Article: The MEU (SOC).45: the 1911 soldiers on.(A GUNS MEDLEY)

As most of you who follow the shooting sports know, the military replaced the aging M1911A1 with the then exotic-looking Beretta 92S (subsequently dubbed the M9) in 1985. Equally well known was the angst this caused in the shooting community at large, to say nothing of the military's reaction.

Cries arose from far and wide about the inadequacies of the new double-stack, double-action pistol and its unimpressive 9mm cartridge. Well, time has proven the M9 to be a reliable, robust pistol, if a bit underpowered. In fact I've carried one in combat. But does this mean there is no place on today's battlefield for the rugged old 1911? Absolutely not!

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