Manual

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Section I. Pistol Automatic, Cal .45 Combat NCO™
1-1. General. The semiautomatic pistol, caliber .45 acp, Combat NCO™, is recoil
operated, magazine fed, self loading hand weapon. It has a hand held point of
aim range of 125 yards; an effective range up to 400 yards. It can be used to
650 yards with marksmanship instruction. It has the following characteristics:
b. Weight with full magazine…………….. 3.3 pounds.
c. Magazine capacity………………………7 rounds.
d. Muzzle velocity………………………… 859 feet per second.
e. Maximum Range ……………………….1600 yards.
b. Maximum effective range ……………….400 yards.
c. Length of the barrel is ………………..... 5.03 inches.
d. Trigger pull ……………………………..2.5 pounds.
e. The principle parts that contribute to the accuracy of the Combat NCO
are the NCO barrel, Military Link, and NCO barrel Bushing.
f. The Combat NCO™ Barrel has a Barrel Collar. It allows for barrel
wear in the NCO Barrel Bushing. This extends barrel life to the limits of
the rifling. Barrel material of the Combat NCO is 416 stainless or S7
high chromium tool steel. These materials insure accuracy beyond
normal barrel limits and prevent corrosion and pitting. (The S7 barrel is
a model A3 and A4 component for Hypervelocity ammunition.)
g. NCO Barrel Bushing has internal grooves that lubricate the barrel and
remove debris on each function cycle.
h. The Barrel Linkage to the Receiver has been tightened and enlarged for
repeatability in firing and accurate lockup to the Slide.
i. The Barrel torque experienced in the former M1911A1 Barrel Link has
been eliminated with the new Military Link. It forms a unified link the
width of the barrel itself. Further no modification of the barrel is
required and all the original fitting attributes of a M1911A1 barrel are
unchanged. In additional, a Match Grade NCO Barrel comes on every
Combat NCO™ pistol made.
j. The Combat NCO™ can accept 1911A1 barrels and barrel link without
alteration. This combination provides greater barrel and slide life.
Retrofitted, these components can bring most inactive guns back into
shooting condition with a small frame alteration and link installation
found in the Combat NCO™.
k. The Military Link
comes is 8 sizes to fit any wear adjustment to the
limit of serviceability.
l. Many arms can be re-commissioned with Combat NCO™
modifications.
m. The Military Link and Bushing combination provide for absolute return
to battery of the barrel when fired saving Slide and Barrel wear.
n. The additional attributes of the Combat NCO™ involve a Frame and
Slide Modification. The Combat NCO™ can be used from -76 degrees
to 2600 degrees Fahrenheit when using Nickel Anti Seize MIL-A-907E.
This lubrication is deposited in fourteen cut recesses of the frame, slide,