I am somewhat a .45 fanatic because they were so darn effective in the rare times pistols were used. We had our company commander go to take a whiz behind some trees and ran face-to-face with a group of enemy officers. He already had the .45 in his hand and he and a lieutenant that had followed him killed all of them only taking one round of 9mm Makarov through his upper inside thigh. I'm still in touch with him, so he survived a five-on-two gunfight.
We do all sorts of fiddling around with calibers new and old and the latest in wild, accessory-equipped wonder weapons but old Mister Colt from 106 years ago will still fire when you need it to and kill reliably - trust me.
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I have no doubts about the hardware; all of it is good.
Its the human element that is the variable.
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