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This is for for all you 1911 Enthusiast out there (like my brother-who buys and owns vintage 1911s, as well as $2500.00 Les Baers, Wilson Combat and Ed Brown's- I don't think he owns but maybe one Polymer 3rd/4th gen Gun, in 45 Cal of course . . . the things you can buy when you are a single, never married, Fire Department Captain, not paying alimony or child support to an ex-wife - he is now into buying and restoring WWII Era Willys Jeeps).
I call this article 1911 Viagra for all you 45 Caliber guys who can never get enough of the great stories about the only handgun you'll ever love. Me, I like my 45 in Glock 21, Smith and Wesson M & P, and Springfield XDS, & S & W 4566 TSW. Sorry ,don't own any 1911s myself.
So Lawrence of Arabia, who was up on his gun tech in 1914, had a friend buy him a couple of Colt 1911s around 1914 and ship them to him in the Middle East. A big improvement on his former Mauser broom handle 9mm Para with its fixed ten round internal magazine. He had to be one of the very few British Officers (or any combatant in that theater of operations) who was toting a 1911 45 semi-auto. I wonder where he got his Ammo resupply? 45 auto rounds were not plentiful in Arabia (or outside US Army Inventory) until the US got into WWI in 1917 and brought large quantities with them and their troops to France.
I call this article 1911 Viagra for all you 45 Caliber guys who can never get enough of the great stories about the only handgun you'll ever love. Me, I like my 45 in Glock 21, Smith and Wesson M & P, and Springfield XDS, & S & W 4566 TSW. Sorry ,don't own any 1911s myself.
So Lawrence of Arabia, who was up on his gun tech in 1914, had a friend buy him a couple of Colt 1911s around 1914 and ship them to him in the Middle East. A big improvement on his former Mauser broom handle 9mm Para with its fixed ten round internal magazine. He had to be one of the very few British Officers (or any combatant in that theater of operations) who was toting a 1911 45 semi-auto. I wonder where he got his Ammo resupply? 45 auto rounds were not plentiful in Arabia (or outside US Army Inventory) until the US got into WWI in 1917 and brought large quantities with them and their troops to France.
The Weapons of T. E. Lawrence
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Thanks Capt Lance Gallardo for shat=ring the weapons of T.E. Lawrence who was made famous as the Lawrence of Arabia.
His favorite pistol the Colt Model 1911 in .45 caliber is also the one I preferred to use by when I needed a side arm in addition to my rifle.
His favorite pistol the Colt Model 1911 in .45 caliber is also the one I preferred to use by when I needed a side arm in addition to my rifle.
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Capt Lance Gallardo
And the Marines are re-issuing an updated CQB 1911 http://www.businessinsider.com/marines-reissue-1911-colt-45-because-the-9-mm-has-no-balls-2012-8
The Marines Are Reissuing The 1911 Colt .45 Pistol Because The 9 mm Is Too Weak
The Colt will simply save more lives.
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Capt Lance Gallardo
But read this, from one of my favorite gun blogs;http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/12/yankee-gun-nuts/the-1911-sucks/
The 1911 Sucks - The Truth About Guns
I have said it before and I will end up saying it again: the 1911 an old design that is more trouble than it is worth. I don’t say it to be confrontational, or to draw attention to myself. IRead More
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Capt Lance Gallardo
As you can see from my list of 45s that I currently own, I love the 45 caliber bullet/round, just not the 1911. I wonder if with the proper training, Marines would do better with the Glock 21 (or one of the smaller slimmer gen 4 Glock 45s) which is/are much easier to work on /disassemble/field strip to clean and more mechanically reliable in adverse conditions than the 1911. Far fewer parts. Easy to train a a Glock basic gunsmith to fix most parts that break or wear out on a Glock. More than Accurate enough. Reliably goes boom when you pull the trigger and hold 14 rounds instead of 9/8 of the 1911.
I read a story about a Special Operator who on a night mission ended up going waist deep in a shit pool in Iraq, and by the time he got back to quarters and started to detail strip his 1911, parts were already starting to corrode. Luckily for him he had brought a complete parts kit of replacement parts for his 1911 with him to Iraq. Not every one is going to subject their sidearm to the corrosive effects of a cesspool, but as they say "shit happens." I would much rather have a Glock in adverse conditions a soldier or Marine is likely to encounter in field conditions that a more mechanically complex and needing of care like a 1911. Plus the manual of arms is much simpler for a Glock than a 1911.
I read a story about a Special Operator who on a night mission ended up going waist deep in a shit pool in Iraq, and by the time he got back to quarters and started to detail strip his 1911, parts were already starting to corrode. Luckily for him he had brought a complete parts kit of replacement parts for his 1911 with him to Iraq. Not every one is going to subject their sidearm to the corrosive effects of a cesspool, but as they say "shit happens." I would much rather have a Glock in adverse conditions a soldier or Marine is likely to encounter in field conditions that a more mechanically complex and needing of care like a 1911. Plus the manual of arms is much simpler for a Glock than a 1911.
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