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http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011 ... le-pistol/

The above link has a short update on the M45 Close Quarters Battle Pistol (date unknown).

Reading the comments is interesting, especially the tan block from a health care worker in Galveston/Houston
who complains about the lowlifes who come in with two 9MM holes in the chest, but they're about ready to get
up and run away. That's why he is a .45 guy now. :-)

SIA

All right, here's something that I have been wondering.

I can't provide a link to any specific article or website, but over time I have seen the 1911 described
as a "fighting pistol".

Well, all guns that shoot bullets could be useful in a gunfight, so who/what criteria has defined the 1911 as
a "fighting pistol"?

If you had some other pistol in 9MM, .40, or .45 (but not a 1911 style), wouldn't you be able to fight with
that just as well?

Is the "fighting pistol" description simply a nod to the fact that many US military personnel used this gun
in combat?

Is it the 1911's single action?

Or has the term "fighting pistol" simply been adopted by the 1911 fanboys to make their gun better than
a 9MM Taurus?

TIA / SIA