Study Of Gun Mechanism

{ Colt M1911 }

Anirudh Saxena 103070

Gaurav Pandit 103073
Dhiraj Thambe 103084
Ankit Yadav 103090
Yashwardhan Patni 103094
Prathmesh Chavan 103095
Introduction
 A pistol is a type of handgun. The pistol originates in the
16th century, when early handguns were produced in
Europe. The English word was introduced in ca. 1570 from
the Middle French word pistolet (ca. 1550). The most
common types of pistol are the single shot and semi
automatic
 Single shot
 Single shot handguns were mainly seen during the era of
flintlock and musket weaponry where the pistol was loaded
with a lead ball and fired by a flint striker, and then later a
percussion cap. However, as technology improved, so did
the single shot pistol. New operating mechanisms were
created, and due to this, they are still made today. It is the
oldest type of pistol, and is often used to hunt wild game.
 Multi-barreled (non-rotating)

Multi-barreled pistols were common during the same time as single shot
pistols. As designers looked for ways to increase fire rates, multiple
barrels were added to all guns including pistols. One example of a multi-
barreled pistol is the Duck's foot pistol, which generally had either four
or eight barrels, although some 20th-century models had three barrels.
 Harmonica pistol

Around 1850, pistols such as the Jarre harmonica gun were

produced that had a sliding magazine. The sliding magazine
contained pin fire cartridges or speed loaders. The magazine
needed to be moved manually in many designs, hence
distinguishing them from semi-automatic pistols.
 Revolver

With the development of the revolver in the 19th century, gunsmiths

had finally achieved the goal of a practical capability for delivering
multiple loads to one handgun barrel in quick succession.
Revolvers feed ammunition via the rotation of a cartridge-filled
cylinder, in which each cartridge is contained in its own ignition
chamber, and is sequentially brought into alignment with the weapon's
barrel by an indexing mechanism linked to the weapon's trigger
(double-action) or its hammer (single-action). These nominally
cylindrical chambers, usually numbering between five and eight
depending on the size of the revolver and the size of the cartridge
being fired, are bored through the cylinder so that their axes are
parallel to the cylinder's axis of rotation; thus, as the cylinder rotates,
the chambers revolve about the cylinder's axis.
Introduction to M1911
 The M1911 also known as the Browning Pistol is a single-action,
semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for
the .45 ACP cartridge.
 It served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Army
Forces from 1911 to 1986.
 It was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and
the Vietnam War as well as the Soviet–Afghan War.
 The pistol's formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol,
Caliber .45, M1911 for the original model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol,
Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924.
 The designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1
in the Vietnam War era.
 The M1911 pistol originated in the late 1890s as the result of a search
for a suitable self-loading (or semi-automatic) pistol to replace the
variety of revolvers then in service.
 The United States was adopting new firearms at a phenomenal rate;
several new pistols and two all-new service rifles (the M1892/96/98
Kragand M1895 Navy Lee), as well as a series of revolvers by Colt
and Smith & Wesson for the Army and Navy, were adopted just in
that decade.
 The next decade would see a similar pace, including the adoption
of several more revolvers and an intensive search for a self-loading
pistol that would culminate in official adoption of the M1911 after the
turn of the decade. In any case, a series of field tests from 1907 to
1911 were held to decide between the Savage and Colt designs.
 Both designs were improved between each testing over their initial
entries, leading up to the final test before adoption.
 Among the areas of success for the Colt was a test at the end of
1910 attended by its designer, John Browning. Six thousand rounds
were fired from a single pistol over the course of two days. When
the gun began to grow hot, it was simply immersed in water to cool
it. The Colt gun passed with no reported malfunctions, while the
Savage designs had 37.
M191
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Specification
 Cartridge-.45ACP
 Other commercial cartridge-.22,9*19mm parabellum,10mm auto,
400corbon,.455Webley
 Barrel: 5 in (127 mm) Government, 4.25 in (108 mm) Commander, and
the 3.5 in (89 mm) Officer's ACP. Some modern "carry" guns have
significantly shorter barrels and frames, while others use standard
frames and extended slides with 6 in (152 mm) barrels
 Rate of twist: 16 in (406 mm) per turn, or 1:35.5 calibers (.45 ACP)
 Operation: Recoil-operated, closed breech, single semi-
action, automatic
 Weight (unloaded): 2 lb 7 oz (1.1 kg) (government model)
 Height: 5.25 in (133 mm)
 Length: 8.25 in (210 mm)
 Capacity: 7+1 rounds (7 in standard-capacity magazine +1 in firing
chamber); 8+1 in aftermarket standard-size magazine; 10+1 in
extended and high capacity magazines.
 Guns chambered in .38 Super and 9 mm have a 9+1 capacity. Some
manufacturers, such as Armscor, Para Ordnance, Strayer Voigt Inc and
STI International Inc, offer 1911-style pistols using double-stacked
magazines with significantly larger capacities (typically 14 rounds).
Colt makes their own 8 round magazines which they include with their
Series 80 XSE models.
 Safeties: A grip safety, sear disconnect, slide stop, a half cock position,
and manual safety (located on the left rear of the frame) are on all
standard M1911A1s. Several companies have developed a firing pin
block. Colt's 80 series uses a trigger operated one and several other
manufacturers (such as Smith & Wesson) use one operated by the grip
safety.
Gun Terminology
Sear

Hammer Strut
Main Spring Cap

Main Spring
Lead core with
copper alloy Ammonium perchlorate or
or steel Ammonium nitrate
Working of Gun :
1. Cocking and
loading :
2. Firing:
Theory
Materials
Steel:
used
Why?
 Its Properties are well known.
 Relatively thin structural sections can be manufactured without
cross
compromising with the strength.
 Hardness Values:
 Frame-30-40 Rc
 Slide – 40-55 Rc
 Aluminium:
Why?
Light weight.
Recycled very easily for making new guns.

Polymer (Plastic)
 Gaston Glock first used polymer for some of the internal parts of the gun.
 Polymer was lighter than aluminium for parts which did not
deal with much of the forces.
 Manufacturing Economy is very very cheap sice processes
like injection moulding offer cheaper and faster parts.
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