[Jeff Higgins]

"Tumble projectile"?? Boy, the old .45 sure has some old wives tales following it around, doesn't it? Nothing could be further from the truth. It is inherently a very accurate round and can be a very accurate gun. Traditional 3-gun "2700" shooters expect 1" groups from a Ransom Rest at 50 yards from their match tuned .45's.

One of my favorite stories about the 1911 .45 comes from none other than Elmer Keith. Some Army General in the 1930's (who should have known better) was all for eliminating soldiers' sidearms, because he thought they were totally useless (some things never change...). He was making quite a commotion about it for some time before he met Keith one day at some kind of gun industry function. Keith told him that, in his opinion, the General was wrong and that the old .45 was indeed a very usefull weapon. The General's reply was something along the lines of "bull*****. I'll gladly stand out there at about 50 yards and let you blaze away at me all day long. You'll never hit me." Keith put an old metal wash tub out at 200 yards instead. After a couple shots to get the elevation, he ran a few clips through the General's .45 and never missed that wash tub. He never said another word to that General, either.