From the same post on another forum:
The story goes, that during the hunt for Pancho Villa in 1913, Patton was assigned to General Pershing's staff.
He had a new 1911 that he'd "tuned up" by working over the hammer and sear to give a "better" trigger pull.
He was standing at the bar in an El Paso saloon talking to a Texas rancher when his foot slipped off the brass rail.
When his foot hit the floor, the over-stoned sear and hammer allowed the hammer to fall, firing a shot into the floor.
The Texan, being a gentleman said nothing.
Patton was greatly embarrassed, and typically for home gunsmiths, he blamed the 1911.
Although he did own and carry a number of automatic pistols over the years, he never again carried a 1911.
Among the automatics he did own were .22 Colt Woodsman and the famous Colt .380 auto he carried as a "hideout" gun.
A second likely reason, is that Patton was an old fashioned type man who preferred the revolver for "business" carry, and liked the more accurate revolvers.
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