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[BBC2Hemi]

 

[BBC2Hemi]

 

[BBC2Hemi]

 

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[BBC2Hemi]

 

[bigsnake]

 

[bigsnake]

Excellent pistol

 

[shooterjgs]

Excellent pistol

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Can't go wrong with something that's still going strong since 1911... 😉

 

[bigsnake]

Can't go wrong with something that's still going strong since 1911... 😉

In Mogadidhu in 93 I carried a 1911 while most of the others carried the 9mm Beretta. I prefered the knock down power of the 45.

 

[shooterjgs]

In Mogadidhu in 93 I carried a 1911 while most of the others carried the 9mm Beretta. I prefered the knock down power of the 45.

71 to 73 Army here... Nothing but 1911's... In combat you want that knock down power you can depend on... 👍

 

[bigsnake]

71 to 73 Army here... Nothing but 1911's... In combat you want that knock down power you can depend on... 👍

Have to look close (I'm on the left) but you can make out my 45 on my right hip. Also see my 12ga combat pump shotgun I'm carrying. I was ready to go "downtown"!

 

[BBC2Hemi]

"Slab Side", my favorite carry for a lot of years!

 

[JABowders]

...I carried my own Recoil Spring, because the one in my issued M1911 would never return to fully locked with ammo, and the Company Armor would never replace the worn spring.

 

[bigsnake]

To this day I automatically look for it.

 

[bandit992]

To this day I automatically look for it.

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I was crew on one of those choppers and I still look up when I hear one. It use to be a lot easier telling a military from a civy helicopter by the sound, but living between the Apache mfg. in Mesa, Az. and Luke AFB in Litchfield, Az. They fly over and around me all the time. They are getting so quiet that they are becoming difficult to tell the difference..

 

[Gila Hemi]

 

[bigsnake]

 

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