45 automatic pistol, likely based on the 1902 Military model, though Soon after this intelligence was received, Colt’s must have begun experimenting with a prototype.
Had a shorter bevel on the extractor groove. Hence it was that as early as February of 1904 (a month before the Thompson-La Garde Report was submitted to the Ordnance Department) the Union Metallic Cartridge Company (U.M.C.) ledger states that they had received “figures for the proposed ctgs.”, meaning the caliber, weight and desired velocity of bullet. 45 as the minimum caliber for a military pistol. Potocki believes that Thompson notified Colt’s early on that he and La Garde
The 19 Colt Automatic Pistols and had well-established contacts with the Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company. John Thompson served as an inspector during the earlier testing of According to Potocki, they had probably completed their tests on cadavers before Thanksgiving of that year. La Garde, Medical Corps, to determine a minimum handgunĬaliber for use by the U.S. On 16 October 1903 the Ordnance Department of the U.S. Meanwhile, the Army was clearly moving toward mandating the 41 cartridge sheared barrel links and pins, and the project was abandoned. Using a rimless cartridge based on the existing. 41 caliber version of the 1902 Military Model ,
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