{"id":145,"date":"2004-01-01T13:46:42","date_gmt":"2004-01-01T18:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=145"},"modified":"2004-01-01T13:46:42","modified_gmt":"2004-01-01T18:46:42","slug":"donald-sensing-is-so-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Donald Sensing is so right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Sensing is dead on target in his post suggesting the U.S<br \/>\nmilitary <a href='http:\/\/donaldsensing.com\/2003_12_01_archive.html#107291212148527138'>re-adopt<br \/>\nthe M1911 .45ACP pistol<\/a>.  I&#8217;ve fired a Beretta 92F and it&#8217;s an<br \/>\nugly, awkward gun that neither feels good in the hand nor inspires<br \/>\nconfidence in its stopping power.  Those who have actually seen the<br \/>\nsharp end of combat generally agree that the M1911 is a far superior<br \/>\nweapon; even today, more than fifteen years after it was officially<br \/>\ndeprecated, many troops carry it by choice.  My own carry weapon of<br \/>\nchoice is the Colt Officer&#8217;s Model, a short-barrel M1911 variant.<\/p>\n<p>If the M1911 design is too old to be politically viable or the<br \/>\nsingle-action design is an insurmountable obstacle, then my next<br \/>\nchoice would be Glock&#8217;s double-action 45ACP design, I think it&#8217;s the<br \/>\nModel 30.  Glocks are very accurate, and rugged in the field.  I think<br \/>\nthe lighter frame is actually a disadvantage; you don&#8217;t get thrown<br \/>\noff target as much by the recoil when you&#8217;re shooting a big hunk of<br \/>\nsteel, so your second shot with a 1911 is more likely to count.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Sensing is dead on target in his post suggesting the U.S military re-adopt the M1911 .45ACP pistol. I&#8217;ve fired a Beretta 92F and it&#8217;s an ugly, awkward gun that neither feels good in the hand nor inspires confidence in its stopping power. Those who have actually seen the sharp end of combat generally agree&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/?p=145\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Donald Sensing is so right<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-firearms","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/esr.ibiblio.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}