1911 Gone from USMC - Article

[markm]

Well I've had to suffer through classes where a Kimber owner drags the training down with the constant issues. I wouldn't buy one.

Really the 1911 of any make is the classic car of handguns. Fun to own, but plan on upkeep and don't make it your daily driver.

[chuckman]

Well I've had to suffer through classes where a Kimber owner drags the training down with the constant issues. I wouldn't buy one.

Really the 1911 of any make is the classic car of handguns. Fun to own, but plan on upkeep and don't make it your daily driver.

It was our daily driver, but we also had armorers to do whatever it needed to keep them running. For work-ups it would not be unusual to put 10,000 rounds through one in a week.

[1168]

I couple inaccuracies in the article. The MEU(SOC) 1911 was just for recon; the rest of the MEU units had the M9. Recon is going to the SIG (I think), MARSOC is using the Glock (per SOCOM contract) after having used the Kimber 1911 and the Colt (for a while).

I loved the MEU(SOC) 1911s. The armorers kept those things humming along. One of my frames was a Remington Rand circa 1942 and it was just a workhorse.

Yes, MarSOC uses the shit out of G19s with RMRs.

[markm]

It was our daily driver, but we also had armorers to do whatever it needed to keep them running. For work-ups it would not be unusual to put 10,000 rounds through one in a week.

Holy Crap! That's a lot of shooting.

[chuckman]

Holy Crap! That's a lot of shooting.

Yes, it was, and a lot of loading 7-round mags lol....

We did not shoot nearly as much during or after deployment. But those work-ups, tho....