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By<br />
HARRY REEVES<br />
Six time National<br />
Pistol Champion<br />
examines his .45 ACP<br />
shooting exhibition.<br />
FIFTY YEARS AGO this past summer of 1961 an event occurred which<br />
seems to have been overlooked in the shuffle and rush of today's hurry<br />
to get rid of all the good old things and shift to electronic, self-energized,<br />
push-button whatchamacallits. The event? A Board of the U. S. Ordnance<br />
Department officially concluded the series of tests, eliminations, and trials<br />
which resulted in the official adoption of the U. S. Pistol Semi-automatic,<br />
Caliber .45, Model of 1911-now known under the common (though somewhat<br />
inaccurate) name of "the .45 Automatic". Yes sir, the old girl<br />
celebrated the Golden Anniversary of her wedding to the armed forces of<br />
this country, and hardly a soul has so much as mentioned it.<br />
In a way, this is an amazing thing. The Colt .45 ACP has been the<br />
official sidearm of our armed forces for 50 years and a few months now,<br />
and with a bit of good common sense on the part of future and present<br />
Equipment Board members, it may be with us as the official sidearm for<br />
The GUN that MAKES or BREAKS<br />
20 GUNS • MARCH <strong>1962</strong>
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