Mine does!
Of course, that's for when I'm shooting this:
Mark
Posted on 01/29/2006 11:14:04 AM PST by John Jorsett
After two decades of use, the U.S. Department of Defense is getting rid of its Beretta M9 9mm pistol, and going back to the 11.4mm (.45 caliber) weapon. There have been constant complaints about the lesser (compared to the .45) hitting power of the 9mm. And in the last few years, SOCOM (Special Operations Command) and the marines have officially adopted .45 caliber pistols as “official alternatives” to the M9 Beretta. But now SOCOM has been given the task of finding a design that will be suitable as the JCP (Joint Combat Pistol). Various designs are being evaluated, but all must be .45 caliber and have a eight round magazine (at least), and high capacity mags holding up to 15. The new .45 will also have a rail up top for attachments, and be able to take a silencer. Length must be no more than 9.65 inches, and width no more than 1.53 inches.
The M1911 .45 caliber pistol that the 9mm Beretta replaced in 1985, was, as its nomenclature implied, an old design. There are several modern designs out there for .45 caliber pistols that are lighter, carry more ammo and are easier to maintain than the pre-World War I M1911 (which is actually about a century old, as a design). The Department of Defense plans to buy 645,000 JCPs.
SOCOM will, with input from other branches, handle the evaluation and final selection. This will take place this year, and if the military moves with unaccustomed alacrity, troops could start getting their JCPs next year. But don’t hold your breath.
I am guessing you really meant "topstrap". If the backstrap blew, then I can see why his hand was sore.
Mine does!
Of course, that's for when I'm shooting this:
Mark
Beretta makes a pretty good .45, the 8045 Cougar. I've got one and I love it.
A big part of it IS the pistol. Many people whos only experience with 1911s were in the military, often in basic, and those were often so loose they rattled - LOUD!
A well fitted 1911 is one of the most accurate pistols around. The key is that everything needs to come back to where it started, and if there's a ton of play in the slide, bushing, and barrel lockup, then it's not going to be accurate.
To put it bluntly, bad ammo will make an accurate gun somewhat less accurate. On the other hand, match ammo will never give you any accuracy from a loose, inaccurate pistol.
Mark
I love my Glock 20 also.
Powerful, accurate and easy to carry. 
/jasper
My S&W .45 ACP stainless Mountain Gun has half-moon and full-moon clips also. I am not sure if the half-moon or the full-moon is quicker on reload, especially if the shooter is in a hurry. The full-moon takes a steady hand, while the half-moon handles easily, and stores more compactly. The revolver has a lot to recommend it in spite of the short barrel.
Yes....topstrap....oopsie. :-)
M-110? Have a M-100. Is there an easy way to load?
In a "declared" war you are correct ..... BUT !
I am in possession of official DOD documents that allowed us to use hollowpoint ammunition in our weapons against terrorists and on LIC missions aka low intensity conflicts.
Hollowpoint ammunition is authorized by the DOD (approved by the JAG sorts) for general use during such "police actions" vs a full up war as officially declared by the congress of these United States.
Stay safe !!
A friend of mine's daughter lost a SIG220 at a state fair a couple of years back. Somebody broke into the truck, and tore the little pistol safe from the floor in front of the backseat (looked like a real "crowbar job"). They were ill. She told me that gun was sooooo nice, and VERY accurate!
I posted a similar thought when I first read that sentance. You'd be hard pressed to find someone LESS "gun-smith-inly" inclined than myself. I have a buddy who's a master machinist, tool and die maker, who's also quite a good hobby gunsmith. In the past, I've helped him with his computer problems, and we had come to an agreement... I would never take the side plate off my S&W revolvers again - even after showing me how to clean the lockwork, and put them back together, I was never able to reassemble them so they worked - and he wouldn't mess with his computer's configuration! We'd just leave that work to each other! LOL.
But seriously, I have NO problems at all, at stipping my 1911s down to pins. Complete disassembly, and replacing all the springs. It's really no big deal.
As I mentioned, proper fitting up the locking lugs and barrel bushing ARE highly skilled operations, but that's part of what an armorer does, when BUILDING the pistol. It's NOT a part of normal service.
Mark
My husband picked up the 1911 and put five in the black. Made the sgt apoplectic. (He didn't know that my hubby was on his college rifle and pistol team and one of the starters . . . )
And the only time I've ever seen a case failure was in a 1911 with a double charge of 231. The barrel was stock (not ramped, so the base of the case was unsupported), and the results were a slightly burned and bruised off-hand, where the magazine was blown downward, out of the pistol.
Mark
I agree, you can practically drive nails with a lot of the newer 45's. I am particularly impressed with S&W's version of the 1911.
It's amazing what "bad" ammo can do. I was using some loads that I found off the Internet some years ago, with 165gr FMJBT (yes, Boat Tail!) 9mm bullets I found. The recoil was pretty stout, but I expected it given the heavy bullet weight. After about 5 magazines, the Taurus PT-99 I was shooting locked up. It took a while, but I was finally able to disassemble it, and it turned out that one of the 2 locking lugs had broken off, lodging it into a position where the action wouldn't cycle.
Later on, I found out that the load I was using was a +P+ submachine gun load! It was well over the 9mm proof loads!
Happily, Taurus fixed the pistol at no charge, although I didn't mention that I was shooting "home-brewed" loads.
Mark
My .45 is a S&W 4506-1. Heavy as a tank, but it shoots accurately and feeds anything.
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