On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:31:36 -0700, mac davis
wrote:

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:20:15 -0700, Charlie Groh
wrote:

...I managed to wangle a 1911 as a sidearm in VN, seeing as how we
flew around with virtually no armor I figured a good place for a large
hunk of metal would be between my legs. I even shot it a few
times...once at a 55 gallon drum not 25 feet away; the round clanked
out and missed by 5 feet...I *swear* on my expert rating with a .38
that I was aiming true (come on, it was a 55 gallon drum!). Which led
me to believe that that particular hunk of steel was one Sgt York had
contact with...

cg

I was issued one in Nam and carried it for a month, until the time came to use
it.. YUK..
I've heard good things about "sporterized" 45's, but the one the gave me was a
POS..

Used it one time.. At a backlit target about 10 or 12 yards away, laying prone
with the 45 on a sandbag..
Emptied the sucker and when the "target" was recovered the next morning, I'd
only hit it 3 times..
Went to the airbase the next time we were in base camp and bought a .38 and
never regretted the change.. YMWV


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing


....heh...well, as far as accuracy you're right on the money, but *my*
needs were satisfied with the added "armor"...I was a Barney
Fife-type...after finding out how it fired, I only carried one round
chambered, that one was for me (the VC didn't like scout
pilots...)...we had lots of other ordinance and different firearms,
plus I was invulnerable. ;0)
cg