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U.S. Brings Back the .45
Strategy Page ^ | January 27, 2006

Posted on 01/29/2006 11:14:04 AM PST by John Jorsett

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1 posted on 01/29/2006 11:14:06 AM PST by John Jorsett
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Smartest move they have made in years!


2 posted on 01/29/2006 11:15:35 AM PST by Americanwolf (CVW-9 is being lead by a Marine... What is this world coming too! :))
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Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.


3 posted on 01/29/2006 11:16:02 AM PST by John Lenin
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Would not trade my M1911 .45 for another gun, period.


4 posted on 01/29/2006 11:17:16 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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I couldn't resist. :-) ...

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5 posted on 01/29/2006 11:17:42 AM PST by hiredhand (My kitty disappeared. NOT the rifle!)
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Are they going to sell the old nines?


6 posted on 01/29/2006 11:17:44 AM PST by MonroeDNA (Look for the union label--on the bat crashing through your windshield!)
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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.


7 posted on 01/29/2006 11:17:56 AM PST by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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Uh oh. A camel is a horse designed by committee.


8 posted on 01/29/2006 11:18:02 AM PST by JoeGar
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To: John Lenin

Yeah, but the 9mm would still have a problem going through multiple layers of clothing, unless maybe it were a 357Sig cartidge.


9 posted on 01/29/2006 11:19:12 AM PST by xander
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To: John Jorsett; SandRat; Neil E. Wright; Joe Brower

'Bout damn time!


10 posted on 01/29/2006 11:19:24 AM PST by Fiddlstix (Tagline Repair Service. Let us fix those broken Taglines. Inquire within(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Seems to me that a .357 SIG or .40 would be better.

Lighter ammo, higher capacity, and heck of a punch.

Flatter shooting, too.


11 posted on 01/29/2006 11:19:25 AM PST by MonroeDNA (Look for the union label--on the bat crashing through your windshield!)
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Your gun must have been a piece of garbage. My Kimber .45 is extremely accurate.


12 posted on 01/29/2006 11:19:45 AM PST by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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My Kimber .45 is extremely accurate.

For what you paid for it, it better be. ;-)

13 posted on 01/29/2006 11:21:14 AM PST by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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I wouldn't give a dime for one of those 9mm Berettas. I owned one and couldn't hit the side of the barn and they have no stopping power. I'd rather use a 22.


14 posted on 01/29/2006 11:22:03 AM PST by RichardW
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It was a standard issue M1911 .45 out of the armory. Maybe just a bad pistol, but man was I unimpressed, compared to a Beretta 9mm I've fired and hit small targets 25 meters away.


15 posted on 01/29/2006 11:22:11 AM PST by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.

As I understand it, the Geneva Convention prohibits the use of hollow points.

16 posted on 01/29/2006 11:22:12 AM PST by Bob
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Just change the bullet to a hollow point and the 9mm would do the trick.

The use of hollowpoints is banned in international warfare by the Hague Convention of 1899.

17 posted on 01/29/2006 11:22:25 AM PST by holymoly (Ahhhhh. Beer so cold it hurts my teeth.)
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Maybe...

18 posted on 01/29/2006 11:24:09 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.)
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Glock makes a .45. If they'd add on the stuff the military is asking for, I'd think that would be the gun of choice. Glocks are nearly indestructable unless you decide to run them through a bandsaw or something.


19 posted on 01/29/2006 11:24:18 AM PST by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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You dont have to be a gun expert to know what gun you would trust in a fight after youve fired a 45 and then a 9mm.


20 posted on 01/29/2006 11:25:02 AM PST by DogBarkTree (The higher the monkey climbs the flag pole, the more people can see his @$$h0!e)
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