In what year did Iver Johnson begin selling the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces from 1911 to 1986?
M1911 pistol The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces from 1911 to 1986. It was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The pistol's formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924. The designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam War era.
Iver Johnson AMAC-1500 The Iver Johnson AMAC-1500 is a manually-operated sniper rifle/anti-materiel rifle developed by Research Armaments Prototypes (RAP) and manufactured by Iver Johnson Arms in the 1980s, and used by the US Armed Forces.