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ClydeFrog · June 9, 2013, 01:33 AM

From the poll choices, I'd pick a HK45 .45acp.
I'm left handed & would want a high cap type .45acp sidearm that could take a sound surpressor or a extended magazine.
I've read a few military reports that few spec ops guys use the bulky HK SOCOM Mark 23 weapon system.
The late Chris Kyle, the highly decorated SEAL who wrote about his combat tours in the non fiction book; American Sniper toted a SIG P220R .45acp "down range".
Kyle wrote the SIG was damaged in a mission in Iraq & he packed a 1911a1 or a smaller P228/M11.

Most units carry a 1911a1 .45acp or a SIG Sauer model like a P220, the P226R or a 2022.

The printed NRA magazine had a detailed item about the elite SAS & SBS using SIG Sauer models in real combat. Andy McNab was the source of the NRA article.

June 9, 2013, 01:33 AM	#49
ClydeFrog Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 5,797	choices... From the poll choices, I'd pick a HK45 .45acp. I'm left handed & would want a high cap type .45acp sidearm that could take a sound surpressor or a extended magazine. I've read a few military reports that few spec ops guys use the bulky HK SOCOM Mark 23 weapon system. The late Chris Kyle, the highly decorated SEAL who wrote about his combat tours in the non fiction book; American Sniper toted a SIG P220R .45acp "down range". Kyle wrote the SIG was damaged in a mission in Iraq & he packed a 1911a1 or a smaller P228/M11. Most units carry a 1911a1 .45acp or a SIG Sauer model like a P220, the P226R or a 2022. The printed NRA magazine had a detailed item about the elite SAS & SBS using SIG Sauer models in real combat. Andy McNab was the source of the NRA article.