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<blockquote data-quote="ldp4570" data-source="post: 1235562" data-attributes="member: 5168"><p>Those that you shot in the Navy, were very much the same as the one's I shot while in the Army. You have to remember that all the 1911's the military had on hand were built prior to the end of WWII. The US military(Except for a few of the SpecOp units) did not purchase any 1911A1's after 1945. All they did was replace parts as needed. So all the ones we shot or carried were of WWII vintage. The last one I carried before getting an M9 was a USS slide and frame 1911A1. When it was issued to me I had to have our armorer file out the magazine well, as some one had used the butt of the pistol as a hammer. It was so dinged up you couldn't insert a magazine, plus it needed a new barrel, cause there was no evidence of rifling 3/4 of the way up from the chamber. The gun was completely in the white as almost all of the parkerized finish was gone. Last time I saw her was in 1984.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ldp4570, post: 1235562, member: 5168"] Those that you shot in the Navy, were very much the same as the one's I shot while in the Army. You have to remember that all the 1911's the military had on hand were built prior to the end of WWII. The US military(Except for a few of the SpecOp units) did not purchase any 1911A1's after 1945. All they did was replace parts as needed. So all the ones we shot or carried were of WWII vintage. The last one I carried before getting an M9 was a USS slide and frame 1911A1. When it was issued to me I had to have our armorer file out the magazine well, as some one had used the butt of the pistol as a hammer. It was so dinged up you couldn't insert a magazine, plus it needed a new barrel, cause there was no evidence of rifling 3/4 of the way up from the chamber. The gun was completely in the white as almost all of the parkerized finish was gone. Last time I saw her was in 1984. [/QUOTE]
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