Ditto as to the .380 Colt autos for the Chinese members of the Shanghai force. I remember that from a lengthy article on Sykes and Fairbairn I read some time ago. It also said that Shanghai police regulations required their 1911 magazines to be altered to carry a maximum of 6 rounds!
BTW, in that same article - and I can't vouch for its accuracy - it was said that Sykes first met Fairbairn while Sykes was acting as a sales rep for the Colt company. And that was how Fairbairn was introduced to the .45 ACP. Or so the story went.
- TJM
