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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. Last edited by Jcordell; 12-22-2010 at 04:29 PM. Reason: More info. |
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Just saw colt special combat governments on sale, 1300 bucks and not even friggin checkered, while 750 dollar kimbers are, and those even got night sights.
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I'm tempted to change mind to a nice, stainless, single stack STI like the Sentinel Premier seeing as STI's guns are made in Texas and are nothing to sneeze at
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