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Originally Posted by clang444
Where I served most soldiers were proficient with their small arms.
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Right. They were proficient, but they couldn't stay on the paper?
Okey dokey.
That's right, though, I keep forgettin' it was the fault of them ol' rattletrap G.I. .45s.
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Originally Posted by clang444
Maybe it was different in the Air Force.
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Might have been, I can't speak for the whole danged Air Force (apologies to
Will Stockdale). But just like the Army, and every other branch of the military, we had our share of weenies who couldn't hit the floor if they dropped the pistol on it. Most of 'em finally got the hang of it, though.
Speaking for myself only, I think the last time I ever missed the paper
completely might have been back when I was around 9-years-old and shootin' my daddy's .22 rifle for the first time. That was well over a half-century ago, though. Now, I'm no kind of a marksman, but I've
never missed the paper at 25- or 50-yards with
any 1911, old or new. That includes my "mixmaster rattletrap" 1943 Remington Rand in the photo below.
