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FM 23-35 Pistols and Revolvers

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FM 23-35

Pistols and Revolvers

Army · FM · Jun 1946 · 244 pages

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This manual supersedes FM 23-35, 30 April ]940, including C 1, 23 January 1942, and O 2, 6 November 1942; and FM 23-36, 20 October 1941, including C 1, 6 November 1942, and C 2, H April 1943. PART ONE AUTOMATIC PISTOL, CALIBER .45 CHAPTER 1 MECHANICAL TRAINING Section I DESCRIPTION 1. GENERAL, a. The automatic pistols, caliber .45, AI1911 and M1911A1, are recoil-operated, magazine- fed, self-loading hand weapons (figs. 1 and 2). The gas generated in a cartridge fired in the pistol is uti lized to perform the functions of extracting and ejecting the empty cartridge case, cocking the ham mer and forcing the slide to the rearmost position, thereby compressing the recoil spring. The action of the recoil spring forces the slide forward, feeding a live cartridge from the magazine into the chamber, leaving the weapon ready to fire again. b.

DesignationFM 23-35

EditionJun 1946

StatusSuperseded

Pages244

FunctionMarksmanship Weapons

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 3

References 9

TM 21-250Not in the Vault
FM 23Not in the Vault
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