Posted on 10/02/2014 7:49:46 AM PDT by C19fan
A highly religious man who was a former pacifist and the legendary pistol he carried are responsible for one of the most impressive acts of an American fighting man in the nation’s history.
His name was Sgt. Alvin York and during World War I he used a M1911 .45-caliber pistol to stop an attack by six German soldiers while he helped assault a German machine-gun nest near Chatel-Chéhéry on the Western Front.
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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.
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.
That was the Moros, right? Or as Trivial Pursuit might refer to them, the “Mopos.”
Mark IV, Series 70 Gold Cup, tricked out for competition.
It’s my fav....but a bit large for CCW.
Hard not to laugh at a military arms writer who can’t spell ‘ordnance.’
1911, doing it better for 103 years. “Thou shalt not mess with perfection.” The
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
I think there is a “statue” of limitations on misspellings. :-)
Really?
So, besides a .50 Desert Eagle, what competes with a .45 JHP 230 grain?
A 9mm?
A .40?
A .22?
that would be the moops
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. 
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.
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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.
Later
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.
Concur.
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