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US Military Hand Guns
The sign saying 100 years is a little light, it's more like 200 years...
I cough barrowed cough this picture from a website where the guy posted this picture a friend had taken of a private collection at a show.
I replaced the tags the were impossible to decipher without blowing up 4 times. 
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Re: US Military Hand Guns
Consolidated Aircraft designed the B-24. Ford produced 21 every day. Do we call it a Consolidated B-24 or a Ford B-24?
Rolls Royce designed the engine in a P-51. But Packard made those engines. Do we call it a Rolls Royce or Packard Motor engine? Is it credited to the designer or its biggest manufacturer?
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You call it a B-24 and a P-51 motor, the credit goes to the government who only uses that designation and the serial number. It only makes a difference to aftermarket buyers of things like Jeeps. Was it made by Willys or Ford. Solders didn't care, collectors do.
Singer .45... intriguing. The Ideal canteen in not a surprise, thousands of companies, some or them household names, have blow or injection molding plastic machines and can take on contract work when they are slow.
Of course blow or injection molding a simple plastic piece is a far cry from an M1911A1.
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