Presumably an attempt to reduce the cost to manufacture the iconic handgun.
This one is also on display at the Springfield National Armory Historical Site.
Presumably an attempt to reduce the cost to manufacture the iconic handgun.
This one is also on display at the Springfield National Armory Historical Site.
The army was experimenting with bringing the weight down. The one in the picture is stamped sheet metal, but they also experimented with stamped aluminum. Only 30 were ever made. I don’t think they ever planned to produce them in mass. Its a proof of concept.