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Item #: SCP-4914

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-4914 Should be stored in a dedicated storage unit in the armoury of foundation facility [REDACTED] - Foundation Personnel who wish to remove SCP-4914 from it's storage unit will require security clearance 3 alongside the permission and presence of the standing head of security, [REDACTED].

Under no circumstances should SCP-4914 have it’s magazine loaded and no active .45 ACP rounds may be stored inside of SCP-4914’s containment, or held in the possession of any foundation staff, when holding SCP-4914; unless in approved testing conditions

The tracking device installed into SCP-4914 is to be tested for functionality before any tests are conducted, if the installed tracker is damaged or not functional, no testing may be conducted until this is repaired or replaced.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD SCP-4914 BE USED BY FOUNDATION STAFF OR SECURITY FOR COMBAT USE

Description:
SCP-4914 is an early iteration of the Colt M1911 handgun, production information dating the firearm’s manufacturing date to August 7th, 1914.

The exterior of SCP-4914 is heavily rusted and damaged (Condition updated, see Addendum #3) however despite the damage to the exterior of SCP-4914, the internal components still remain functional, accepts and loads rounds of .45 ACP and can be fired similarly to a pristine version of SCP-4914’s firearm model.

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SCP-4914 was originally discovered in Belgium, after locally inserted agents discovered a recent news article describing a man admitted into psychiatric care after being found wandering the region known as ‘Flanders Fields’ in Ypres Salient, while dressed in a period accurate world war 1 French army uniform, appearing visibly distressed and confused, threatening to fire on local residents before being apprehended by local police.

An investigation into this situation by locally embedded agents resulted in the foundation taking in the reported individual (now referred to as SCP-4914-a for ease of readability) for questioning. (see interview log #1)

The interview conducted resulted in local agents acquiring SCP-4914 from evidence storage of [REDACTED], contained and transported to foundation [REDACTED] for follow up examination.

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Testing of SCP-4914 was postponed in order to install tracking devices into the internal workings of the object as a result of claimed properties from SCP-4914-a

The unique properties of SCP-4914 was later confirmed in the initial controlled test of SCP-4914 (see test logs and interview #2 for further information).

SCP-4914 Unique properties involve:

  1. On firing a live .45 ACP round with SCP-4914, the operator of SCP-4914 vanishes from the testing area
  2. Anyone that witnesses of the firing of SCP-4914 are left temporarily blinded by the flash from the initial shot, installed cameras also lose visibility during this stage
  3. Anyone that hears the firing of SCP-4914 report the sounds of a variety of additional gunshots and explosions, those with period information of world war one era weapons can confirm that these sounds are distinctively similar to those which would be heard in that period.
  4. Following this, there is period where the foundation are unaware of the location of SCP-4914 after its disappearance. Agents local in the original area the SCP was reported in are informed of the conducted test and are instructed to remain on alert for the implemented tracking device to be detected in the coming days. - The longest period documented where SCP-4914 has been undetectable is 1 month
  5. On detection of SCP-4914 is found, local agents are dispatched to the location of SCP-4914 for recover, where agents are expected to find one of two scenarios at location
  6. SCP-4914 is found abandoned in the region of ‘Flanders Fields’ with no trace of the original operator, the operator is to be considered as deceased in this scenario as these individuals are not located following an investigation.
  7. SCP-4914 is found in the possession of the original operator, who will be found dressed in either a French or German world war one era combat uniform. (Some operators have been found to be capable of speaking either respective language despite not showing any capability of doing so prior to the initial test) - In this case the operator is to be sedated and transported alongside SCP-4914 back to Foundation Facility [REDACTED] for a follow up interview and health checkup

On interviewing a surviving operator of SCP-4914, the following set of events are described:

  1. On firing a live .45 ACP round with SCP-4914, the operator falls unconscious for an unknown length of time
  2. Operator later awakens, finding themselves in new clothing and in a new location, while their memories remain intact, any physical possessions outside of SCP-4914 are replaced with the following
  3. French or German Army uniform, depending on which side of the conflict the operator is found on (appears random, no way of forcing a operator onto either faction has been found)
  4. SCP-4914 itself, alongside additional magazines suited to the M1911 firearm.
  5. operators will also find themselves capable of speaking French of German naturally, instead of whatever language(s) they were capable of speaking in prior, language the operator speaks in changes based on which faction the operator finds themselves on.
  6. The operator will soon realise that they have been transported to the trenches of ‘flanders fields’ during an unspecified period of world war 1
  7. The operator will be required to partake in the conflict (more importantly, survive) for an unspecified period of time
  8. If the operator survives long enough to be witness to the mass growing of the flower known as ‘poppies’ as referenced in the poem known as ‘in flanders fields’. Then they will once again lose consciousness
  9. The operator will once again awaken in the same location they lost consciousness in, becoming confused and distressed and still in possession of whatever the operator had before losing consciousness.
  10. SCP-4914 will revert to it’s damaged and degraded state following this, at which the tracking device can once again be detected by foundation personnel, who will be dispatched to recover the SCP and operator.

Due to the lack of test subjects returning after claiming to have been killed in SCP-4914’s scenario, it is believed that test subjects are also physically present and vulnerable in the scenario transported to, rather than simply reliving the memory of an individual in that situation.

Due to the large scale of world war 1, the Foundation have not been able to yet confirm how SCP-4914 transports the operator into the presented scenario, further testing is required (Updated, see Addendum #2)

Addendum #1
RESEARCHER LOG BY: DR. KATHERINE H
“Due to the fact that this potential SCP is indeed a firearm, I am generally unwilling to utilise D-class personnel for testing, last thing we will need is to have one of these convicts shooting our own staff and putting lives at risks, I believe our best practice now will be to utilise volunteering foundation staff.

In addition, I feel it will also be wise for me to humour some of the more outlandish possibilities of this SCP candidate, if it is indeed one capable of sending a user back in time, as our interviewee described, we will need to be able to track the location of this item if it is somehow moved long distance, as a result of this I will also be commissioning the installation of a long range tracker before any testing begins.”

Addendum #2
Following a later experiment, it is hypothesized that the operator and SCP-4914 are not transported back in time, but instead are transported elsewhere detached from our own world and history, potentially a dimension dedicated to recreating the time period of SCP-4914’s original use, or potential ‘memory’. For this reason, use of SCP-4914 cannot change the course of history. A great relief to many at the foundation.

Addendum #3
An attempt was made to restore the physical condition of SCP-4914, with protective conditions in place.
The results of this restoration procedure was a success as if SCP-4914 was any other firearm of its kind, giving us the ability to read production information on SCP-4914, confirming it’s manufacturing date as August 7th, 1914

Addendum #4
A follow up test was conducted on SCP-4914, on locating the SCP through the use of the installed tracking device, it was found that SCP-4914 had regained much of the damage and deterioration it had been found in when foundation agents originally located the SCP. Current theory suggests that SCP-4914 experiences the same period of wear and damage as other firearms found in similar conditions over the same time period. A final restoration session will be conducted once SCP-4914 testing has concluded and returns to permanent containment, in order to reduce the ability for personnel unaware of SCP-4914 to locate and exploit the abilities of SCP-4914.