RE: M1911 in military service
 

I've heard the 1911 is being used by some army units, and the Marines are digging them out of moth balls due to knock down power

RE: M1911 in military service
 

Always the ego thing. 8 or 9 rounds on 8 or 9 targetsis good for a good shooter. What if you have 12 or20 targets,a shattered arm, limited vision from blood in your eyes, severe dehydration and shock??? Would you want more mag capacity then?
As far as the trigger goes, any good Soldier or Marine knows his weapon systems well and has spent hours dry firing and live firing his weapons and has no problem with any of the triggers.

RE: M1911 in military service
 

" but I CANNOT see even one reason why we took the M1911 out of service and now we're usin some whimpy 9mm round, whats up with that? "

Politics, me boy, politics! WE (U.S.) forced NATO to adopt our new service rifle round, the 7.62X51 NATO. And just about the time all our "allies" had finished re-equipping their troops with 7.62X51mm NATO-caliber rifles and MG's, we turned around and insisted once again that they adopt our "even newer and better" 5.56X45mm Mousegun cartridge.

This was all in the name of "standardization", so we can use ammo from other NATO nations, and vice-versa. So, when a majority of the old M1911A1's needed replacement, the other NATO nations told us (all of which were using 9mm handguns) "we adopted your rifle cartridge TWICE! It's time for you to adopt the handgun round everyone is using EXCEPT YOU."

So, because the geniuses who run things in Washington all regarded the pistol as merely a badge of office anyway, they agreed. So, now the troops have to try to survive using an inadequate cartridge in their pistols.

Hopefully, we are beginning to realize that this was a mistake, and will go back to the .45 ACP soon, as a result of our recent experiences in Afghanistan & Iraq....

RE: M1911 in military service
 

On this i agree. but we are talking about combat situations not the target range. when you start poping off rounds at combat speeds more=better. Unless your the sniper type which if you look at the ratio of sniper-v- all the rest of the military there are very few. I combat where i would hav eto engage multiple target multiple times if would rather have more ammo and better nerves. Either way neigther gun is worth a damn if you cant hit the target in the first place.

RE: M1911 in military service
 

With the advent of the double stack 1911 variants (Caspian, ParaOrdnance, etc...) there really is not a compelling argument on the mag capacity thing.

You standard M9/ Beretta 92 holds 15+1, my ParaOrdnance P14-45 holds 15+1.

Heck, you can even get a 1911 with a hi-cap mag AND a DA trigger.

Seems to be a mute point.

RE: M1911 in military service
 

DA trigger - "Brilliant solution to a non-existent problem." Jeff Cooper

Amen!!