Marines wanting to buy 4000 more M45 pistols

Posted March 22, 2010 in Pistols by Steve Johnson with 43 Comments
Tags: 1911, handguns, m45, military, pistol, usmc

The M1911 is stealthily making a comeback! The Marines are wanting to procure 4000 M45 pistols. The M45 was previously know as the MEU(SOC) pistol. A few interesting points from the procurement document …

Pistol must have an accessory rail meeting MIL-STD-1913 specifications
five shot group to an average of no more than 4 inches by 4 inches at 25 yards
It has a consistent trigger pull of 5 (+/- 1) lbs.
Reliability of an average minimum of 300 rounds between stoppages and 5,000 rounds between parts failures

[ Many thanks to Daniel E Watters for emailing me the link. ]

Steve Johnson

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