The Firearm Blog is reporting on the designation "M45" as the official DOD/USMC nomenclature for the MEUSOC M1911A1 pistol...
Not earth shattering news, just interesting that HQMC is procuring lots of 1911 frames and slides to be built up - presumably at Quantico - as opposed to procuring an off the shelf, modern 1911, like a Kimber.
Read here
https://www.neco.navy.mil/upload/M67854/M6785409R11460002M67854-09-R-1146-0002.pdf
https://www.neco.navy.mil/upload/M67854/M6785409R11460002Attachment_(2).pdf
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Not earth shattering news, just interesting that HQMC is procuring lots of 1911 frames and slides to be built up - presumably at Quantico - as opposed to procuring an off the shelf, modern 1911, like a Kimber.
Read here
https://www.neco.navy.mil/upload/M67854/M6785409R11460002M67854-09-R-1146-0002.pdf
https://www.neco.navy.mil/upload/M67854/M6785409R11460002Attachment_(2).pdf
and