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Originally Posted by k9870 (Post 23400)

Some old colts would be great collectors pieces but horrible defensive guns, the old 1911s had 7-8 pound tiggers and only fed fmj. The military 1911s were also rediculously loose fitted.

Which is why I stressed a pre-war commercial 1911A1 as my dream Colt 1911A1. A cherry Pre-War Commercial Colt 1911A1 is one of those holy grails. A modern tricked out 1911 isn't on the list.

In defense of those old sloppy military 1911's. I was in the Idaho Army National Guard from 1988 - 1993. I went into the Regular Army in 93.

Anyway I was in an armor unit and we were still using the M3 Grease Gun and old 1911's that really had some rattles in them. Even though those 1911's had been used fairly hard over the past fifty years they were very reliable and were fairly accurate even at 25 - 40 yards. No they weren't IPSIC or slow bull shooters, but they did put the bullets on target where they needed to go.

Just thought I would defend those old sloppy military 1911's.

The M3 Grease Gun was fun to shoot but fail to feeds were pretty common and you would often spend more time clearing them then shooting them. Nevertheless I liked to shoot them. Felt like Steve McQueen or one of the many actors in The Dirty Dozen.

We transitioned to the M1 Abrams from the M60A3 in 1989. A couple years after the transition we completed the full transition to the new TO&E (Table of Organization and Equipment) and got Berettas and M16A2's. Just in case anyone was wondering why the old firearms in the late 80's in a tank company. The 33rd Armor at Ft. Lewis was part of the 9th Inf Division before it was disbanded in the post Cold War downsize. Those guys were still in M60A3's in 1988 and were still using the M3 Grease Gun. And they were regular Army. I know becasue I was up there that summer and trained with them for a few days. So it wasn't just the National Guard using old equipment.