In Oct. 2016 the U.S. Marine Corps announced Glock 19s would replace the .45 ACP-chambered Colt M45A1s carried by members of its Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC) teams ...

Until recently Recon’s .45s were made at the Marine Corps’ Precision Weapons Center in Quantico, Virginia. “They were like a racecar,” said Master Sergeant Cory Paskvan of the Second ...

Another new Colt in the stable is somewhat similar—the Colt M45A1. This pistol is also a .45 and is strongly reminiscent of the Marine Corps gun. It has the durable ...

An M45A1 pistol is laid out on top of a Force Reconnaissance Marine’s loadout prior to a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operation aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6 ...

Despite the retention of updated and modified M1911, the Colt M45A1, by the Marine Corps, the M1911 and derivative designs are on the out, with the United States military shifting from lower ...