December, 1917 
FOREST AND STRE 
THE GUN WITH THE BOYS ‘ 
THE COLT ARMY .45 AUTOMATIC PISTOL. CONSIDERED 
THE BEST MAN’S SIZE GUN MADE. MEETS ALL DE 
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F OR more than three generations Colt’s 
firearms have occupied a prominent 
place in the military, pioneer and 
sporting history of this and other coun¬ 
tries, and although they have been dis¬ 
cussed and written about from many an¬ 
gles, there will always be questions that 
will remain unanswered and other ques¬ 
tions in the minds of men that will never 
be asked. At this time the keenest in¬ 
terest is naturally over the Army .45 auto¬ 
matic as many thousands of these weapons 
are now being turned out marked “United 
States Property,” and are destined for the 
use of our boys that are fighting the battle 
of civilization “Somewhere in France.” 
I have used the Army .45 automatic 
under a variety of conditions and have 
tested it from many angles at the target, 
for defense, and at general sporting work 
on game both large and small in the air 
and under the water, and have also studied 
its performances carefully in the hands 
of other men who are considered experts. 
The Colt Automatic is the invention of 
J. M. Browning, of Ogden, Utah, who for 
years has held a premier position among 
inventors of firearms. The .22 automatic, 
the pocket autos in various sizes and sev¬ 
eral military autqmatics are all the re¬ 
sult of his genius, also a recent produc¬ 
tion in machine guns that we have had 
the privilege of seeing perform and we 
believe will revolutionize that field. 
