Hey, I regularly see articles about some 1911 (Springfield, Kimber, et al) that has been adopted by some special unit, either USMC or LA SWAT or FBI, etc. Well okay, I like the ol'e slabsides as well as the next guy, but here's a question for y'all – why do these units pick it over another choice? I mean, caliber, sure, but there is a lot of combat tupperware out there that's also top shelf, and they fire the .45. Is it "old school" mystique, or do the gun rags (and company advertisements) simply overstate just how many of these units have gone to the old 1911? What do you all think?
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