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Back in 1971, the policeman character of Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry said that his Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum was "the most-powerful handgun" in the world.
In the later half of the 1970's, both my father and grandfather had mutually agreed that the ".45 Automatic" (in their very own words) was the "most powerful" handgun in the world and both had served in the military.
But is the ".45 Automatic" handgun really "automatic"?
No, I don't think so. I have owned three Govt. Model 45's made by Colt
and one Glock Model 21 in .45 ACP.
.45 ACP stands for "Automatic Colt Pistol" but did John M. Browning not know the difference between full-automatic and semi-automatic back in 1904?
In the later half of the 1970's, both my father and grandfather had mutually agreed that the ".45 Automatic" (in their very own words) was the "most powerful" handgun in the world and both had served in the military.
But is the ".45 Automatic" handgun really "automatic"?
No, I don't think so. I have owned three Govt. Model 45's made by Colt
and one Glock Model 21 in .45 ACP.
.45 ACP stands for "Automatic Colt Pistol" but did John M. Browning not know the difference between full-automatic and semi-automatic back in 1904?