Colt Model 1911: 100 Years!

The birthday -- that was predominantly ignored by the DEM/MSM?

The 100th birthday of Colt's Model 1911 semi-automatic pistol. (1911 Centennial commemorative here.)

1911 to 2011. A "game changer" of the highest order. The handgun of issue during WWII.

I personally carried one of these guns, in Condition One, in my holster, whilst working for my department in 1981. The holster I mounted placed a black leather Safariland strap between my hammer and the frame.

I carried my Colt 1911 Series 80 with hammer back, left-frame thumb safety up. All said, it was a tidy, thin and easily-carriable handgun -- with a big hole at the end.

I carried that gun for only a year, until I replaced it with my Sig-Sauer P220, in .45 caliber, European release, and then expanded the magazine carriers on my belt. I carried four magazines on my Sam Browne in double pouches, horizontally, to be loaded by my left hand, throat-down for faster insertion.

There's nothing wrong with carrying a Colt 1911 in Condition One.

When I hired onto my department, I purchased three specific things back then:

1. A Honda CB750;
2. A pair of crocodile cowboy boots;
3. A Colt 1911 Series 80 handgun;

I should care to point out that the .45 ACP round is uniformly excellent.

But that, of course, is another post for other days.

Happy birthday, thusly, to the Colt 1911!

BZ

P.S.
And, of course, Colt still manufactures (much to the chagrin of Leftists and Demorats) its guns in the United States of America.