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Xracer · 10-24-2007, 07:27 AM

But Wolery's premise is that "Becker" bought the gun in 1913 at age 16 with the wages he saved up from working all summer (I'm assuming that he was still in school).

And.....at close range, .45ACP would certainly "do the job" as well as .357 Magnum.....which didn't come along until 1935.

Also....357 Magnum ammo would've been extremely hard to come by in Germany during WWII, whereas .45ACP would've been readly available (commercially from 1912 to WWII, from captured ammo during the war....and, in fact, the Germans manufactured .45ACP ammo in occupied Norway in WWII to feed the Norwegian M1914 (license-built Colt M1911) which the Germans manufactured in Norway during WWII and adopted as a secondary pistol to arm their occupation troops).

10-24-2007, 07:27 AM	#9
Xracer TFF Admin Staff Mediator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Minn-eeee-sota, ya, sure, you bet! Posts: 9,144	Re: AH: need to know about first generation 1911 ACPs But Wolery's premise is that "Becker" bought the gun in 1913 at age 16 with the wages he saved up from working all summer (I'm assuming that he was still in school). And.....at close range, .45ACP would certainly "do the job" as well as .357 Magnum.....which didn't come along until 1935. Also....357 Magnum ammo would've been extremely hard to come by in Germany during WWII, whereas .45ACP would've been readly available (commercially from 1912 to WWII, from captured ammo during the war....and, in fact, the Germans manufactured .45ACP ammo in occupied Norway in WWII to feed the Norwegian M1914 (license-built Colt M1911) which the Germans manufactured in Norway during WWII and adopted as a secondary pistol to arm their occupation troops).