115 of "The Government Models: The Development of the Colt Model of 1911" by Goddard. Military Automatic Pistols 1894-1920" by Ellis/Meadows and on p. No reason for this decline is specified but the initial presentations are covered in detail on p. Secretary of War Dickinson declined the new pistol. On pistols 7, 8, and 9 were returned to Colt and fitted with modified hammers. Dickinson, who signed the final approval of the pistol.
9, was designated for presentation to the Secretary of War J. 7-15 were completed following the trials. 1-6 were completed in February 1911 in time for the test. Colt assembled only fifteen Special Army pistols for the 1911 Springfield trials Serial No. The March 1911 pistol trials resulted in the selection of the Colt Model 1911 as the standard Army handgun. The Model 1911 Special Army incorporated improvements designed to address problems that surfaced in the Model 1910 Special Army during the November 1910 pistol trials conducted at Springfield Armory. This Colt Model 1911 Special Army semi-automatic pistol was manufactured in 1910 for the Ordnance trials of the Colt and Savage automatic pistols conducted on Maat Springfield Armory.
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