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Yes. When I worked as a police officer in Oklahoma a few years ago, I carried a Rock Island 1911. I love that gun, it's a tack driver. The only downside was weight, which suck when you have to carry that thing everywhere, and magazine capacity. I carried no less than 9 8-round mags on shift, plus a box of loose rounds in the car.
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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.
BTW, when the M9 came out, "The Shooters" hated it. My last 1911 carry was over in East Timor way back when.
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
You're firing expert with the .45 is damn good Capt. I knew very few who did when I was in the Marines. You could tell by checking their pistol badges ..The only one who did who I knew was my Platoon Commander who could crush a beer can in one hand.
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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.
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I qualified with the Beretta M9. 9mm pistol. Wish I got to qualify with a .45
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
This year is the 30th anniversary of it's retirement. There were some officers in Vietnam who preferred another pistol than the .45. It took a lot of hours of hard work to be proficient with it.
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SrA Edward Vong
Sgt Tom Cunnally
I think it only retired as a service pistol but it's still seeing limited use in US Spec Ops teams.
I think it only retired as a service pistol but it's still seeing limited use in US Spec Ops teams.
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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 really liked the .45 because it was so easy to take apart and keep clean.
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
MAJ Matthew Arnold - Yes sir..it has some history.. I heard a few stories about it from guys who served in Korea
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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!
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!
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Define "qualify"? My entire 6 years in the Navy the only time I ever touched a firearm was in boot camp.
We had to fire 15 rounds out of a .45 (chambered in .22 of course) at a man sized target 10 yards away. We had to get 8 of the 15 rounds (anywhere) on the target to "pass".
We had to fire 15 rounds out of a .45 (chambered in .22 of course) at a man sized target 10 yards away. We had to get 8 of the 15 rounds (anywhere) on the target to "pass".
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Sgt Tom Cunnally
PO2 Robert Aitchison - the .45 was not an easy weapon to fire. We fired it in Boot Camp just for familiarity but it is the TOE weapon for Field Radio Operators so I had to qualify with it. I forget the scores but you had rapid fire and slow fire from different distances. And you got a Pistol badge for Expert, Sharpshooter and Marksman.
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