Talk:M1911/@comment-44952643-20200210171710/@comment-25539832-20200213184449

Can't get away from it. If you learn how phenomenal this gun was a century ago, you start to look around and realize that a vast amount of modern pistols look a lot like the M1911. Not all are actually descended from it, but a surprising number are. The M1911 was an extraordinary success that earned a lot of respect for itself in the trenches back in WWI. Its basic function never evolved much in the pistol industry, and the M1911 never really died as a result. I mean, just look at it. A century old and this handgun is still recognizably "modern". Updated, functionally identical M1911s are still popular to this day.