1944 War Department vid - combat firing the 1911 .45

General Firearms Handguns - 1911
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view on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14qTdp-Dd30

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Very cool. It would be awesome to be a fly on the wall at a OSS range back in the day.

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Always found this video of the ‘House of Horrors’ interesting, if dated. Early use of a ‘shoot-house’.

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interesting to see how the trigger finger discipline/safety issues has changed/evolved

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I love the old videos like this. It amazing how far we’ve come with pistol shooting.

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We’ve come a long way indeed.

Thanks for sharing.