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MUSKEGON, MI — A "collector's item" semi-automatic handgun stamped "property of the U.S. Army" was discovered in a Muskegon apartment by police officers there on a search warrant.
The unregistered silver M1911 Colt .45-caliber handgun was located in an apartment in the 1200 block of Ransom Street around 4 p.m. Tuesday by officers who were there on a search warrant. The suspect who lives there was allegedly involved in a larceny from a building, said Muskegon Police Detective Sgt. Jerry Ziegler.
“We're investigating the nature in which the suspect came into possession of the handgun,” Ziegler said.
The weapon is unregistered and its age is unknown, Ziegler said. Authorities have yet to determine whether the gun was stolen.
The older model Colt handgun is considered a collector's item, police said. Experts say it was originated in the 1890s and widely used in World War I, World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/12/police_investigating_collector.html
Was the 1911 originated in the 1890's?
I know I am a novice, but I thought a 1911 was originated in , oh I don't know....say 1911.
The unregistered silver M1911 Colt .45-caliber handgun was located in an apartment in the 1200 block of Ransom Street around 4 p.m. Tuesday by officers who were there on a search warrant. The suspect who lives there was allegedly involved in a larceny from a building, said Muskegon Police Detective Sgt. Jerry Ziegler.
“We're investigating the nature in which the suspect came into possession of the handgun,” Ziegler said.
The weapon is unregistered and its age is unknown, Ziegler said. Authorities have yet to determine whether the gun was stolen.
The older model Colt handgun is considered a collector's item, police said. Experts say it was originated in the 1890s and widely used in World War I, World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/12/police_investigating_collector.html
Was the 1911 originated in the 1890's?
I know I am a novice, but I thought a 1911 was originated in , oh I don't know....say 1911.