Really cool. I saw it previously in a magazine article. I too will own one...as soon as I see on for sale.
7-shooter sidearm in 21st Century 
What's next - Close Quarters Combat Garand Tanker instead of AR
What's next - Close Quarters Combat Garand Tanker instead of AR
Sorry. If but one if I could AFFORD it. 
Another link:
(this contract/info has been out since July of last year)
http://www.defensereview.com/colt-defense-secures-us-marine-corps-usmc-contract-for-up-to-12000-m45-close-quarter-battle-pistol-m45-cqbp-single-stack-1911-pistols-primarily-for-marine-force-recon-and-marsoc-elements/
Colt Defense Secures US Marine Corps (USMC) Contract for Up to 12,000 M45 Close Quarter Battle Pistol (M45 CQBP) Single-Stack 1911 Pistols Primarily for Marine Force Recon and MARSOC Elements: 4036 Pistols, to Start
By David Crane
July 23, 2012
Last updated on 7/25/12.
(this contract/info has been out since July of last year)
http://www.defensereview.com/colt-defense-secures-us-marine-corps-usmc-contract-for-up-to-12000-m45-close-quarter-battle-pistol-m45-cqbp-single-stack-1911-pistols-primarily-for-marine-force-recon-and-marsoc-elements/
Colt Defense Secures US Marine Corps (USMC) Contract for Up to 12,000 M45 Close Quarter Battle Pistol (M45 CQBP) Single-Stack 1911 Pistols Primarily for Marine Force Recon and MARSOC Elements: 4036 Pistols, to Start
By David Crane
July 23, 2012
Last updated on 7/25/12.
Are you serious!?
I mean, I'm not crazy about the whole rail thang altogether but c'mon man....It's a thousand percent better...it's a COLT.
Ka-fuggin'-chank.
They are showing up on gunbroker now. The only one I saw bid on is @ $5000 18 bids.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=334617904
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=334617904
$5000 and the reserve is not met....WOW, heck of a deal!
After 21 years in the USMC, Infantry MOS, and two tours in Force Recon, (albeit 20 years ago) here's my opinion:
It sure is a pretty pistol. It would make a helluva BBQ gun, eh?
Gimme rifle bullets; lots and lots of rifle bullets. If I am at a point in combat where its handgun time, we have done damn fixed bayonets and are at it tooth and nail. Oh sure, I liked my "1911" .45acp fine ... back then. And I hated it when we switched over to the damn M9 (Beretta) Given my choice now as a combat sidearm, speaking as a former Force Recon Marine? Glock 21. Not a moment's hesitation in that choice. But then, I am not the politician or the guy who got the contract to sell those pretty pistols either.
It sure is a pretty pistol. It would make a helluva BBQ gun, eh?
Gimme rifle bullets; lots and lots of rifle bullets. If I am at a point in combat where its handgun time, we have done damn fixed bayonets and are at it tooth and nail. Oh sure, I liked my "1911" .45acp fine ... back then. And I hated it when we switched over to the damn M9 (Beretta) Given my choice now as a combat sidearm, speaking as a former Force Recon Marine? Glock 21. Not a moment's hesitation in that choice. But then, I am not the politician or the guy who got the contract to sell those pretty pistols either.
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