http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/2...ck-to-their-old-guns-colt-45-caliber-pistols/ I have a lower with that coating on it (if it's Cerakote). That stuff is really tough stuff.
The only reason I could see for that not being Cerakote, is if the Marines found something better. If that is the case, I want it.
About time to get away from that hole punching 9mm round. 45s were designed to stop a man effectively and quickly--nothing wrong with that philosophy.
Not your granpdpa's 1911... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/2...iber-pistols/?test=latestnews?test=latestnews
100+ years and still going strong! Gotta love JMB's work of art. Had mine at the range today. Yeah, I have shot more accurate pistols, but my heart will always belong to "Ol' Slabsides".......
Is that the 1911 they will specifically use? If so, Colt may want to concider trading the rear sights for something like,
Mods, thanks for moving the thread I started. I didn't realize someone else had already started this. Here is a more technical article on the model, designated the M45 http://www.guns.com/marsoc-marins-select-colt-for-m45-cqbp-to-replace-meu-soc-pistol-9935.html It is a modified Colt Rail Gun. Modifications are specified in the article.
Best for me is the TAPPAN sight set. Silver solder the front sight is the best way. The TAPPAN sight is the sight that SIG has copied for years. TAPPAN sight has the advantage of a 100 yard marker bar. In this you can hit a 100 yard man size target if you do your part, The combo of White and Yellow make for a good design so that the two points, front and rear, do not merge.
I just bought a 1911 with the Novak sights (see Range Reports) and like them OK. I also have one with the Heine snowman sights. Both work for me...the snoman makes it easier (for me) on moving from target to target...but, nothing that I could measure. I would gripe about being given either. just my opinion.
The Marine 1911 they show has Novak type sights, mounted in front and rear dovetails. Great sights, especially for close to medium range. If it is farther away, well the saying is that "Every Marine is a rifleman."
I have a plain WWII 1911-A1, the only change was swapping the 16# recoil spring. I shoot the original sights, the blade doesn't have much chance of getting hung up. In boxer terminology the 45 acp has hard fists.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/08/09/why-the-marines-adopted-the-m45-colt-1911/ Interesting comments......
Are you sure that you posted the right link ? That page had nothing to do with the Marines new .45 1911, and I could not find a link to anything about it either.