re: Questions and Recs for 1911... Paging KR & Bapple.

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How about a musket or a cannon? I'm just saying that the argument that something is over 100 years old is not valid to me.

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My point isn't that it's over 100 years old, my point was that it has served as an effective combat handgun for over 100 years and is still being used to this day. We've moved on from muskets, cannons, etc., I wonder why the 1911 is still hanging around? I wonder why the USMC is making a push to move back to the 1911 platform? I wonder why a lot of special operations units continue to carry 1911's?

Which comment by the OP are you referring to? And don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of H&K's and Sigs, can't say I like Glocks, but I'm not someone who thinks the 1911 is the be-all and end-all of pistol evolution and performance.

But going back to the OP's question, he specifically stated that he wanted a 1911 so that's the advice I gave him. If he was just looking for a 45ACP then I'd expand my recommendations a bit.