Jim:
I've listened to your advice and digested what you've written
over a number of years now. You are a confirmed Model 1911 [.45 ACP]
individual. (Gee, ya
think?) At any rate, I thought I'd pass along what locked me into .45
ACP 1911s and the results. I know, I should start this out with "Now
this is no sh*t",
since it's a war story from Vietnam.
I had been supporting an A team, [of the] 5th SF Group
for 8 months or so. The guys took pity on the poor pilot and would
occasionally
take
me
out
on a
patrol
with them. (What a hoot!) Anyway, we were doing a trail ambush and
when it triggered, this huge NVA comes
charging across the clearing straight at me and totally charged up
on some fun drug. Using my favorite
Swedish K [Karl Gustaf M45 9mm Parabellum SMG]
, I hit this guy with 29 rounds center chest of aimed fire and he didn't
even slow down.
The "old
guy" Team
sergeant (my Nanny) hip-butted me out of the way and dropped the NVA
with three
rounds
from a M1911 [.45 ACP] center chest and, I swear, it stopped the guy
dead in his tracks and laid him down backwards. That [Swedish K] was
the last 9mm I
ever
carried
out
of
CONUS. While I was in southeastern
Mexico working with the group stopping the Cuban insurgency, I acquired
my Detonics Mark VI .45 and have carried
it
ever since. Now I carry a pair [of them] and they are still my only
handguns without Tritium [sights].
I just don't trust any gunsmith not to screw up my slides. Just won't.
While in Brazil and Chile, my Detonics reliably
did what the SF team sergeant's 1911 did in RVN ....
more than a few times. I like 9mm but work is work and remember, SAS does carry Uzi's
... but, little known fact, they are chambered in .45 ACP, just
like the Secret Service's. Actually, I prefer Mitch Werbell's M10 and
M-11. Regards and enjoy the snow. Want some more? I'll send ours
south. :-) - The Army Aviator