CmdrSlander
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WWII era GI M1911s are seeing use by the Free Syrian Army. How did they get there? Have they been there since WWII? Any theories?
Are you actually dismissing this or are you implying something...?Been there all this time, abandoned in 1945 right next to the rocket propelled grenades. Nothing to see here, move along. Move along.
My source is a photo on NPR's picture show blog showing a Free Syrian Fighter posing with his M1911. I know it is not a High Power because it has checkering on the recoil spring cap (he is pointing the gun toward the camera). A High Power would not have a recoil spring cap at all, as I understand it.What's your source? What quantities? How did you date it to WWII?
If you saw it in a picture it might have been Hi-Powers - they look a lot like 1911s and were one of the standard pistols for the Syrian army. 1911Tuner's spot on about the proliferation of WWII vintage US military arms worldwide, just think of the millions of US-designed firearms that ended up being assimilated into the Vietnamese military in 1975 and the PLA in 1949. Any of these could easily have ended up in Syria.
Sure wish I could just find a BAR laying aroundprobably find a BAR or an '03 Springfield or two.
They'er using an awful lot of WW2 vintage firearms in general.
Can you imagine trying to supply the fighters with bullk rounds of 7.92×33mm
From that photo, how can you tell its a "WWII era GI M1911"?CmdrSlander ....My source is a photo on NPR's picture show blog showing a Free Syrian Fighter posing with his M1911.
They are Wilson Combat and they paid MSRP.