From: Bruce Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 21:06:04 PDT
I stand corrected. I pulled out my Marine Corps Manuel that was issued to me in
bootcamp
summer of 1962 and sure enough the current issue 45 Automatic was a 1911A1 NOT
a 1911A1B1.
I figure I must be getting younger because i'm not forgetting things...I'm
adding them on...
OK Gene, what was the alternate use for the holster?
Bruce
Gene Pantano wrote:
> you are all pretty close....The .45 auto was not created in 1911.. There was
> no such thing as a 1911 A1B1..It was a 1911 ..and the modified version was a
> 1911A1.
> BUT...the 1911 was not the pistol developed for the Boer War...it was the
> model 1905. It was the .45 cartridge that was developed for the stopping
> power - to stop the Boers.!! Not a 1911 pistol...The 1911 came later...after
> they got the bugs out of the 1905. The 1905 Pistol looked like a large
> Model 1902 Pocket Model 32 or 380. Too bad this is on a pc..I could show
> you all how the 1911 holster was developed..and how it works... The holster
> is not just to hold the gun..it also has a very unique use...and, I will
> wager not more that a guy or 2 out there knows what that is... Gene
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