many of them are made in different places. 1911 models are made in Brazil. XDM pistols are made in croatia. I'm not sure about the rest.
it was made by colt in 1918. if your slide reads 'springfield' that someone in the past changed slides which was not uncommon when cleaning pistols...........
Pistols were probably first made for hunting purposes or because of war.
No, they are made is Croatia. They are infact an entirely croatian product, ther original name was and still are HS2000 (hrvatski samokres 2000/ croatian pistol year 2000) and they are commercialized in USA only with name XD following a 15 year export agreement with Springfield armory.
Springfield, Mass...........................
Oyster pearl
your springfield rifle was made in 1919.
1911 model pistols , by all manufactures, used serial numbers to date the manufacture date of their pistols. therefore, to obtain the date of any 1911 pistol you have to furnish a serial number.
Around 1857
In Hartford, Connecticut.
No published history
big guns. Plus, pistols (revolvers), semi-automatic pistols (automatics), single shot pistols, derringers, rifles, and shotguns.