Say it ain't so: Marine Raiders Throw .45 Overboard

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It has just been announced that Glock 19s will replace Colt M45A1 .45 ACPs in the hands of elite Marines. Special operations troops of the U.S. Marine Corps, in particular the Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC), unlike the rest of the U.S. military never really gave up on the U.S. M1911A1 pistol. Throughout the late ‘80s and ‘90s as all other branches of the Armed Forces moved to the U.S. M9 Beretta pistol in 9×19 mm (and to a lesser extent the SIG Sauer M11), the MEU kept issuing .45 M1911s, often with modifications to make them more reliable and accurate as the M1911 MEU and eventually as the M45 as made by Marine gunsmiths in Quantico, Va.
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Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/05/marine-raiders-throw-45-overboard/
 
Do we need a new thread on this subject every time someone "discovers" it for themselves? This has been talked about ad nauseum.

Old news.

Yes - they're going to the Glock 19. It's cheap, reliable, lighter weight, holds more rounds, requires less maintenance to run reliably, and is far easier for the armorers to keep running.
 
I think jski should have to buy the beer at the next TFL event.
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A Marine infantryman, much less a MEUSOC should be able to shoot a rat's tail at 50yds with anything they are trained for combat with, am I right or wrong?
 
JDBerg, from the Marine Corps Times:

The Marines chose to stick with the 1911 design for MARSOC. Marine testers placed a high priority on accuracy. The winner of the 2012 contract had to be capable of putting five-shot groups on target that "didn't exceed four inches by four inches at 25 yards" from an unsupported firing position, Marine officials maintain.

But military pistol experts maintain that the 1911 design, while extremely accurate, requires more training and care than other modern tactical pistols.

Young operators have had trouble with the 1911's beavertail grip safety, according to one former Marine weapons instructor who trained MARSOC members.

Many shooters wearing gloves tend to grip the 1911 too high and do not properly disengage the beavertail grip safety, so the pistol won't fire, he said. A lot of professional shooters who run custom 1911s will disable that beavertail grip safety to avoid this problem, he added.

The 1911 design is also known for feed-way stoppages, a malfunction caused when a round gets stuck feeding into the chamber, experts said. Horizontal and vertical stovepipes – types of malfunctions that occur when an empty shell casing gets caught in the ejection port – are also a problem with the 1911 design.
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So happy for them that they're ditching that boat anchor of a handgun. The M45A1 was a hefty pistol with it's oversized machined rail and all.
 
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