

Now, thanks to military logistics, there was a serious issue ... After the 1911, he never built another gun chambered in .45 ACP. Looking at his other famous handguns: the Colt 1903 Hammerless was in ...

45 caliber to the 9mm caliber, setting a new global standard for pistols. Before this, the U.S. Army had used the Colt M1911 ...

September 24, 2006: Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Defense began a search for a new .45 caliber combat pistol. Now that search has been mysteriously called off. The Department of Defense ...