The Army way, in the Second World War.
There are some differences between then and now.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018
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That really makes me want to go burn some powder. Raining hard here today tho and my .45 isn't stainless.
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I had one of those in the army, circa 1962. (Members of 3-person machine gun crews, of which I was one, were required to carry this sidearm.) What I remember about it is, despite the voice over propaganda on the film, it had a terrible kick (which you can see in the early frames) which made it very inaccurate except at extremely close range. Once, on the firing range, I emptied a clip and, while I hit the edges of the target with most of my bullets, I got three shots into the bullseye. The officer in the next lane was furious with me — because it was his target, I hit, not mine. It was, unless you were very very good (which I was not) that inaccurate.
ReplyDeleteThe running joke was, if you saw the enemy coming at you and all you had was your.45, the best thing to do to defend yourself would be to throw it at the guy.
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The New York Crank
Interesting viewing, although I cringed at the number of muzzles pointed at the instructor, especially early on.
ReplyDeleteNYC, I shot a number of somewhat ratty-looking .45s that had been in inventory since WW2. I don't remember one that was as inaccurate as you say. I could make headshots with them.
ReplyDeleteI saw a five-foot-nothing woman who was new to shooting qualify as expert with one. Her target looked as though someone had shot out the center of it with a 75mm. That was with a non-match .45 firing service-grade ammunition.