Colt Commander

Colt Commander
Colt Commander
	A MK IV .45 ACP Colt Combat Commander.
Type	Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin	United States
Production history
Designed	1949
Produced	1950–present
Variants	Lightweight Commander; Combat Commander; Commander Gold Cup Colt; Combat Elite; Concealed Carry Officer's pistol;
Specifications
Barrel length	4.25 in (107.95 mm);
Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum; .38 Super; .45 ACP;
Action	Short recoil operation
Feed system	box magazine 7-round or 8-round (.45 ACP); 9-round (9 mm and .38 Super);

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 American 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.

^ Ayoob, Massad (2007). The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery. Gun Digest Books. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-89689-525-6.

[1] Ayoob, Massad (2007). The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery. Gun Digest Books. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-89689-525-6.

[1]