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The Best Handgun Ever Stopped Attackers Cold (M1911)
War is Boring ^ | October 2, 2014 | Paul Huard

Posted on 10/02/2014 7:49:46 AM PDT by C19fan

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1 posted on 10/02/2014 7:49:46 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

for later


2 posted on 10/02/2014 7:51:09 AM PDT by Doctor 2Brains
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Yes, the 1911 is a great gun, but today there are many great handguns in various calibers. Bullet technology is light years improved from the days of Sgt. York and this makes many guns as good as or better than what York carried.


3 posted on 10/02/2014 7:55:44 AM PDT by Obadiah (None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.)
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The 1911 has a flawless pedigree.

It was designed specifically to stop muslim terrorists after the standard officer’s sidearm, the .38, proved inadequate in the Philippines.


4 posted on 10/02/2014 7:59:05 AM PDT by null and void (If the wage gap were real, American companies would be hiring millions of women to save a buck)
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To: null and void; Gamecock; F15Eagle

That was the Moros, right? Or as Trivial Pursuit might refer to them, the “Mopos.”


5 posted on 10/02/2014 8:04:01 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: C19fan

Mark IV, Series 70 Gold Cup, tricked out for competition.

It’s my fav....but a bit large for CCW.


6 posted on 10/02/2014 8:07:15 AM PDT by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: Larry Lucido

Hard not to laugh at a military arms writer who can’t spell ‘ordnance.’


7 posted on 10/02/2014 8:09:18 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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1911, doing it better for 103 years. “Thou shalt not mess with perfection.” The


8 posted on 10/02/2014 8:10:09 AM PDT by cpdiii
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The 1911 was is cited numerous times in narratives of CMOH recipients.

Here is a listing of all CMOH awards and the narratives behind them. Caution, prepare to spend days reading about these heroes.

http://www.history.army.mil/moh/index.html


9 posted on 10/02/2014 8:19:47 AM PDT by wrench
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I think there is a “statue” of limitations on misspellings. :-)


10 posted on 10/02/2014 8:21:29 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Really?

So, besides a .50 Desert Eagle, what competes with a .45 JHP 230 grain?

A 9mm?

A .40?

A .22?


11 posted on 10/02/2014 8:35:27 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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that would be the moops


12 posted on 10/02/2014 8:37:17 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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13 posted on 10/02/2014 8:38:53 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: Doctor 2Brains
Here's mine.  photo XSE_zps91cbadad.jpg I have a Glock 21, and a Remington 9mm, but my Colt 1911 always gets bedside duty. This is how it performs at 10 yards.  photo 2_zps93ea78e3.jpg
14 posted on 10/02/2014 8:41:09 AM PDT by gop4lyf (Claire Wolfe called. She said the Awkward Phase is over.)
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Ya, but there are so many who just can’t break out of the past or who just dont know any better. The 1911 and 45acp arent The Silver Bullet their followers imagine them to be. In fact the platform and cartridge are toward the bottom of the barrel. Really, its not about platform or cartridge as much as it is ability to properly place hits in a timely fashion.


15 posted on 10/02/2014 9:00:27 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: C19fan

1911


16 posted on 10/02/2014 9:08:48 AM PDT by TNoldman (AN ..AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA.)
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***Sgt. Alvin York and during World War I he used a M1911 .45-caliber pistol***

In the movie, Gary Cooper used a German Luger as the 1911 would not function with blanks.


17 posted on 10/02/2014 9:09:37 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Doctor 2Brains

Later


18 posted on 10/02/2014 9:12:26 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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You don’t have to shoot somebody to have your life saved by having a gun.

According to DOJ crime statistics, guns are used by US citizens 2.5 million times per year to prevent violent crimes like rape, robbery, home-invasion and carjacking, 99% of the time without a shot being fired. (Source: http://GunFacts.info)

In other words, 99 times out of 100 it doesn’t matter what caliber gun you have. The only thing that matters is that you have one.


19 posted on 10/02/2014 9:13:26 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: 556x45

Concur.


20 posted on 10/02/2014 9:29:54 AM PDT by Obadiah (None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.)
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