>The 'stopping power' argument is likely to always be with us, like
>entropy. That being snarked at, the 1911 (Mine's by Kimber!) is
>almost the archetypical 'modern gun' for a lot of people - myself
>included.

Without wanting to get too far into it, because it is an observation only...the "1911 as the archetypical 'modern gun' thing? Is a very American thing. I can almost guarantee that the rest of the world? Doesn't see it like that, to a very very great extent.

Just making the note.
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