Marines Picks Colt!

Maybe they were scared of a chemical attack or radiation on the battlefield or heat...didn't want a plastic gun melting in their holsters do they...??;)
 
Stevo said:
Read this first.

http://soldiersystems.net/2012/07/20/marsoc-winning-colt-guns/

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Lol are they using GSG slides? :stirthepot2:
 
Stevo said:
Read this first.

http://soldiersystems.net/2012/07/20/marsoc-winning-colt-guns/

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And the Marines selected the Colt? 12,000 round slide life....dismal performance by any standard except the Marines.

Colt - FAIL. Marines - FAIL

Norkies would probably fail the accuracy requirement, but I wonder how Norinco's steel would have fared.

BTW, the 4 x 4 inch square 25 meter group required, shot offhand, is probably unattainable by most pistol/shooter combinations, Marine or not.
 
easyrider604 said:
And the Marines selected the Colt? 12,000 round slide life....dismal performance by any standard except the Marines.

Colt - FAIL. Marines - FAIL

Norkies would probably fail the accuracy requirement, but I wonder how Norinco's steel would have fared.

BTW, the 4 x 4 inch square 25 meter group required, shot offhand, is probably unattainable by most pistol/shooter combinations, Marine or not.
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Too bad about the embargo against China, eh? They could have contracted Norinco to supply them with superior 1911 slides.....probably at a cost of about $1.75 per unit!!
 
It's interesting that those slides failed in that location (where the pointless serrations are located). I'm sure the FBI has guns with more than 12,000 rounds on them - but then they specified no front serrations, and no guide rods - hmmm. If they had radiused that edge, it wouldn't have acted as a stress riser, or if they hadn't made that cut at all. Interestingly GI guns weren't heat treated over the full surface, they were spot heat treated in high stress areas and left soft elsewhere. They're going to change a lot of slides, since work ups run to 15,000 rounds, you'll start a work up with one gun, replace it in the last week, then next deployment do the whole thing over. I hope they're not going to try and run these things on some of the 80,000 round packages they have - each guy will run through 6 guns and leave with a seventh!! :eek:
 
As much as i like the 1911, i can not fathom why any service selecting a side arm today, with the superior function and reliability available with modern designs would pick one. Too many parts, too expensive and a lack of interchangability of said parts. Oh well, politics has been screwing with their arms selection since the end of the garand era, no reason to stop now. :D
 
Sometimes I muse about peoples surprise that the "best pistol" didn't win.
It happens all the time. Beretta PX4 comes to mind:rolleyes:
LOL
 
This contract is only for MARSOC, the U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command.

This does not mean the entire U.S. Marine Corps is switching back to the Colt. That is ridiculous.

MARSOC operators have been using re-built 1911's for years, this is just an upgrade over what they are currently using. I'm guessing they simply want to stick with the 1911 platform for now.

As far as I know, there is no current replacement for the M9.

-Steve
 
If the testing was done in a fixed (ransom rest) it would put extra force on the slide

Getting rid of the serrations or changing the angle they are cut or changing the depth of the cut will affect the life of the slide

even changing the spring to a higher rating would help
 
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