The Colt .45 M1911 was a legend born in blood. In the early 1900s, Moro juramentados in the Philippines charged through gunfire, unstoppable even after multiple wounds. The U.S. Army’s .38 revolvers failed against their fury. Desperate for true stopping power, they turned to John Browning, who forged a weapon that could end a charge with one shot. From the fierce battles of Mindanao and Sulu rose the M1911, a pistol shaped by fire, faith, and fear. It would go on to conquer the world, but its st