dogtown tom
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And it took seventy years to get expensive.tarosean ....They are expensive to maintain... That was the reason the British gave to dumping them.
But not because of the expense to maintain, but because of the want for a more powerful round.Our FBI also dumped them.
And our FBI also "dumped" these (among many):
Colt 1911 Government Model, Detective Special, Police Positive
S&W Models 10, 13, 19, 27, 49, 60, 1076
Sig P226, P228
http://www.americanrifleman.org/GalleryItem.aspx?cid=22&gid=133&id=1169