U.S. Brings Back the .45

Strategy Page ^ | January 27, 2006

[John Lenin]

Ridiculous, a kinder, gentler bullet ?

[TXBSAFH]

I carry a Glock G21 45 acp. I love it.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Hollow points are outlawed by the Geneva Convention. We won't
do that.

[Leisler]

SOCOM. Let's see how much staff flunkies, under employed Colonels, coffee making E-8 have stuffed up SOCOM. My prediction, pistol will be chosen in over two years. Should be a month.

[nuconvert]

And here I was thinking we were going back to 45 vinyl records. ;~ )

[SampleMan]

Last time I fired an M1911 .45 I couldn't have killed myself with a shot to the temple it was so inaccurate. I'd keep the Beretta, unless they're coming out with an new/accurate .45 design.

I agree that its better to hit with a .22 than miss with a .44, but the .45 accuracy issue is all about the particular model and upgrades. My brother can empty the clip in five seconds and hit a hand sized target with every shot at 70 feet. I sure am glad he's MY brother.

[68skylark]

Great news! They never should have gone to 9mm.

Some time in the future -- about 50 years from now -- someone at the Pentagon will make the U.S. military switch back to 9mm/.38 cal pistol. History doesn't progress -- it just turns in circles.

[opbuzz]

I saw a guy put 5 in the x ring with a 1911 in three seconds from 50 feet.

Holding the pistol upside down, one hand on his knee, bent over and firing with his pinkie.

He was the coach of the USMC pistol team in 1975.

I guess you just have to shoot it right.

[jess35]

Dream on. They are far too expensive.

[Pharmboy]

Ping...

[xander]

It's a strong candidate for sure, but I'm not sure it meets the "rail on top" requirement mentioned in the article. Most of the newer .45 designs have accessory rails beneath the barrel, wonder if they want an AR-15 style picatinny rail too.

I wonder if Glock's .45GAP is in consideration, same ballistic properties, shorter cartridge.

[76834]

Lets bring back this one too:
Submachinegun, Cal. 45, M1.

Original "Trench Broom"

[ghostcat]

If it was a military issue .45 then the most likely problem was that it was worn out. Most military .45s are 60+ years old very few military 1911's were built after WW2.

[jess35]

This is kind of misleading. The military isn't ditching the 9mm for the .45. Ruger was just given a contract by the U. S. Army Tank automotive and Armaments Command for their P95.

[BigCinBigD]

I carry a .45 and I think our troops should to.

[chadwimc]

I can keep all my shots in the center of mass at 21 feet with my .45... My friend(shooting a 9mm) remarked that "my groups were a lil sloppy". I remarked that "he would be in trouble at the end of my hallway with that grouping".

Now, my "What gun? I don't have a gun" is a .38 S&W Airweight.(When it absolutely, positively needs to be concealed)

My dress up, Sunday go to meetin' piece is a new Taurus PT111 in 9mm...

[marron]

This makes me think these guys are serious. Issuing 45's means no more fooling.

[Vaquero]

9 mm is garbage, just ask those FBI agents who were shot through car doors i Miami while their 9mm were bouncing of the perps car doors.

Stop physically dumbing down the military and police by forcing them to maintain troops of lesser statue (you can read this as little girls if you'd like), and then train the rest to use this quite low recoil (ever shoot a .454 Casull or a .44 magnum for that matter. .45 ACP is a cakewalk in comparison)

[John Lenin]

You lose accuracy with a heavier round.

[jess35]

The 9mm is not garbage. I can stop someone with a 9mm just as fast as I can with a .45.