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Forum Name: Gun of the Week
Topic ID: 11
Message ID: 16
#16, RE: Gun of the Week: M1911A1
Posted by eriktown on Jan-26-17 at 01:46 PM
In response to message #12
>Why does this make me kind of wince and wonder if they should've
>called it the M35? I mean, it sounds cool on the face of it, but then
>reality sets in and you start remembering that nothing which is
>designed to bake lasagna and polish a floor is ever going to be
>any good at either one, a lesson the United States armed forces seem
>determined never to learn.

Hee hee. Yeah. At least the Marine Corps wasn't involved in procurement and couldn't demand that it have VTOL capability.

In fairness, it *has* been on the civillian market for a couple of years, and has been pretty well-received. It does actually *shoot bullets*, which is something the F-35 literally can't do (because of software! oy vey.)

>I hadn't heard of it. (google) Oh hey, it's a
>Colt Manhunter.

I know, right? Though I feel like it's also got a little bit of an art deco lean to it that could make it work equally well as Roger Smith's carry piece in Big O.