Marine Corps Designated MEUSOC M1911A1 as the 'M45'

[FlyinRock]

You made me smile with the callous on your hand remark! I've got a white scar in the same place! More than a million rounds thru just the 1911's left me that reminder!
Semper Fi
Rocky - Distinguished Pistol & Presidents 100 (and damned proud of it)

 

[nittany03]

The 1911 thread reminds me of a guy I knew back in the early 60's who had crewed on a Foss tugboat out of Seattle. He told of towing barges loaded with surplus 1911's, M-1's, and carbines out to sea and dumping them in the ocean.

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[A4sForever]

.... reminds me of a guy I knew .... told of towing barges loaded with surplus 1911's, M-1's, and carbines out to sea and dumping them in the ocean.

I saw, w/ my own two beady lil' eyes ... a GM throw a Singer 1911 over the fantail (Singer = the sewing machine company -- something like only 500 ever made by them and very few extant) ... he had hauled a small lot of 1911's -- 6 -- up there that had been 'surveyed' out of the armory and there was no other possibility, from his limited, GI, government perspective ... except to dump them over the side.

A cryin' shame ... a near criminal act.

Singer manufactured .45 Caliber 1911 semi-automatic pistol