Calico Model 100P

     Notes: A highly innovative design using an unusual helical-feed magazine, the Calico M-100P and its cousin pistols and carbines quickly became casualties of the Brady Gun Bill in the early 1990s due to their very-large-capacity magazines, and after that, most of these weapons had to be sold on the export market.  (I’m not sure if they are once again being sold in the US, after the demise of the Assault Weapon Ban.)  The Model 100P pistol is derived from the original Model 100 rimfire carbine, and is basically a much smaller version of that weapon.  Despite the use of a lot of polymer in its construction, the Calico M-100P is still a large and heavy pistol, with a long barrel.  It has unusual features (other than its magazines), such as a muzzle brake similar in appearance to the old Cutts Compensator.

Calico Model 950-A

     Notes: This is a machine pistol version of the classic Calico.  It has a foregrip and can use both the 50-round and 100-round helical magazines (though it is somewhat clumsy with the 100-round magazine; add 1 to the Bulk when using the 100-round magazine).  The Model 950-A is molded from high-impact plastic.  The Model 950-A can be fitted with a bag that catches the spent rounds. 

Carolina Arms Group Trenton

     Notes: While basically a fancy version of a 1911, it is meant for the everyman and not meant only for the well-heeled.  Carolina Arms Group is a “boutique” arms maker, formed to build the Trenton; it is unknown whether CAG will build other products, at any time.  All Trenton’s are hand-built; not hand-fitted, but hand-built. Most parts are of stainless steel.

     The Trenton is a 1911 modification, based on the M1911A1, but highly-modified.  Finish is two-tone, all-black, or bright silver. On all models, the top of the slide is matte blue, as is the magazine floor and step, and the patterning of the side plates.  The side plates combine linear and oval stippling and have the CAG logo in the center. The grips are synthetic.  The frontstrap has a “chainlink” grip surface to it.  The backstrap is dimpled. All such surfaces are hand-sanded to avoid one from abrading their hands, yet offer a sure purchase.

     The rear sight is a low-profile square-notch; this centers on the red fiberoptic of the front sight.  The rear sight also has ridges to cut down glare and hazing, and is drift-adjustable for windage.  Controls are basically the same as 1911 controls, with an ambidextrous magazine release and a slide lock on the left side.  The beavertail is oversized to eliminate virtually all hammer bite and the grip safety has a bump to ensure positive engagement.  The trigger group is adjustable for pull weight and uses a skeletonized trigger.  The hammer is a loop-type with serrations to make it easy to manipulate.  The magazine release and slide lock are both extended for easier manipulation.

     The barrel bushing is conventional and the Trenton has a full-length rod (in a time where two-piece rods are becoming the standard).  The barrel is a standard for the 1911, 5 inches, but the Trenton has numerous design features that increase accuracy.  A commander-sized version with a 4.25-inch barrel upon request, and even chamber both sizes in 9mm upon request, but most shooters prefer the standard Trenton, and the other versions are few in number (though they share the Trenton’s features.  The ejection port is lowered and flared for more positive shell ejection.  The feed ramp is fully supported.  Picatinny rails are not present on the Trenton, as they are thought to be superfluous on a pistol designed for traditional use.

     Most of the Trenton is made by CAG, but some of the innards are made by Cylinder and Slide.

Carolina Arms TC

     Notes: Like the Trenton, the TC-45 is basically a deluxe 1911-type pistol, with touches that most 1911 makers leave out or don’t think to use, or charge an exorbitant amount for. (IRL, the cost of Carolina Arms pistols is quite reasonable, considering what you get.) The TC is an Officer-size frame, with a barrel of 4.25 inches, and forged or machined (depending upon the part) of tool-quality, 100%-US-made carbon steel which is hand-lapped for an exceptional fit between the components.  Grip plates are steel and modified from some of the many available for the CZ-75, in this case with wavy chevron-shaped checkering for the sides, and chain-link-shaped for the frontstrap and backstrap.  The Kart Precision barrel is precision CMC-machined to National Match standards, with the addition of hand matching and fitting between the barrel and the rest of the pistol; IRL, one should not expect sterling accuracy or reliability when dropping a random new barrel into a TC-series pistol.  The beavertail is extended and widened, with the beavertail and grip safety blended to match the frame, although they are separate parts from separate forgings.  The thumb manual safety is extended for better control and comfort, and the other controls are likewise extended, with the magazine release being ambidextrous.  The hammer is also match-quality and hand-fitted. The trigger is aluminum and tuned to a 4-pound pull weight, light for most 1911-series pistols; it is user-adjustable for overtravel.  Sights are Dawson Precision low-profile sights. Finish is mostly in PVD DLC Black (a microfine polymer coating for the steel), though some areas like the grip plates, hammer, controls, exposed portion of the bolt and feed ramp, are kept in polished stainless.  (And of course, the aluminum trigger is bright silver.)

     The TC-45 version is chambered in .45 ACP; the TC-9 is identical (except for those parts and dimensions peculiar to a 9mm pistol), but it fires 9mm Parabellum.

Caspian Pocket Rocket

     Notes: The Pocket Rocket is a sub-officers'-sized pistol designed to fire small, powerful rounds. Frame construction is alloy, with a steel slide and barrel, as well as most of the working parts. It is designed for concealed carry as well as use by general officers. Finish is a tough polymer coating called Dura Shield, a Craig Caspian exclusive. The MMC sights are adjustable on both front and rear, with the sights on both ends protected by ears. The rear sight is dovetailed in. The magazine well is funneled to facilitate quick reloads. Controls are ambidextrous, and include a grip safety.  Craig hand-fits for working parts and final assembly of the Pocket Rocket. The barrel is 3 inches.

     Craig also makes a full-sized version of the Pocket Rocket, called the Super Duty Light.  This version may have a 4, 5, or 6-inch barrel and slide, and is ported to help tame recoil, especially of the more powerful rounds..

Century Arms C-39 Pistol

     Notes: C-39 Pistols are 100% US Made, built by a factory Century Arms contracts with in Vermont; this was done as import regulations tightened, and to acknowledge that Western manufacturing methods were superior to Russian methods. They are essentially cut-down versions of the company’s C-39 AKM clone (see Russian Assault Rifles: Kalashnikov AK/AKM).  The C-39 Pistol is available in a version with a Polymer forearm and pistol grip, with the forearm having Picatinny rails – longer ones for the top and bottom of the forearm, and half-length ones for the sides of the forearm, and finished gray blued.  A shooting brace is an option that Century Arms will sell with the C-39 Pistol, or other braces may be mounted.  In addition, an option leaves no mounting hardware for a brace. Both have receivers made of machined ordnance 4140 steel, though the receiver fells much more solid than a standard AKM receiver does.  The barrel is 11.375 inches tipped by a removable birdcage-type flash suppressor; this item is threaded onto the barrel, allowing other muzzle devices to be mounted. (However, most suppressors will not fit.)  The C-39 pistol is sold with a pair of 30-round polymer magazines, though virtually any sort of AK-compatible magazines can be used. Theoretically, one could use 40-round RPK magazines and 75-round RPK drums with the C-39 Pistol, but it would be extremely clumsy.  The C-39 Pistol is also sold as the Sporter.

     The C-39V2 Pistol has lighter handguards without Picatinny rails, and a shorter 10.6-inch barrel, leading to an overall lighter weapon.  The sights, however, are upgraded, and easier to adjust. It is otherwise identical to the standard C-39 Pistol for game purposes. It is essentially a smaller, sleeker C-39.

     In-between the C-39 Pistol and C-39V2, Century Arms released the C-39 Micro-AK, in 2013.  This is an even shorter version of the C-39 pistol; but it also has a unique crescent-shaped wood handguard under the barrel, sweeping down to just in front of the magazine and forward into a finger guard just behind the barrel.  Atop the handguard and receiver is a Picatinny rail. (It is necessarily short, as the entire weapon is short, but will comfortably fit most optics.) Construction is otherwise similar to that of the other two C-39 Pistols, including the polymer pistol grip and some of the handguard under the outer handguard. The front sight is AK, but the rear sight shares more in common with an adjustable handgun sight.  The barrel is 6.25 inches and tipped with a fixed birdcage-type flash suppressor.  The C-39 Mini-AK shares the same gray-colored bluing. The C-39 Mini-AK features a number of other tweaks, such a Tapco control set, an extended magazine release, a tuned trigger, and near-hand-fitted parts mating.

Century Arms Draco

     Notes: The Draco is what it looks like – a cut-down AKM-63 (the Romanian version of the AKM).  However, it still has some American touches, like the double-locking lugs, unlocking raceway, and the trigger pack, which were based on the M-1 Garand.

     The basic Draco is a large pistol, with a 12.25-inch barrel, and an overall length of 21.5 inches.  The issue magazines are steel, but virtually any AK-type magazines will fit.  The front sight is cut down, lower than that of an AKM-63 and with only a half-circle protecting it.  The handguards, upper and lower, are beechwood. The metalwork is finished in gray-colored bluing.  Most Dracos are chambered for 7.62mm Kalashnikov, but rarer variants, not on the market for long, are chambered for 5.56mm NATO or .22 Long Rifle.  The Draco is usually seen with a stabilizing brace, Century Arms recommends an SB-47 brace, but others may be mounted.

     The Micro Draco is similar to the Draco, but has only a 7.75-inch barrel, and uses a handguard that is short, extended to the rear underneath, and in front swept into a finger guard.  The barrel is tipped with a birdcage-type flash suppressor. The Mini-Draco is still smaller, with 6.25-inch barrel with no muzzle device, and a simple handguard that is lower only.

Century Arms RAS-47 Pistol

     Notes: The RAS-47 Pistol is what you get when you make a 100% American-built assault rifle with American manufacturing methods, and cut it down into a pistol.  The RAS-47 Pistol has all-polymer furniture, with a lower handguard that is designed for gripping, and a heat shield/cooling sleeve for the top of the barrel.  The RAS-47 Pistol has a side-mounted optics/accessory rail, and the attachment of a MIL-STD-1913 rail is an option.  The 10.6-inch 4150 steel nitride-treated barrel, with a chromed bore and an A2-type flash suppressor.  The RAS-47 Pistol has two QD attachment points for a sling.  The receiver is a precision stamping, with the internal parts built to closer tolerances than on most AK-series weapons.  The RAS-47 Pistol has a Magpul MOE pistol grip and MOE AK handguard.  The trigger group is a RAK-1, which has less pull weight, takeup, and return.

     Some complaints include the cast bolt and headspace tolerance problems; some shooters say the RAS-47 Pistol is actually dangerous to shoot.  These complaints are in the minority, however.  Some shooters have experienced premature parts wear.

Charles Daly EFS-1911

     Notes: This is a highly modified M1911-style pistol; the result ends looking very much like a Kimber Custom.  It is a pistol designed for people with tight budgets, constructed mostly out of ordinary blued steel.  It does have a few frills, however; the EFS-1911 comes with a snag-free, dovetailed Novak-style rear sight, and a dovetailed front sight. The trigger is a bit creepy, but it performs well with virtually any sort of ammunition.  Note that while the EFS-1911 is sold almost entirely in the US by Charles Daly, they are actually manufactured by the Arms Corporation of the Philippines. 

     Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist.

Charles Daly 1911A1

     Notes: These are a series of 1911-type pistols which improve upon the original model.  There are several types available for all sorts of users of .45 ACP pistols.

     The Field FS (Full-Size) was introduced in 1998 and is basically a highly-improved M1911A1.  The pistol is finished in dark matte, and the slide has cocking grooves in the back and front.  The safety catch is ambidextrous.  The slide catch is extended.  The grip safety is also extended into the beavertail, and the magazine well is beveled. The Field MS (Medium-Size) is compact version of the Field FS, with a shorter barrel. The Field PC is a “wide-body” 1911, with a double-stack magazine.  The Superior MS is the same size as the Field MS, but has a combination matte stainless steel/carbon finish, grip plates of black plastic, a special combat trigger, and an enlarged ejection port.  The Superior PC has a stainless steel slide and carbon frame (the opposite of the Superior MS); it is otherwise the same as the Superior MS, except for the barrel length. 

     Twilight 2000 Notes: These weapons do not exist.

Charles Daly 1911A1 Empire CS

     Notes: This pistol, introduced in 2000, is a highly-accurized, compact model of the M1911A1.  It has a matte stainless steel finish, sights dovetailed into the slide (including an adjustable rear sight), a lengthened grip safety, and a beveled magazine well.  The grips plates are of hardwood.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist.

Charles Daly DDA

     Notes: These are polymer-frame, heavy-caliber pistols with matte-finished carbon steel slides.  The DDA is designed to be ergonomically correct and easy to hold, with natural pointing qualities.  The magazine catch is normally on the left side of the frame behind the trigger guard, but may be moved to the right side.  The magazine catch is enlarged, and the magazine well is beveled.  The 10-round magazines were designed with the Brady Gun Bill in mind; high-capacity magazines are quite possible for the future.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist.

Charles Daly Hi-Power

     Notes: This is basically a Browning HP-35 Hi-Power given the Charles Daly treatment.  The primary visible differences are the fit and finish, which are much cleaner and crisper than the standard Hi-Power; however, Charles Daly has made a number of improvements and alterations to the basic design.  The safety has a larger contact surface; this corrects the tendency of the HP-35 to difficult to thumb off safety, as well as correcting the flaw that will sometimes allow the HP-35 to fire when dropped or bumped.  The Charles Daly Hi-Power is also more compact than the HP-35.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist.

Charter Arms Explorer II

     Notes: An American sporting pistol, the Explorer is unusual in that the magazine feed is in front of the trigger guard. An extra magazine is carried in the grip and the barrels are interchangeable. This weapon was designed primarily for the survival market. 

Charter Arms M40

     Notes: The M40 is essentially a German Erma EP452 pistol with its parts shipped to the US and assembled by Charter Arms, and modified slightly to accommodate the tastes of US buyers and satisfy US civilian weapon laws.  It is a conventional single-action blowback pistol made to resemble the M1911A1 in external appearance (though internally, the M40 is very different and the M40 is much smaller).  The M40 is finished in stainless steel with black plastic grip plates.  The M40 was sold until the late 1980s.  A variant of the M40, the M42T, is designed for plinking and target shooting; it has an extended 6-inch barrel and adjustable sights.  The finish of the M42T was almost always blued, with grips of walnut.  The M42T was built only from 1984-85.  The M79K is a larger-caliber modification of the M40, but shares the same general appearance, finish, and design features.

Ciener Platinum Cup Conversion

     Notes: This is a conversion which is applicable to various full-sized 1911-type pistols, and is actually more common in kit form rather than as a complete pistol.  It basically converts the 1911-type pistol into a .22 Long Rifle-firing target pistol.  The kit improves the fit of the pistol, with closer tolerances of the slide and many of the working parts.  The kit consists of a new aluminum-alloy slide, a new slide stop, a new barrel, new firing pin and associated parts, new extractor and associated parts, new ejector, new recoil spring, buffer and associated parts, and a new magazine.  Adjustable Eliason rear sights are an option.  The conversion requires no special skill; if you can disassemble and re-assemble your pistol, you can do this conversion.  Regardless of which 1911-type pistol you use, the results are largely the same; there may be some slight weight differences, but all are basically the same after the conversion.

Clark Custom .460 1911

     Notes: As the name suggests, Clark Custom Guns specializes in building and modifying existing weapons, often to individual requests and specifications.  One of their products is a drop-in kit that converts a 1911-type pistol to fire the hot .460 Rowland cartridge, a “wildcat round gone straight” designed by Johnny Rowland.  The kit consists of a barrel equipped with a muzzle brake, a replacement bushing and link, a heavier slide and firing pin springs, a two-piece guide rod, and a heavier recoil spring.  The kit fits right into most .45 ACP 1911-types without any sort of machining or other modifications, and the kit even includes an Allen wrench to tighten the new parts.  The result is a pistol with better punch than the .45 ACP, but heavier and larger (and reputedly very fun to shoot).

     Twilight 2000 Notes: This conversion does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Clark Custom Heavy Slide

     Notes: These weapons are essentially highly accurized versions of 1911s; they are virtually remade, hand-machined, and parts hand-fitted.  The result is a 1911 that has reliability, accuracy, and strength well beyond what you would expect from a standard 1911.

     The Heavy Slide designed for .38 Special is given especially heavy modifications to allow it to fire a rimmed round that is not normally fired from an automatic pistol.  This is especially true of the magazine and feed system.  This severely limits the magazine capacity.  The barrel is heavy and coned, as well as being throated.  The feed ramp is polished.  The slide, as the name suggests, is heavier than usual; this is to enhance the reliability of breech locking and unlocking.  The trigger is hand-tuned and a makes the pull weight light. The weapon has a Bo-Mar low-profile full-length rib with a fully adjustable rear sight and which allows for optics to be mounted. The front sight is a low-profile blade. The rib also contributes to reliability, and as it is textured, contributes to accuracy.

     The .45-caliber version is essentially the same, without the heavy reworking of the feed system and magazine.

     The Optical Heavy Slide is essentially the same handgun as the Heavy Slide .45 ACP version, but has a Clark Custom-designed rail for optics; this will accommodate most rings that are of the same specification as a Weaver ring. The rail makes the pistol a bit heavier.  In the stats below, the price includes a scope, and one is sold with the pistol.

     The Long Heavy Slide version has a 6-inch barrel and is built on a Caspian frame, but is otherwise like the other Heavy Slides.  The barrel, however, is a match barrel.

CMMG M7

     Notes: The M7 and M7.3 differ primarily in the number of options available to each; both have cut fed ramps, a padded pistol buffer assembly to cut recoil and reduce wear and tear on parts, optional sling swivels, a modified gas system for use in with the shorter barrel, a forged instead of stamped upper and lower receiver, an extended feed ramp, and while the 7.3-inch barrel has no flash suppressor (and indeed the barrel does not project beyond the handguards), it does have a recessed target crown.

     The M7.3 can have a full-auto fire group, an added muzzle brake, and an polished feed ramp.  A plethora of options is available for the M7, including the full-auto fire group, muzzle brake, and polished feed ramp, but also an add-on fixed buttstock, a gas block with a very short MIL-STD-1913 rail and a removable front sight, a faster-acting hammer, ambidextrous controls, and an AccuWedge to tighten the smoothen the firing pin action (though by most shooters to be useless). The addition of a stock converts the M7 to a short-barreled assault rifle, but it included here for completeness.

Cobra CA-32/380 and FS-32/380 Series

     Notes: These pocket pistols use essentially the same basic design, but different barrel lengths, different grip lengths, and in some cases different grip plate materials.  All are made virtually entirely of steel, finished in bright chrome, black powder coat or satin nickel.  Though the FS-32 and FS-380 have generally more rounded surfaces, the internal mechanisms are basically the same, and sights are fixed, low profile notch-and-blade sights.  Both use shrouded hammers.

     The CA-32 and CA-380 use a 2.8-inch barrel.  Grip plates are made of black molded plastic on the CA-380, or laminated wood on the CA-32. The butt has a removable lanyard ring. Case ejection is almost straight up, and the ejection port is offset only slightly to the right side. 

     The FS-32 and FS-380 use a 3.5-inch barrel with ribbed, black molded plastic grip plates.  The ejection port is conventional, with an external extractor.  The magazines include a finger stop.

     Twilight 2000 Notes:  These pistols do not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Cobra Patriot

     Notes: Cobra Enterprises of Utah entered the firearms game in 2002, and is therefore a relative newcomer.  Nonetheless, they have established a good reputation for firearms, and particularly their line of compact pistols, including the Patriot.  (It should also be noted that when Davis Industries, Republic Arms, and Talon Industries went out of business in late 2002, Cobra bought those three companies and now makes most of their former products.) 

     The Patriot is typical for Cobra pistols: it has a polymer frame with rubber grips, a steel slide which may be finished in stainless steel or Black Melonite, a locked breech, and a chamber loaded indicator atop the slide with visual and tactile indication.  Most Cobra pistols also have several passive safeties as well as a manual safety and in many cases, a slide lock.  The polymer is known for being extremely tough despite being no thicker than most polymer-frame pistols, and of course it is a proprietary formula. The front of the trigger guard is cross-hatched, but is not hooked. The magazine catch is the only external control, though it does have several internal passive safeties.

     The Patriot comes in three flavors, the Patriot-380, Patriot-9, and Patriot-45.  The Patriot-380 and Patriot-9 are essentially identical, having checkered rubber grip insets and overall compact dimensions, and both use a 3.3-inch barrel.  Sights on both consist of a non-adjustable low-profile rear notch and a front, low-profile blade.  Later, a .32 ACP chambering was added, as well as a smaller 2.8-inch-barrel version.

     The Patriot-45, on the other hand, is externally almost a different weapon.  In addition to being physically larger due to its chambering (though the barrel length is still 3.3 inches), the grip has a more ergonomic design, with a finger swell on the frontstrap, a larger grip with checkered sides that extend almost to the slide, and a ribbed backstrap.  The slide catch is also moved somewhat forward from its position on the Cobra-380 and Cobra-9.  Though it is in fact larger, it is not really that much larger than the Patriot-380 or Patriot-9, and is still a sub-compact pistol.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: The Cobra does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.

Colt 22 Target /Cadet

     Notes: This is a new plinking pistol introduced in 1994 as the SHOT show.  It is a stainless steel weapon with a sighting rib down the barrel in addition to regular sights.  This weapon was known as the Colt Cadet.  This pistol was later refined into the Colt 22 Target; the Target has a longer barrel, and a micrometer rear sight.  Production of both models stopped in 2000.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: The Cadet is a very rare weapon, and the Colt 22 Target virtually nonexistent.

Colt Junior

     Notes: The Colt Junior was a popular mousegun in the early to mid-20^th century.  The Junior was actually manufactured in Spain by Astra, and it’s importing was banned by the National Firearms Act of 1968, as the NFA banned the import of such pocket pistols.  However, 40,000 Juniors had already been brought into the US by then, and these pistols were grandfathered in and not banned by the NFA. The Junior looks very much like the Browning Baby and is similar in design and operation. The Junior fires the rather anemic .25 ACP round or the even more anemic .22 Short round, and it is not accurate beyond short range. Its small size makes it to carry and draw, and even when an adversary it right in front of you or you are actually grappling an opponent you may be able to draw the Junior and shove it into the adversary’s gut and fire repeatedly. The Junior does not have a slide stop or bolt-hold open feature, and this means that the first indication that the magazine is empty may be when the hammer drops on an empty chamber. The Junior’s sole safety is a manual safety switch on the frame ahead of the top of the grip. The barrel is a very short 2.25 inches, the Junior’s length is a mere 4.4 inches.

Colt M1971

     Notes: The M1971 is a plain-looking pistol of commander-size.  It has a beavertail, but it is not extended; this is because it has no grip safety.  It has a loop-type hammer and roughened polymer grip plates.  Controls are one-sided only, on the left side.  It has an external extractor for more positive extraction.  The M1971 is, in effect, a modernized and simplified M1911.  Operation is DA/SA and short recoil.  An unusual feature of the M1971 is that the 9mm Parabellum version is capable of firing a Salvo-Squeezebore triplex round (assuming you can find any). The grip is a bit wide, to accommodate the double-row magazines.

Colt 2000 

     Notes: The Colt Model 2000 (also called the All American) was one of Colt’s first attempts to enter the market for high-capacity 9mm Parabellum pistols, which had seen a dramatic upswing since the late 1980s.  However, the Model 2000 was not actually a Colt design; it was bought from Knight Armament Company (KAC), and was actually designed by Reed Knight and Eugene Stoner.  The Model 2000 was introduced in 1991, but Colt, for some reason, ramped up production of the Model 2000 very slowly, and it was a limited-production pistol until the mid-1990s.

     The Model 2000 uses DAO operation; DAO was not unusual on European pistol designs at the time, but it was almost heard of in a US pistol design in the early 1990s.  Another unusual feature was its method of breech locking – a barrel that rotates using a cam that fits into a block in the frame.  Though not unheard of, this method of breech locking was quite unusual at the time, and had almost never been successfully employed in a pistol at that point. 

     The Model 2000 also used a polymer frame as standard (though a frame of light alloy was also available), another unusual feature in a US-designed pistol at that time.  Polymer-framed versions typically have an all-over matte blue finish, while the alloy-framed versions usually have a matte blue frame and a polished-blue slide.  Sights are of the 3-dot type.  There is no manual safety, but there are three passive safeties as well slide lock.  This leads to a very slim and ergonomically-sound design, even for those with small hands.  The side plates are of checkered polymer, and both the backstrap and frontstrap are checkered as well.  Trigger pull is a bit long (like most DAO pistols).  Early Model 2000s had strange problems with accuracy that were quickly corrected, and the Model 2000 also seems to have a big problem with one specific brand and type of ammunition: Cor-Bon +P jacked hollowpoints when loaded with a Sierra bullet.  (Many other pistols also have some feed problems with that specific type of ammunition, but it seems to have been particularly acute in the Model 2000.)  The Model 2000 was almost exclusively found with a 4.5-inch barrel, but for a short period Colt also tried to sell the Model 2000 in a special package which had an exchangeable 5-inch and 3.75-inch barrel as well.  (This kit is close to impossible to find today.)

     The Colt 2000, unfortunately, sold poorly and production stopped in 1993.  It is possible that the Model 2000 was literally “too innovative” for Americans at the time; in addition, the 9mm Parabellum round wasn’t anywhere as ubiquitous in the in the early 1990s in the United States as it is now.  Most firearms experts agree, however, that the failure was not the fault of the pistol design itself, but marketing forces instead.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: There are virtually no copies of the Colt 2000 in circulation in the Twilight 2000 timeline.