Tuesday, February 21, 2012

.45 ACP is never going away

The Marine Corps for Force Recon and MARSOC (Marine Special Operations Command) has narrowed the selection for new handguns for these units to Colts new 1911 Rail Gun and Springfield Armory's Operator model.  It is good to see this pretty big contract somewhere along the lines of $22 million dollars going to a US company for a change and not FN, Beretta, HK or Sig.  Yes I know that all of the weapons those companies make for the military are made in the states but sometimes it is good to know that US iron mongers can still win contracts.

Just in case anyone was wondering Force Recon and MARSOC have been using special built MEU(SOC) .45.  Regular Marines will still be issued the Beretta 92FS and not the .45

I find it very interesting that every time one of the services looks at new handguns they go back to the .45 caliber which even shooting military full metal jacket rounds does a good job with putting bad guys down.

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