YOU choose your sidearm... WWII...

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Guns you would carry in WW II

I forgot to mention, General Patton carried a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum with customized ivory grips and a engraved Colt .45 Revolver with customized ivory grips.

Contrary to Hollywood fiction, he only wore one gun at a time. One of his "famous" comments was "Only a pimp in a New Orleans whorehouse or a tin-horn gambler would carry a pearl-handled pistol."

As he was a wealthy man in his own right, he could get the .357 Mag and .45 LC ammo when he wanted it. Thee and I would be hard pressed to do that if we were grunts in his AO. :barf:

Old Dogg
 
Originally posted by Old Dogg
As he was a wealthy man in his own right, he could get the .357 Mag and .45 LC ammo when he wanted it. Thee and I would be hard pressed to do that if we were grunts in his AO.
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Since I would be using a rifle or SMG 99 percent of the time and consider a pistol (in that regard) either a truly last-ditch, "We're being overrun" weapon, or a CQB room clearing arm, I figure a box of 50 or at most 100 rounds would suffice. Plus, .38 Spl was around in decent quantities and could be loaded in a .357 if it was combat expedient.
 
A Liberator.:D :D Just joking.

a 1911 deffinately.



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EDIT: Ok, just went back and realized I missed jsalcedo's post. My bad.
 
Actually Patton did, on occasion, wear both revolvers. Guns & Ammo magazine had an article and photo essay years ago about Pattons sidearms. There were photos showing him wearing both. As well as photos of him wearing his Colt Pocket Model .32 with 3 stars on the grips (he had already been promoted to 4 stars) as well as him wearing a Colt Detective Special.

In fact the only holster I have seen in pictures for his 3½" Registered .357 is a left handed model. I don't recall ever seeing any photos of him wearing just the S&W although most of the time he wore only the Colt SAA.
 
You know, I voted for the 1911A1; but sitting here
thinking, I had a beautiful parkerized Smith & Wesson
4" barrel M&P "Victory" model that I bought from a
college lad for $100. It was all original and in darn
good shape; and I regret ever getting rid of it !:(

FWIW, it was the gun I qualified with at the police
academy; and I drove it to a very impressive score,
in the high 90's.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
 
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