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FloridaVeteran · August 2, 2012, 01:14 AM

I still have, and occasionally shoot (against my Colt collector friend's advice) a Service Model Ace .22lr that presumably was used to train Army troops sometime prior to the early 1950s (it was bought as surplus from the Army). It was the first semi-auto I ever shot, handed down by my dad around 1956. There seem to be modern equivalents available. They give the heft of a 1911 and ammo costs of near-zero compared to the ACP rounds. There was also a civilian version and a fair number come up for sale on Gunbroker. The downside is that real military Aces are expensive, so while there is a "cool" factor, the cost sorta defeats the advantage of cheap ammo. But it was a very creative solution for its original purpose. I was surprised that a puny little .22 cartridge could cycle a slide that heavy.

August 2, 2012, 01:14 AM	#30
FloridaVeteran Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2012 Location: Central Florida Posts: 399	I still have, and occasionally shoot (against my Colt collector friend's advice) a Service Model Ace .22lr that presumably was used to train Army troops sometime prior to the early 1950s (it was bought as surplus from the Army). It was the first semi-auto I ever shot, handed down by my dad around 1956. There seem to be modern equivalents available. They give the heft of a 1911 and ammo costs of near-zero compared to the ACP rounds. There was also a civilian version and a fair number come up for sale on Gunbroker. The downside is that real military Aces are expensive, so while there is a "cool" factor, the cost sorta defeats the advantage of cheap ammo. But it was a very creative solution for its original purpose. I was surprised that a puny little .22 cartridge could cycle a slide that heavy.