[Daffynition]

[Steamburg]

I just hope it will eventually mean a glut of .45 ammo on the market. I was starting to worry that the GI stores had dried up.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Uh, should this be semi auto?

Navy and U.S. Marines who carried an earlier version of the Colt as their official sidearm — the Model 1911 .45-caliber automatic.

[hadaclueonce]

Never go into a handgun fight with a bullet that does not start with a 4

[SJSAMPLE]

There have already been reported failures of the frame.
The one that I saw had the rail assembly split from the dust cover. Look where the rail joins the frame and it’s a sharp/squared angle that directs the stresses.

Such things are common when new weapons are developed, so they should be able to work it out.

[ExTxMarine]

THANK GOD!

I first qualified with the .45 and then they switched to the POS 9MM!

It is only proper to give Marines a REAL weapon which is designed to KILL the person you are shooting at, not merely wound him!!

[zeestephen]

Question...

This pistol appears to have a hammer.

Wouldn’t that significantly slow the rate of fire?

[arrogantsob]

How much does a new one cost? Used?

[mamelukesabre]

I love the old 1911 but this is crazy. Unless they added a glock style breech block, and a hi-power style linkless barrel, and a trigger with a second strike capability, and a polymer grip frame, then they are nuts.

[KC_Lion]

Joshua Graham is pleased!

[taxcontrol]

The only issue with .45’s is that many women and a few men do not have the hand strength / length of finger to properly control a 1911 in .45 ACP. Since there is a need to standardize ammunition, the only way you can compensate is to either:

1) go back to issuing .38s to females
2) order the .45 as a compensated model

Qualified expert back in ‘83 with a 1911 that was so warn it barely stayed together. You could shake the pistol and have the slide rattle.

[AmericanSamurai]

What I want to know is why the standard sidearm for the U.S.Navy SEALS is a Sig Sauer un-manly 9mm?

[Longtooth]

Looks like a great deal for both buyer and seller.

[WileyC]

It's like a brick that shoots bullets.

There's the money quote of the whole article. =)

[ctdonath2]

Where, oh where, can I get one?

[redgolum]

How soon till the troops start using something other than the .223?

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