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    Very Cool and state-of-the-art in 1911s not just an old milspec.







    "For the price, they are getting a custom-quality M1911A1 80-series Colt railgun with a Cercoat finish, stainless internals, Novak sights, and a dual recoil spring assembly borrowed from their 10mm program. "

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    That's a great looking weapon. I can't believe the break with basic black weapons for the US Military.

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    Very Cool.

    I hope the other branches follow suit.

    But Series 80? Why?

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    Same Colt machining on the frame and slide too.


    I wish Sig woulda Ceracoated every piece like that.
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    Someone may have already mentioned this idea.

    http://www.gunsnet.net/showthread.ph...istol-Contract

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    It's just for MARSOC dudes right? I think the rest of the Corps is still stuck with the 9mm Beretta.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by weevil View Post
    Very Cool and state-of-the-art in 1911s not just an old milspec.



    Old slab-sides has certainly gotten a makeover here. Methinks those grips look a little pimp-a-delic though, for a military-issue sidearm.

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    They also could have paid less per unit for a comparable quality 1911. I hope it's not an $1800 jam-o-matic but It wil be useless without a quality magazine.

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    the 1911 guys all of teh net are using this to claim 1911s are definitivy better than glocks. i think this is the first thread ive seen on like 10 forums that hasnt gone that direction.

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    The American forces have been victims of the Euro concepts. American political hacks wanted the U.S. Military to look more like a U.N. Force. The little 9MM Parabellum fitted the Euro concept of a pistol for looks. The 1911 .45 ACP is not only a powerful handgun but represents American resolve on the Battle Field. What kind of an idiot would want to face an American made steel .45 Colt with a plastic Euro 9MM???

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    Quote Originally Posted by panzerman View Post
    It's just for MARSOC dudes right? I think the rest of the Corps is still stuck with the 9mm Beretta.....


    They're talking about up to 40,000 so it maybe bye-bye for the Beretta in the Corps.


    "The new 2700-man United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), along with the Force Reconnaissance Companies and the organic Deep Reconnaissance Platoons will be the first users of the new pistol. Although figures as high as 40,000 frames possibly being ordered for Colt could mean that the entire corps could see the Beretta finally retired by the Marines across the board."

    http://www.firearmstalk.com/entries/...stol-CQBP.html
    Last edited by weevil; 07-29-2012 at 04:07 PM.

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    So whats next, they gonna start issuing garands? 1911's are pretty but theres better guns out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devil U Know View Post
    So whats next, they gonna start issuing garands?
    In a way they have. The M14 has seen a revivial as a designated marksman rifle. Just goe's to show, if it ain't broke don't be a limp wristed communist and run around with a candy assed "wunderneun" like some U.N. peace keepng pansy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Gonzo GED View Post
    In a way they have. The M14 has seen a revivial as a designated marksman rifle. Just goe's to show, if it ain't broke don't be a limp wristed communist and run around with a candy assed "wunderneun" like some U.N. peace keepng pansy.
    That's good I fuckin hate gAR-15'$

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devil U Know View Post
    That's good I fuckin hate gAR-15'$
    So did enough guys in the Stan that they broke the ol' 14 out of mothballs.

    Apparently these bedouin dirt farmer fanatics kept taking pot shots with their old bolt actions from out past six hundred yards. At that distance our M4s just weren't speaking with enough authority. Luckily someone up the chain remembered a time when men carried battle rifles instead of .22s on juice.

    BANG BANG!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Gonzo GED View Post
    So did enough guys in the Stan that they broke the ol' 14 out of mothballs.

    Apparently these bedouin dirt farmer fanatics kept taking pot shots with their old bolt actions from out past six hundred yards. At that distance our M4s just weren't speaking with enough authority. Luckily someone up the chain remembered a time when men carried battle rifles instead of .22s on juice.

    BANG BANG!
    Im sure poodle shooter has its place, just not in my safe. Theres some new. 300 round I read about in the new Guns mag thats for the stoner rifle. Well its prolly not new but this is the first i ever heard of it. Im thinking about buying a lower. I'm very interested the beowulf and the. 300

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    I did see a pic from Afghanistan a few years back with a M1-D in action.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Devil U Know View Post
    Im sure poodle shooter has its place, just not in my safe. Theres some new. 300 round I read about in the new Guns mag thats for the stoner rifle. Well its prolly not new but this is the first i ever heard of it. Im thinking about buying a lower. I'm very interested the beowulf and the. 300
    The cartridge you're refering to is the 300 AAC Blackout. There have been a couple of threads posted about it.

    http://www.gunsnet.net/showthread.ph...Blackout-rifle

    http://www.gunsnet.net/showthread.ph...0-AAC-Blackout

    http://www.gunsnet.net/showthread.ph...0-AAC-Blackout

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    Quote Originally Posted by Helen Keller View Post
    I did see a pic from Afghanistan a few years back with a M1-D in action.
    I would love to own one of those.

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