Spotted this on the Force Recon instagram feed and it reminded me of this thread...guess those M18s are finding their way into holsters. How's the transition progressing?
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I can't help but wonder what became of the USMC's H&K MK23s and MK24s in all of this. Granted that the MK23 was a behemoth, but the MK24 (aka USP45 Compact) seems like a logical replacement for the 1911, yet you never hear anything about it anymore so presumably it has been phased out of service entirely.
The USMC never really fielded either.
The MK 23 was a SOCOM program and despite the HK fan boy cult, it was a flop not used by anyone who could avoid it.
The MK 24 was a Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) program and was the Navy’s official replacement for the mk23.
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If you think about it, the design of the 1911 is as distant from the 2021 serviceman as a single shot flintlock pistol would be to the 1921 serviceman.
That the current Sig isn't really all that mechanically distant from a 1911, or that it is chambered in a cartridge older than the .45acp is kind of interesting as well.
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My buddy (a former Marine) bought one a couple years ago when they had the civilian copies come out and I finally got to shoot it a couple weeks ago during a range trip together.
He said it wasn’t as accurate as he thought it would be, so I took a few shots at 15 yards and showed him maybe it was his inadequate Marine marksmanship training (I was an Army officer, LOL!)
It’s a good looking 1911 with an interesting history. Sadly it’s likely to be one of the last officially issue 1911’s in service.
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The issue 1911s were crap worn out and one I qualified with I placed a black sticky several inches outside the bull at 4:00 to hit the X. The Quantico guns however both 1911s and M14s were the bomb.
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