M1911 from SDS Imports

Ask your father or grandfather and they will tell you how quickly a generation passes away. When I was a young man, every gun person worth their salt knew and understood the history of John Brownings, M1911 .45 ACP pistol.

Keep in mind, we did not have an internet, we had to read books and magazines. As my words hit the paper here, it has been 35 years since the US Army decided to replace the M1911A1 pistol with the M9 Beretta.

For those too young to remember, there was much consternation and contention over that choice. Nonetheless, the die was cast and over a period of about five years, the US Armed Forces made the change over. It was mid-1989 before the unit where I was assigned made the switch.