Over 100 years later, nobody has improved on John Moses Browning's design.
To: Red in Blue PA
Good news.
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2 posted on
07/28/2012 11:52:56 AM PDT by
jazusamo
("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
To: Red in Blue PA
Only the best for our best...
3 posted on
07/28/2012 11:56:28 AM PDT by
Caipirabob
(I say we take off and Newt the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...)
To: Red in Blue PA
From
another source: "Marine testers placed a high priority on accuracy. The winner had to be capable of putting five-shot groups on target
that "didn't exceed four inches by four inches at 25 yards" from an unsupported firing position ..."
Accuracy, hmmm? I never had to qualify with the M1911 pistol, but the few times I did fire it, I could barely hit the side of a barn.
And I was a good enough to shoot Expert 4 times in 3 years with the M-14.
4 posted on
07/28/2012 12:04:16 PM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Red in Blue PA
I always thought the Star model P was a slight improvement over the 1911 tho for the most part it is a copy.
7 posted on
07/28/2012 12:21:58 PM PDT by
yarddog
To: Red in Blue PA
True though some have tried ... not very well
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13 posted on
07/28/2012 12:34:26 PM PDT by
Elle Bee
To: Red in Blue PA
“Over 100 years later, nobody has improved on John Moses Browning's design.”
Yeah, if you take the basic off the shelf government model and put about 100 hours of gunsmithing into it, it works just fine.
Out of the box, not so much.
15 posted on
07/28/2012 12:53:51 PM PDT by
bitterohiogunclinger
(Proudly casting a heavy carbon footprint as I clean my guns ---)
To: Red in Blue PA
Some reports suggest Marines are not happy with their main Beretta M9s for their lack of accuracy and stopping power. Or in other words, DoD procurement forgot about the lessons learned from the Philippine Insurrection, in which the .38 revolvers could not stop drug-crazed Muslim rebels.
19 posted on
07/28/2012 1:12:07 PM PDT by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: Red in Blue PA
I’m not sure what John Moses Browning would think about the rail. But, good. I like my 1911 (except for the dents that the I put in the ceiling with the recoil spring plug).
21 posted on
07/28/2012 1:50:54 PM PDT by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: Red in Blue PA
yea, the best auto pistol that i know. had a browning HP also. great gun.
for hunting, nothing could beat a ruger blackhawk. love revolvers, my favorite is a dan wesson 357.
if i had to go to combat, i would prefer a 1911.
with a lot of clips, of course.
Blessings, bobo
22 posted on
07/28/2012 1:57:46 PM PDT by
bobo1
To: Red in Blue PA
"FOR WHEN YOUR BAYONET BREAKS
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To: Red in Blue PA
Seriously, how can you be a first rate fighting force with 20th century technology? The Marines could have Glock 21s with 13 round basic capacity, 27 round sticks , and a 3 round auto sear for half the money.
Lose the romance of the 1911.
![](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/glock_21.JPG)
To: Red in Blue PA
Great face-eating-zombie stopping power!
30 posted on
07/28/2012 3:01:44 PM PDT by
vanilla swirl
(searching for something meaningfull to say)
To: Red in Blue PA
It took the USMC almost thirty years to figure out what most of knew from the start: There was just no way that Eye-talian made 9MM could effectively replace an American made Colt Model 1911A1 .45 Pistol.
36 posted on
07/28/2012 4:58:26 PM PDT by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: Red in Blue PA
.45 ACP. designed especially to kill moslem Juramentados. and it works!
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