Colt 1911 VS Beretta M9

Head to Head Comparison

Colt 1911

87%

Critic Rating

3 Reviews

Critic Rating

3 Reviews

96%

User Rating

159 Reviews

User Rating

159 Reviews

Beretta M9

87%

Critic Rating

8 Reviews

Critic Rating

8 Reviews

95%

User Rating

101 Reviews

User Rating

101 Reviews

50 MOA

Accuracy

50 MOA

N/A

Damage

5.17 Yeets

10-50 yards

Range

10-50 yards

N/A

Recoil Velocity

N/A

7+1 rounds

Capacity

15 + 1 rounds

N/A

Mobility

1982

Ergonomics

Fit & Finish

Reliability

MSRP:

$1605.74

Used Price:

$1605.74

New Price:

$1784.15

MSRP:

$625.49

Used Price:

$625.49

New Price:

$694.99

Gun Specifications

Specifications

Colt 1911

Beretta M9

Weight

39.5 oz

33.3 oz

Length

8.5 Inches

Action

Single Action

Single / Double

Caliber

9x19mm Parabellum

Capacity

7+1

15 + 1

Finish

Black Matte

Gun Type

Semi-Automatic Pistol

Pistol

Sights

Fixed Sights

Barrel Length

4.9"

Height

5.5 Inches

Width

1.35 Inches

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Gun Descriptions

Colt 1911

The M1911 (also known as Colt 1911, or Colt Government) is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. 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, which was adopted in 1924. The designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam War era. Designed by John Browning, the M1911 is the best-known of his designs to use the short recoil principle in its basic design. The pistol was widely copied, and this operating system rose to become the preeminent type of the 20th century and of nearly all modern centerfire pistols. It is popular with civilian shooters in competitive events such as USPSA, IDPA, International Practical Shooting Confederation, and bullseye shooting. Compact variants are popular civilian concealed carry weapons in the U.S. because of the design's relatively slim width and the stopping power[

Beretta M9

The Beretta M9â€”officially the Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9â€”is the designation for the Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol used by the United States Armed Forces. The M9 was adopted by the United States military as their service pistol in 1985. The 92FS won a competition in the 1980s to replace the M1911A1 as the primary sidearm of the U.S. military, beating many other contenders, and only narrowly defeating the SIG Sauer P226 for cost reasons. It officially entered service in 1990. Some other pistols have been adopted to a lesser extent, namely the SIG P228 pistol, and other models remain in use in certain niches. The M9 was scheduled to be replaced under a United States Army program, the Future Handgun System (FHS), which was merged with the SOF Combat Pistol program to create the Joint Combat Pistol (JCP). The JCP was renamed Combat Pistol (CP), and the number of pistols to be bought was drastically cut back. The U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps are replacing the M9 with the SIG Sauer M17 and M18.