Happy Birthday 1911

On March 29th of 1911 the US Army approved John Browning's handgun and christened it the M1911.

That was a hundred years ago today.

The design still lives on and is still one of the most common guns out there. It's beed used in every major conflict since World War II and was the issue sidearm until 1985. Even now it's commonly used as the platform for most of the race guns you see in competitions.I'll probably get one this year. No, not a gold-emblazoned version -- just a simple well-made one.Happy birthday!