Colt Officer's ACP
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| Colt Officer's Model | |
|---|---|
 Stainless Colt Officer's Model | |
| Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1985 |
| Produced | since 1985 |
| Variants | Concealed Carry Officer's pistol, Lightweight Officer's ACP |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 34 oz (960 g) |
| Length | 7.5 in (19 cm) |
| Barrel length | 3.5 in (8.9 cm) |
| Cartridge | .45 ACP |
| Action | Short recoil operation |
| Feed system | 6 round or 7 round magazine |
The Colt Officer's Model or Colt Officer's ACP is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, and recoil-operated handgun based on the John M. Browning designed M1911. It was introduced in 1985 as a response from Colt to numerous aftermarket companies making smaller versions of the M1911 pistol.[1]
In 1975, Rock Island Arsenal developed a compact M1911 pistol it called the "General Officer's Model Pistol" for issue to general officers of the US Army and Air Force, but the pistol was unavailable for sale to the general public.[2]
The following year, Pat Yates of Detonics had introduced his compact "Combat Master", a chopped down 1911, with 3.5" barrel and a shortened grip frame. Seeing the popularity of these compact pistols, other pistolsmiths began offering similar conversions on customers' 1911s.[3]
In 1985, Colt developed their own in-house version and named it the "Colt Officer's ACP". When Colt introduced the 1991 line (a parkerized version of the 1911 with the series 80 firing pin safety and a flat mainspring housing), it included a pistol of the same dimensions as the Officer's ACP.[4]
