Guns of the Cold War: MEUSOC M45 1911
While the Beretta M9 was the service pistol that finished out the Cold War for the conventional forces of the United States, not all of the units turned in their old 1911s for the new Italian wonder-nines.
While the Beretta M9 was the service pistol that finished out the Cold War for the conventional forces of the United States, not all of the units turned in their old 1911s for the new Italian wonder-nines.
My take-away from the theme of Advocacy through Action is that being on the defensive and waiting for our God-given rights to be attacked is a loser’s strategy.
The old adage about police agency guns is that they’re carried a lot and shot very little. While that can be true, you need to consider what “very little” means when stretched out over the life of the gun in question.
The Corps wanted to focus more on one shot/one kill versus the flip it to auto and “spray and pray” which had become the SOP in the jungles of Vietnam.
When you live in a rural community as I do, news spreads fast from neighbor to neighbor. For example, I
A strong defense is put up to give a person time to unleash their offense. When you choose defense as your only option it becomes a recipe for eventual, but certain, failure.
Is the 1911 still a viable EDC pistol? Sure it is. However, it’s not some kind of magic talisman that wards off evil just because you attached it to your body.
Night Fision has two big things going for them. First, they don’t need to pay a third party to install the tritium vials so they can offer very competitive prices. Second, the tritium they use is 30% brighter with patented “Dome Technology.”
While the Soviet Union began the Cold War with the AKM chambering the M43 7.62x39mm round, they closed out the