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Dan...
You need a Colt Woodsman

Love the 1911, have two, but as a lefty getting plinked in the forehead with ejected casings is getting old.

That's pathetic, Barry.

(I've only got 2 right now).

That's what you get for being wrong-handed! Seeing a good pistol smith might correct that.

...better than getting trapped in your cleavage..., or so my daughter says...

Had one for many years and it was a jewel. About 10 years ago a fella offered me more than it was worth....
'40's vintage, checkered walnut factory new condition...

I was referring to respect.

You wouldn't have that problem if you were normal........

Aw, I respected that one too much to shoot it. Had several other hand cannons back then anyway.

I like a Government model because it's an old school, big bore chunk of steel with an external hammer,......that's designed to last forever. It's definitely a pistol made for a man.

I read an article years ago about how much handguns were valued by soldiers in WW1.A 1911 was gold to the soldiers who were lucky enough to have one,...for fairly obvious reasons. When things got up close and personal in a trench, a long, bolt action rifle was hard to use. The Germans in WW1 would sharpen the edges of their entrenching tools and use them as battle axes when the enemy would come piling in the trenches with them rather than try to use their rifles.

A dependable big bore handgun was a big step up from a battle ax in the trenches. 1909 Colt .45 revolvers as well as the 1917 S&W's and Colts chambered for .45 ACP were very valued implements. Even a lot of single action Colt .45's found their was to the American occupied trenches. But a 1911 was the holy grail of handguns in WW1.

The way I hear it,..if a soldier had one on him when he got either killed of wounded, he got relieved of it by the first Doughboy who came along.

The rifles of that period were good for shooting across no man's land. But when the wolf was at the door, the big bore handguns ruled the day,...and the 1911 was as good as it got for that situation back then.

Here's my only 45. Built by AMU armorer Jack Maple.

I always heard Lugers were the prize catch. Never in my life have I heard of any single actions being used in WWII, except by Gen Patton.

WW1

And yes,....the Doughboys in the trenches wanted any handgun they could find.

My Grandfather was in WWI in France. (In the trenches) He was issued a Remington 1897 shotgun with a bayonet and he brought it home. It also had a barrel shroud.

File photo:

That's a Winchester. The model 97 has only ever been manufactured by Winchester and Norinco, and only recently by the latter.

i have a smith tripple lock, made fourth quarter 1915, and sent to the british in the .455eley. later converted to .45colt.
it has the scottish officer's name stamped in the handle. I found him buried in northern france, killed during the battle of the somme.
i have pictures of his grave, of him, and a lot of background material on him
a priced item

norinco looks the same, but its not the same. you can't fire it by holding the trigger back and working the pump.

i just bought a couple boxes of commemorative winchester ammo, some of it 12guage, for WWII. Brass shell casings 00 buck.
came in this cute little box, ammo was made here, the box was made in china.
how ironic, given that ammo was killing chinese at one time.

A friend of mine killed a tiger in Vietnam with a Winchester 97, it took him 3 rounds of No.4 buck. He still loves a 97. He found a riot gun, not the US marked gun, but a police gun without a shroud, and by chance, I was able to get him a shroud. He loves me to death over that.

I believe you're correct. My mistake.