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The 1911 Semiautomatic Pistol: Why America's Enemies Still Fear This 100-Year-Old Gun
The Natural Interest ^ | 28 Jan, 2017 | Kyle Mizokami

Posted on 01/28/2017 9:22:37 AM PST by MtnClimber

For more than a hundred years, one weapon has travelled with American troops into almost every crisis, hot spot and war the United States has participated in. Developed as a response to Washington’s first overseas insurgency, the 1911 pistol still accompanies U.S. forces today around the world.

The 1911 semiautomatic pistol was invented by John Moses Browning, one of the most successful—and some would say, legendary—inventors of firearms who ever lived. Between 1879 and 1926 the prolific Browning invented some of the most successful firearms ever made, including the 1911 pistol, the Browning Hi-Power pistol, the Browning Automatic Rifle and the M2 Browning heavy machine gun. Invented in 1921, the M2 still serves as the standard heavy machine gun of the U.S. armed forces.

The 1911 was designed with a new handgun cartridge, .45 ACP, in mind. The .45 Automatic Colt Pistol round, also designed by John Browning, was developed in response to the ineffectiveness of the U.S. Army’s then sidearm, the Colt M1892 revolver. U.S. troops sent to the Philippines during the Philippine-American War (1899–1902) discovered the revolver’s .38 Long Colt cartridge lacked the ability to reliably incapacitate Moro warriors in combat. The Muslim warriors tied off their limbs to prevent blood loss. They were still able to get within striking distance of U.S. soldiers with melee weapons, even after being shot.

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To: MtnClimber

I have 5, 2 in .45 and 3 in the 10mm, one of those is a Gold Cup.

The 10mm really unleashes the potential of that frame. And for a little smaller receipt for a day of shooting I run .40 cal through it all the time. Just have to make sure you really clean the corner of the chamber before you put a 10mm back into it, but other than that it works just fine for practice.


21 posted on 01/28/2017 9:44:13 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: MtnClimber

I love my .45 Kimber


22 posted on 01/28/2017 9:45:03 AM PST by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

It was a great design for its time. It’s not the pistol that’s feared, it’s the .45 cal. round and it’s massive impct at close range.


23 posted on 01/28/2017 9:46:30 AM PST by captain_dave
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To: MtnClimber

I have one that was manufactured in the Springfield Armory in 1914 - still shoots great. It’s an eternal design.


24 posted on 01/28/2017 9:46:50 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
The Glock safety is in the trigger. You can't bring a Glock's trigger pull weight down anywhere near a 1911's and still have a safe weapon. The 1911's thumb and grip safety allow you to carry a weapon with a 2 lb trigger pull. You willing to carry a Glock with that pull?
25 posted on 01/28/2017 9:47:36 AM PST by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: MtnClimber

“1911. Like a Glock, but for men.”


26 posted on 01/28/2017 9:49:31 AM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Abathar
Probably the most ergonomic handgun ever made IMHO.

If you have a chance for a side-by-side with a 1911 and a Lugar P.08...

Take each one in hand, look at a target and get it's location in mind, then close your eyes and bring the gun up to firing position.

Open your eyes and note which gun is naturally pointed closer to the bull's eye.

I'd be willing to bet that the Lugar would be the hands down winner, time after time.

But as you say, JMHO, and YMMV...

27 posted on 01/28/2017 9:49:35 AM PST by null and void (Roses are red, soylent is green. Get to the shelter, it's 2017)
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To: MtnClimber
Same design, I guess, but my Llama Minimax .45 is an awesome weapon. You can laugh all you want, but it is. And, the Llama Minimax 9mm Jordanian models are superbly finished and are excellent shooters too, if you can even find one. I know a lot of purists don't care for them, but, some of us really like them.

Star also made some really nice pistols. The Sig P938 is unparalleled for compact carry purpose, accuracy and overall excellent design.

28 posted on 01/28/2017 9:50:10 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: null and void

You want ergonomics? Star SM Model .380. Also, Remington 51 .380 (if you can find one).


29 posted on 01/28/2017 9:51:21 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MtnClimber; All
Mine too, and I have four of them.

The unwashed polymer snowflakes can't handle 41 ounces of steel. 😁

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30 posted on 01/28/2017 9:51:28 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: captain_dave

The .45 is impressive but so is my Glock 23. Ain’t nobody getting up after a gut check with that either. .40


31 posted on 01/28/2017 9:54:02 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: MtnClimber

I have a Remington R1 which is just a copy of a Colt. It’s the basic R1 model and with rebates came in under $500. Cocked and locked in the bedside table. Steel and real wood, made in the USA.


32 posted on 01/28/2017 9:54:08 AM PST by Stevenc131
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Thanks! I’ll check them out!


33 posted on 01/28/2017 9:56:27 AM PST by null and void (Roses are red, soylent is green. Get to the shelter, it's 2017)
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To: Afterguard

I should add that I have five of them. Four in .45ACP and one 10MM. One of the .45’s, WWII Singer, that is my safe queen. I take it out about once a year.


34 posted on 01/28/2017 9:57:15 AM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: MtnClimber
My two kinda sorta 1911's, Sig and Colt.

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35 posted on 01/28/2017 10:00:16 AM PST by umgud
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To: rellimpank

I suspect that they fear either the sniper with a 1500 yard half minute group capable rifle or a helicopter gunship popping above the hill, trees or whatever ——and hardly give a thought to whatever handgun anyone might have-—

Why do you not include the 600 yard range English longbow?


36 posted on 01/28/2017 10:01:14 AM PST by Rannug ("all enemies, foreign and : domestic")
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To: fatboy

“The 1911 is like a French maid. Every man should have one.”

Just like a 1911, both can get you killed!


37 posted on 01/28/2017 10:07:08 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Abathar
"... but the feel of the single stack in your hand, the way it grips when you bring it up on target, there just isn’t anything else like it.."

You should get some new grips:


38 posted on 01/28/2017 10:08:10 AM PST by PLMerite
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To: MtnClimber

“They were still able to get within striking distance of U.S. soldiers with melee weapons...”

“Melee weapons”? I smell a D&D player...


39 posted on 01/28/2017 10:10:14 AM PST by PLMerite
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To: MtnClimber
Hmm, I have been itching to get another 1911 for some time now. I had one for a while back in the late '80s - early '90s (AMT Hardballer Longslide) that I got in a trade (and it left the same way, when a co-worker of mine was worried that his HK91 would soon become illegal due to Bush 41 and Clinton. Even swap!).

I'm not looking to go full custom, Wilson Combat or equivalent. Just something faithful to the original, priced in the mid-range. If anyone has one of the Ruger SR1911s, I'd appreciate a brief review.

40 posted on 01/28/2017 10:11:35 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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