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Colt Mark Iv Series 70 Owners Manual Browning Hi-Power (Owner) Colt Government MKIV Series 70 Model O 1970A1 Henry-(Series H006)-357 Magnum, 44 Magnum, 45 Colt Bigboy Manual. This is a Colt 1911 Government Model Series 70 MKIV Stainless Steel pistol Inside the box are two magazines, the owner's manual and the lock for the pistol.

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The Colt Commander is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, and recoil-operated handgun based on the John M. Browning designed M1911.It was the first mass-produced pistol with an aluminium alloy frame and the first Colt pistol to be chambered in 9mm Parabellum. Colt made several variations of the Commander and offered it in.45 ACP and.38 Super chamberings. Auto-Ordnance M1911A1 Thompson Colt Combat Commander Colt Combat Elite Colt Mark IV Series 70 Colt Mark IV Series 80 Colt Combat Commander firearms instruction, owner and user manual. SN15868E SERIES 80 COLT MKIV 'GOLD CUP NAT. MATCH NIB0232 Colt Anaconda Manual, Repair Stations List And Colt Letter. Free Shipping!

The Government Model MK IV Series 80 retains a quality of endurance acknowledged since 1911. Manual and automatic safety devices, including the Series 80 Firing Pin Lock, can be depended on to serve you reliably and safely provided you handle the pistol properly. The Delta Elite and Combat Elite are the same size, and have most of the features of the Government Model.

The Combat Commander and Commander Model (Lightweight) semi-automatic pistols are identical in appearance and function. They differ from the Government Model in size, weight and barrel configuration, and they differ one from the other in that the 'Lightweight' has an aluminum receiver in place of steel. The Officer's ACP is similar to, but smaller than, the Commanders. It has a different barrel bushing configuration.

These pistols are available in different calibers and in different metal finishes which are shown in the table opposite. This instruction manual applies to all these variations of the pistols and to commemorative issues of them currently marketed by Colt.

The Government Model is illustrated throughout this manual and those illustrations also apply to the Delta Elite, Combat Elite, and Combat Target, all Commander pistols, the Officer's ACP and the Colt Defender unless otherwise shown.

CONVERSION UNITS... IMPORTANT If you purchase a Colt 22 or 9rnm Conversion Unit, NOTE that only a Series 80 Conversion Unit is compatible with a Series 80 pistol. Do NOT install a Series 70 Conversion Unit on a Series 80 pistol.

Colt MK IV/Series 80 Semi-Automatic Pistols

Pistol Type

Government Model 38 Super or 9mm Luger

45 ACP

Combat Elite 45 ACP

38 Super 40 S&W Combat Target

45 ACP Delta Elite 10 mm

Combat Commander 38 Super or 9 mm Luger

Barrel Length

Finishes

Colt Blue

Colt Blue, Stainless Steel, Nickel or Satin Nickel Blue slide w/stainless receiver

Matte Blue Matte Stainless Blue

Colt Blue

8 rounds

8 rounds

9 rounds 8 rounds 8 rounds

8 rounds

Sights

Fixed square notch rear. Fixed blade front. Sight radius 53/<'

Colt Accra* adjustable rear Fixed blade front. Sight radius 6V2'

As above.

Fixed square notch high profile rear Fixed blade front. 3 Dot

Sight radius 6V2' Fixed square Fixed blade front. Sight radius 53/«

Barrel

Pistol Type Length

Combat Commander 4%' 45ACP

Commander Model (Lightweight) 45ACP Officer's ACP

45ACP Officer's ACP (Lightweight) 45 ACP M1991A1 45ACP

M1991A1

45 ACP Commander M1991A1 45 ACP Compact

Series 90 Colt Defender 45 ACP

Finishes

Colt Blue, Stainless Steel or Satin Nickel

Colt Blue Colt Blue or Stainless Steel Colt Blue

Parkerized Matte Blue

Parkerized Matte Blue Parkerized Matte Blue

Magazine Capacity

8 rounds

8 rounds 6 rounds

6 rounds

7 rounds 6 rounds

Matte Stainless 7 rounds

Slide with Electroless Nickle Coated Aluminum Receiver

Sights

3 dot fixed front and rear. Sight radius

As above. As above but with sight radius 5'/a' As above.

Fixed square notch rear. Fixed ramped blade front. Sight radius 6'/z' As above but with sight radius 53/<' 3 dot fixed front and rear. Sight radius 5'A~

Colt

Competition Sights

NOTE: These features may change, for example, with the introduction of a new caliber or new features.

SECTION 3

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

We want you to enjoy shooting your Colt pistol, but we want you to enjoy it safely. You may be an experienced safe shooter already familiar with the procedures in this instruction manual, or you may never have handled a gun before. Either way we urge you to READ THIS ENTIRE INSTRUCTION MANUAL CAREFULLY. YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS.

WARNING: When you squeeze the trigger, you must expect the gun to fire, and you must take full responsibility for firing it. Your care can avoid accidental discharge, and youwill thereby avoid accidental injury and death.

CAUTIONS:

| GENERAL HANDLING CAUTIONS'

1. ALWAYS HANDLE YOUR PISTOL AS IF IT WERE LOADED so that you never fire it accidentally when you think it is unloaded.

2. NEVER POINT YOUR PISTOL AT ANYTHING YOU DO NOT INTEND TO SHOOT so that if it fires accidentally, injury, death, or damage to property will be prevented.

3. NEVER TAKE ANYONE'S WORD THAT A GUN IS UNLOADED: check for yourself with fingers off the trigger and gun pointed in a safe direction, so that you never fire the gun accidentally when you think it is unloaded.

4. ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR PISTOL IS NOT LOADED AND SLIDE IS LATCHED OPEN BEFORE LAYING IT DOWN, OR HANDING IT TO ANOTHER PERSON, so that it cannot be fired when it is unsafe to do so.

5. ALWAYS KEEP AND CARRY YOUR PISTOL EMPTY, WITH THE HAMMER FORWARD except when you intend to shoot, so that your pistol cannot be fired when you do not mean to fire it.

6. ALWAYS BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE RISK FROM DROPPING YOUR PISTOL. Some parts of the mechanism could be damaged. You may not see the damage but if it is severe, the pistol may discharge and cause injury, death, or damage to property. If your pistol has been dropped, have it examined by a competent gunsmith before using it again.

7. NEVER LEAVE PISTOL COCKED READY TO FIRE as this condition is extremely dangerous, and pistol could easily be accidentally discharged, causing injury, death, or damage to property.

8. NEVER LEAVE A LOADED PISTOL UNATTENDED. Someone, especially a child, may fire it and cause injury, death, or damage to property.

9. ALWAYS INSTRUCT CHILDREN TO RESPECT FIREARMS. If you teach your children to shoot, teach them or get them trained by a qualified instructor to treat and use the pistol properly, and always supervise them closely. Always stress safety so that your children will not fire the pistol when it is unsafe to do so.

10. ALWAYS BE SURE YOUR BACKSTOP IS ADEQUATE to stop and contain bullets before beginning target practice so that you do not hit anything outside the range shooting area. THINK! What will you HIT if you MISS the target?

11. ALWAYS PUT A KNOWLEDGEABLE AND RESPONSIBLE PERSON IN CHARGE TO MAINTAIN SAFETY CONTROL WHEN A GROUP IS FIRING ON A RANGE. Obey his commands so that discipline is maintained to reduce the likelihood of accidents.

12. ALWAYS CARRY YOUR PISTOL EMPTY WITH SLIDE LATCHED OPEN WHILE ON A RANGE until preparing to fire, keep it pointing towards the backstop when loading, firing and unloading, to eliminate the risk of injury, death, or damage to property.

^ I RANGE CAUTIONS

A | LOADING CAUTIONS

13. ALWAYS BE SURE BARREL BORE, CHAMBER AND ACTION ARE CLEAN AND CLEAR OF OBSTRUCTIONS. Clean a fouled pistol immediately so that it will function correctly and safely.

14. ALWAYS USE ONLY CLEAN, DRY, ORIGINAL HIGH QUALITY COMMERCIALLY MANUFACTURED AMMUNITION IN GOOD CONDITION WHICH IS APPROPRIATE TO THE CALIBER OF YOUR PISTOL. (See Table on inside front cover). Gun and ammunition manufacturers design their products within exacting engineering safety limits. Handloads and remanufactured ammunition are sometimes outside those limits and can be so unsafe as to blow up the chamber, slide and receiver and cause injury, death, or damage to property.

A | SHOOTING CAUTIONS

15. NEVER DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR TAKE DRUGS BEFORE OR DURING SHOOTING, as your vision, coordination and judgment could be seriously impaired making your gun handling unsafe.

16. ALWAYS SEEK A DOCTOR'S ADVICE IF YOU ARE TAKING MEDICATION, to be sure you are fit to shoot and handle your pistol safely.

17. ALWAYS WEAR AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO WEAR EAR PROTECTION WHEN SHOOTING, especially on a range. Without ear protection, the noise of even one shot from your pistol, and other guns close to you, could leave a 'ringing' in the ears for some time after firing, while the cumulative long term effect could be permanent hearing loss.

18. ALWAYS WEAR AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO WEAR PROTECTIVE SHOOTING GLASSES. Flying particles could damage eyes and cause blindness; but protective shooting glasses should prevent such injury.

19. ALWAYS KEEP THE SAFETY ON WHEN PISTOL IS LOADED AND COCKED UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO FIRE. This will minimize risk of an accidental discharge.

20. ALWAYS KEEP CLEAR AND KEEP OTHERS CLEAR OF THE EJECTION PORT. Spent cartridges are ejected with enough force to cause injury. The ejection port must also be unobstructed by your hand to insure safe ejection of live rounds. Never place fingers in ejection port; they could be burned by hot metal or injured by the slide moving forward.

21. NEVER SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER OR PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE TRIGGER GUARD UNTIL YOU ARE AIMING AT A TARGET AND READY TO SHOOT. This will prevent you firing the pistol when it is pointing in an unsafe direction.

22. ALWAYS BE ABSOLUTELY SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND THE AREA BEHIND IT BEFORE YOU SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER. A bullet could travel through or past your target up to IV2 miles... if in doubt, don't shoot. THINK! What will you HIT if you MISS the target?

23. NEVER SHOOT AT A HARD SURFACE SUCH AS ROCK, OR A LIQUID SURFACE SUCH AS WATER. A bullet may ricochet and travel in any direction to strike you, or an object you cannot see, causing injury, death, or damage to property.

24. NEVER DISCHARGE A FIREARM NEAR FLAMMABLE MATERIAL. Flame and sparks erupt from the firearm when discharged. They could start a fire or cause flammable liquids and gases to explode.

25. NEVER FIRE YOUR FIREARM NEAR AN ANIMAL unless It is trained to accept the noise; an animal's startled reaction could injure it or cause an accident.

26. NEVER INDULGE IN 'HORSEPLAY' WHILE HOLDING YOUR PISTOL as it may be accidentally discharged.

27. NEVER WALK, CLIMB OR FOLLOW A COMPANION WITH YOUR PISTOL COCKED READY TO FIRE, out of its holster, or with the hammer in any position other than forward on an empty chamber, to eliminate risk of accidental discharge. When hunting, hold your pistol so that you can always control the direction of the muzzle.

| MALFUNCTION CAUTIONS

28. FAILURE TO FIRE: ALWAYS HOLD PISTOL, KEEPING IT POINTED TOWARD THE TARGET OR A SAFE OPEN AREA AND WAIT 30 SECONDS when pistol fails to fire. If a hangfire (slow ignition) has occurred, round will fire within 30 seconds. If round does not fire, remove magazine, eject round and examine primer; if firing pin indent on primer is light, off center, or nonexistent, have pistol examined by a competent gunsmith before firing again. If firing pin indent on primer appears normal (in comparison with similar previously fired rounds) assume faulty ammunition; segregate misfired round from other live ammunition and empty cases, reload and carry on firing.

NOTE: Dispose of misfired rounds in accordance with ammunition manufacturer's instructions.

29. NEVER USE YOUR PISTOL IF IT FAILS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. AND NEVER FORCE A JAMMED ACTION, as a round may explode causing serious injury, possible death, or severe damage to your pistol.

CLEANING AND STORAGE CAUTIONS

30. ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR PISTOL IS NOT LOADED BEFORE CLEANING, STORING, TRAVELING, LAYING IT DOWN, OR HANDING IT TC ANOTHER PERSON, so that it cannot be fired when it is unsafe to do so.

31. ALWAYS KEEP AND STORE YOUR PISTOL AND AMMUNITION IN SEPA RATE LOCKED RECEPTACLES OUT OF REACH AND SIGHT OF CHILDREN AND UNTRAINED PEOPLE, to minimize the risk of pistol and ammunitior being easily available for loading and firing.

32. NEVER ABUSE YOUR PISTOL by using it for any purpose other thar shooting.

33. NEVER DRY FIRE THE PISTOL WHEN THE SLIDE IS REMOVED FROIV THE RECEIVER, and do not alter parts as the level of safety could be reduced

NOTE: Please note that we have chosen to use the word 'SQUEEZE' in this instruction manual instead of 'PULL' or 'PRESS' when trigger movement is described; this is simply to remind you of the need for a gentle squeezing action to achieve accuracy.

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1975 Colt Mark Iv User Manual Free

The Colt Commander is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, and recoil-operated handgun based on the John M. Browning designed M1911. It was the first mass-produced pistol with an aluminium alloy frame and the first Colt pistol to be chambered in 9mm Parabellum.^[1]

Colt made several variations of the Commander and offered it in .45 ACP and .38 Super chamberings. Other variants followed with different degrees of factory accurizing and materials.

• 1History

History[edit]

The pistol that would eventually be named the Colt Commander was Colt's Manufacturing Company's candidate in a U.S. government post-World War II trial to find a lighter replacement for the M1911 pistol that would be issued to officers. Requirements were issued in 1949 that the pistol had to be chambered for 9 mm Parabellum and could not exceed 7 inches in length or weigh more than 25 ounces.^[2]

Candidates included Browning Hi-Power variants by Canada's Inglis and Belgium's Fabrique Nationale, and Smith & Wesson's S&W Model 39. Colt entered a modified version of their M1911 pistol that was chambered for 9 mm Parabellum, had an aluminum alloy frame, a short 4.25-inch barrel, and a 9-round magazine. In 1950, Colt moved their candidate into regular production. It was the first aluminum-framed large frame pistol in major production and the first Colt pistol to be originally chambered in 9 mm Parabellum. The first year's production included 45 ACP and 38 Super chamberings.^[2]

In 1970, Colt introduced the all-steel 'Colt Combat Commander', with an optional model in satin nickel. To differentiate between the two models, the aluminum-framed model was renamed the 'Lightweight Commander'.^[2]

Variants[edit]

The .45 ACP 'Colt Commander Gold Cup' was designed to offer competition-ready out-of-the-box performance in National Match competition. It came with one 8-round magazine plus a separate recoil spring and one 7-round magazine for wadcutter ammunition.^[3]

The 'Colt Combat Elite' was specialized for combat-style match shooters. The .45 ACP model comes with two 8-round magazines and the .38 Super model with two 9-round magazines.

The 'C.C.O.' or 'Concealed Carry Officer's' pistol mated the slide and barrel assembly of the stainless-steel Commander with the shorter frame of the blued Lightweight Officer's ACP.

A limited run of the Colt Commander in 7.65mm Luger was made for export in the early 1970s.

References[edit]

1. ^Ayoob, Massad (2007). The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery. Gun Digest Books. p. 7. ISBN978-0-89689-525-6.
2. ^ ^abcAyoob, Massad (2010). Massad Ayoob's Greatest Handguns of the World. Gun Digest Books. pp. 33–44. ISBN978-1-4402-0825-6.
3. ^Malloy, John (2011). 'The Colt 1911: The First Century'. In Dan Shiedler (ed.). Gun Digest 2011. Krause. pp. 108–117. ISBN978-1-4402-1337-3.

External links[edit]

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