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- Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:52 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Who decided a 1911 is a "fighting pistol"?Other guns aren't.
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Re: Who decided a 1911 is a "fighting pistol"?Other guns are
IMO it's odd to classify only certain handguns, or certain calibers as "fighting pistols." To me, any gun issued to military personnel for offense/defense is a "fighting pistol." I don't know where the term came from, or in what era, but certainly the Russian, French, and British soldiers armed with the revolvers below, albeit in weak calibers, would consider them "fighting pistols."