The sidearm they need has already been invented
My Dad had one of these through most of my formative years. It was fun to shoot. My issue with is was it wasn't reliably accurate at a range of just over six feet.
It seemed designed to work in any environment, but also seemed to have quite tolerant ranges in its few moving parts.
The 1911s I've shot were more accurate than I am.
It seemed designed to work in any environment, but also seemed to have quite tolerant ranges in its few moving parts.
My guess is that one specimen had just been "shot loose." If you still have it in your family, a good pistolsmith can "tighten" it up, and you'll wind up with a very accurate pistol that's incredibly reliable.
A stock 1911 out of the box is pretty darned accurate. In the hands of someone who really knows how to true the slide rails, and fit the barrel, slide, link, and bushing (or the barrel directly to the slide, in some cases) and you've got a national match class target pistol.
I know my "race gun" (with a Clark "Pin Master" barrel/comp), built by Leonard Beatty in NC, shoots far more accurately than I'm capable of shooting.
Mark