![]() John Browning had already been developing a semi-auto pistol for Colt designed around a. 45-caliber pistol several companies leapt at the chance for a lucrative government contract. When the Army announced its intent to replace the. ![]() 45-caliber bullet in order to reliably stop close-range combatants. They determined the need for a semi-automatic pistol that fired a. Thompson (inventor of the Thompson submachinegun) and Col. The Ordnance Board established an evaluation committee led by Col. In something of a panic, the Army reissued Single Action Army revolvers from reserve stocks, and purchased some M1902. 38 Long Colts and still beheading the shooter with a keris knife were disturbingly regular. Reports of juramentados absorbing a cylinder-full of. When put up against the Moro juramentados many officers learned of the cartridge’s shortcomings the hard way. Even during the war with Spain, the revolver didn’t cut it for American forces. 38 Long Colt, the Colt New Army 1892 was a beautifully made gun, but its ballistics-a 150-grain, round-nose lead bullet at 770 fps, yielding 195 ft.-lbs. 45-caliber Single Action Army with a lighter Colt double-action revolver. officers, the government had replaced the heavy-but quite reliable. The juramentados were fierce fighters who reputedly bound parts of their bodies prior to combat to reduce bleeding and took local drugs to minimize the perception of pain. Among the Moro was a faction called “juramentado,” Spanish for “one who takes an oath,” an extremely zealous group of Muslims who felt it was their honor-bound duty to kill all Christians. Initially things were relatively peaceful, but a series of mis-translations of a treaty led to the Islamic Moro people to instigate hostilities. had seized the islands as a protectorate and one of the spoils of war at the termination of the Spanish-American War. At the turn of the last century the United States was engaged in a conflict with Moro tribesmen in portions of the Philippine Islands.
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