Colt Defender

The history of this model of Colt Defender initially began with Mr. John M Browning, founder of the pistol company Colt. The thought to design this kind of a model was started in 1930 and finally in 1948, this semi automatic pistol took its shape. U.S. Army declared trials to substitute its service hand guns with this new, semi-automatic pistol model of Colt Defender.

Preceding the time of World War One, further one million of these Colt Defender hand guns were put on in the market for the use of the army, and they were manufactured mostly by the two main companies in the market- Colt and Springfield Armory. They were later on accompanied by other companies like Remington-UMC, Burroughs and Savage. The privileges to produce Colt/Browning design were also sold to some overseas countries, such as Norway and Argentine.

The first model of its kind in the Colt Defender category for introduced in 1948. It was formerly a light weight handgun made up of aluminum alloy and along with little quantity of lead in the hand gun frame. Structured on these same lines, the new model of Colt Defender now offers more control and act in the form of a full-sized .45 ACP pistol. This new model of Colt Defender is a compact, lightweight carry model to use easily.

There are certain characteristics particular to Colt Defender only. Its main attraction is its light weight, petite size, high accuracy, reliability, with excellent sight, and able to bear up the day after day wear and tear along with very regular practice sessions. One major advantage of possessing this Colt Defender handgun is that it also does not need much of maintenance. This article about Colt Defender relates to some of the features of this handgun.

The Colt Defender has a very comfortable rubber made grip around the grooves and a thin skeleton framework trigger made out of aluminum for lightweight purpose. This is a .45 caliber single action handgun. The length of the barrel of is 3 inches and has an overall length of 6 ¾ inches. The Colt Defender has a brushed stainless frame and a stainless steel slide along with Teflon coated receiver for easy maintenance and usage. The front sight is characterized by a white dot. The Colt Defender's grips are a Wraparound Hogue and the grip safety type is a Beavertail. It comes equipped with a standard thumb safety trigger which is much shorter.

The Colt defender model is one of the most popular models in the history since its creation and there are many aspects and much wider array of information to it. It is best known for its dependability, serviceability and simplicity.