Back on duty with the Marines: JMBs 1911, by Colt.

[Drydock]

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/07/20/marines-pick-colt-for-new-pistol.html

[Charles Isaac]

 

 

[Pappy Myles]

Thank GOODNESS!!!!!!!     I was in the 8th Marines at Camp Lejeune in 82 when we got word to stop training with the 1911 as a new pistol would be coming out.  I had the misfortune of being part of an evaluation team on the m-92.  My write up wasnt used as it incorported words like, piece of junk, didnt fit my hand worth a flip, and questionable stopping power.  Why the expense of new pistols when an old war horse like the one I was issued will do in a minute.  At the time, the big thing was high capacity magazines was the name of the game.  My contention, was if I ever had to pull my 45 out and use it, in a full blown fire fight, it was going to be really bad anyway.  But when I pull the trigger, I darn sure want the target to go down on one shot, not 2 or 3 or 4.

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[John Smith]

It's not the entire Corps, just the special operations, and these replace the rather aged 1911s previously being used:
The Marine Corps has tapped Colt Defense LLC to make more than 10,000 new Close Quarter Battle Pistols for the service's elite special operations troops.