Comments on: Exclusive: Air Force Revives .45-cal Handgun http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 25 May 2012 16:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rob http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-215442 rob Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:42:09 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-215442 Ya no shit! That was my very first impression when I say the photo. Those guys couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if they where standing inside it! Ya no shit! That was my very first impression when I say the photo. Those guys couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn if they where standing inside it!

]]> By: homer http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-215438 homer Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:24:58 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-215438 yes, I agree yes, I agree

]]> By: bob wood http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-211978 bob wood Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:28:34 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-211978 .45 hands down same with m14. It was the wiz kid MacNamara who shoved the m16 down the Army/Marines throat just as he did the fatigues and black shoes. One Uniform, One color of footwear and one weapon for all.....makes procurement easier and cheaper. Thank the good Lord that I was one of the last of the brown-shoe army! Oh yeah, aren't those pistoleros shown in the articles photo closing their left eyes and squinting down the barrels.... maybe it's a new shooting technique that everyone will have to follow the Air Forces lead on this too! .45 hands down same with m14. It was the wiz kid MacNamara who shoved the m16 down the Army/Marines throat just as he did the fatigues and black shoes. One Uniform, One color of footwear and one weapon for all.….makes procurement easier and cheaper.

Thank the good Lord that I was one of the last of the brown-shoe army!

Oh yeah, aren’t those pistoleros shown in the articles photo closing their left eyes and squinting down the barrels.… maybe it’s a new shooting technique that everyone will have to follow the Air Forces lead on this too!

]]> By: Mike http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-211968 Mike Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:00:37 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-211968 45 is the best made semi auto on the Market expensive but worth every dime, every manufacturere who make the 45 uses the 1911 model if it ain't broke don't fix it. 45 is the best made semi auto on the Market expensive but worth every dime, every manufacturere who make the 45 uses the 1911 model if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

]]> By: fghtyu http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-207332 fghtyu Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:09:11 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-207332 the airforce has ground troops. thats just like telling the navy to not have navy seal and stick to ships the airforce has ground troops. thats just like telling the navy to not have navy seal and stick to ships

]]> By: chet http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-206436 chet Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:01:16 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-206436 4 in the chest and 1 in the head WOULD certainly incapacitate an assailant. But note that this assessment essentially stipulates that the 9mm requires 5 rounds in order to incapacitate a SINGLE assailant. Do you want a gun that requires 5 rounds to take out a single assailant? What if you have only 3 rounds left? What if you have 8 rounds left and have 2 people aggressing towards you? What if the person has a knife and is ruunning at you from about 10 feet away? You would not have time to get off 5 shots before he sinks the knife into you. 4 in the chest and 1 in the head WOULD certainly incapacitate an assailant. But note that this assessment essentially stipulates that the 9mm requires 5 rounds in order to incapacitate a SINGLE assailant. Do you want a gun that requires 5 rounds to take out a single assailant? What if you have only 3 rounds left? What if you have 8 rounds left and have 2 people aggressing towards you? What if the person has a knife and is ruunning at you from about 10 feet away? You would not have time to get off 5 shots before he sinks the knife into you.

]]> By: justin wax http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-159873 justin wax Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:50:52 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-159873 Am a Mobil police man in Nigeria and i will like to become a Militery man from a reputable defence force from any english country. have being in the mobile force for the past 10yrs,and i stood as a corpral presently [RANK] Am a Mobil police man in Nigeria and i will like to become a Militery man from a reputable defence force from any english country. have being in the mobile force for the past 10yrs,and i stood as a corpral presently [RANK]

]]> By: SADIK 12 http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-159872 SADIK 12 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:14:27 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-159872 PWEDE KO BANG MKITA YONG MGA BAREL NYO SA ENTERNET ANO ESE2RCH KO PARA MAKITA KO SA ENTERNET PWEDE KO BANG MKITA YONG MGA BAREL NYO SA ENTERNET ANO ESE2RCH KO PARA MAKITA KO SA ENTERNET

]]> By: Yale http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-159871 Yale Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:51:59 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-159871 Good afternoon. The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions. I am from Laos and too poorly know English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "We also offer a full range of travel services to satisfy every." :-( Thanks in advance. Yale. Good afternoon. The only difference between a rut and a grave… is in their dimensions.
I am from Laos and too poorly know English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: “We also offer a full range of travel services to satisfy every.“
:-( Thanks in advance. Yale.

]]> By: Lance Price http://defensetech.org/2007/04/18/exclusive-air-force-revives-45-cal-handgun/#comment-159868 Lance Price Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:07:26 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2462#comment-159868 I AGREE with everyone that mentioned training as THE key. I spent 16 year in the U.S. Navy as an MM. We (generally speaking) had no reason to qualify with firearms. We shot a 1911 in bootcamp in 1980(FamFire) which was chambered to a .22 , after that, the next time I had to go to a range was 1993. Luckily I grew up on a farm and hunted alot, so I had no probs with the quals, however it seems that I was an exception. I had to qual with the M-14, the 1911 and a 12 ga. (Mossberg 500). We were then sent to a Medeterranian homeport. As Quarterdeck watch we were required to carry the .45. While I could qual with it on a combat course, but even some of the gunners had difficulty. The best decision came when the command decided to finally arm the watch with a shotgun. Face it, Lack of training was the key here. We shot yearly, not weekly, and who wants ACP rounds bouncing around inside steel walls? A shotgun with 00 buck was the best solution for narrow passages and to defend the brow which was 40' off the water and only 3'-4' wide X 40' long. I AGREE with everyone that mentioned training as THE key.
I spent 16 year in the U.S. Navy as an MM.
We (generally speaking) had no reason to qualify with firearms. We shot a 1911 in bootcamp in 1980(FamFire) which was chambered to a .22 , after that, the next time I had to go to a range was 1993. Luckily I grew up on a farm and hunted alot, so I had no probs with the quals, however it seems that I was an exception. I had to qual with the M-14, the 1911 and a 12 ga. (Mossberg 500).
We were then sent to a Medeterranian homeport. As Quarterdeck watch we were required to carry the .45. While I could qual with it on a combat course, but even some of the gunners had difficulty. The best decision came when the command decided to finally arm the watch with a shotgun. Face it, Lack of training was the key here. We shot yearly, not weekly, and who wants ACP rounds bouncing around inside steel walls? A shotgun with 00 buck was the best solution for narrow passages and to defend the brow which was 40′ off the water and only 3′-4′ wide X 40′ long.

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