Did You Qualify With A .45 Pistol??

I shot expert with the M1911 and M14. Guess that's why I still love both weapons. BTW have my NM M1A (TAC modified now) and SM 1911 still. People keep wanting to "borrow forever" my 1911. It's a Caspian and, like the M1A, got the TLC treatment from the armorers at NWC Crane.

BTW, when the M9 came out, "The Shooters" hated it. My last 1911 carry was over in East Timor way back when.

Many times, Sgt Tom Cunnally, many times!

Nope, Day I went to the range in bootcamp, the .45 I was assigned to fell apart the first round I put downrange. I have been shooting since I was 10 and knew this was wrong, walked off the range and received a DNQ, later qualified marksman on the 9mm

Yes, multiple times before they switched to the Beretta on the assumption that more bullets and less recoil amounted to better accuracy when it really just meant more misses on the target. A lack of quality instruction and a lot of weak wristed individuals doomed the U.S Government to a substandard sidearm.

I qualified with the Beretta M9. 9mm pistol. Wish I got to qualify with a .45

This old pistol was around for a lot of years Spanish American War, WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam. It was retired from Military service in 1986.... I remember the WWI Veterans loved it because of it's what they called "It's stopping power" & the few old Marine Raiders from WWII told me they used shotguns & a .45 Pistol on Guadalcanal because the fighting was so up close and personal.

I really liked the .45 because it was so easy to take apart and keep clean.

I qualified on a 9mm

Nope, M-1Garand. We did rifle grenades w/ the M-1 and night range w/ Carbines w/ 'green'night vision scopes.

As the junior mbr of the NCO tent in my plt at Camp Casey in 1954/55, I was ? presented w/ a 'combat loss' 1911 45., It did not make it back to CONUS, but I did!

Yes I did, and believe it or not I also had an M3 Submachinegun (greasegun).

In '95 I was working for the S-3 Section at Parks RFTA vic Dublin, CA. I was closing in on retirement and thought this would be a cool assignment. I got to be the range control NCOIC for this little, out of the way place no one I'd met had ever heard of. While it wasn't career enhancing it was fun. The rodent hunting was the best I've seen anywhere and I met some very nice and interesting people. All the federal law enforcement agencies within a couple hundred miles train and qualify there. Marines and Sailors from the USS Carl Vinson, SFPD SWAT, CA Horse Racing Board, you name it. MPs from the Presidio used to be detached to Parks RFTA but eventually they were replaced with GS L.E.O.s. I was sort of friends with some of the M.P.s and one day they invited me to qualify with them. Being a grunt, I'm like, hell yeah! They still had the option of carrying M1911A1s and thats what their NCOIC did. We shot strong and weak hand; from behind cover; prone, kneeling and also wearing an M17A2 protective mask. I had a blast and scored 49 of 50. Not sure what I did wrong with that one bad shot but oh well. So the remarkable part of this is that it occurred in 1995, like 10 years after the transition began right? The guy's name was Robert. Its too long ago for me to remember his last name but we used to trade .357 Magnum and .38 Special reloads back and forth. It was a really fun tour. Got that M16 qual range running like a top while I was there too. Just a relly gratifying experience overall.