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Unread 05-10-2013, 02:38 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by John Sabato View Post
I'll bet the model 53 would have been a great .45 pistol.
Yeah, John, from what I've been reading, the locking Pederson system was just the thing for the .45 ACP's power, and mechanically quite excellent. It may well have turned out to be what the 1911 is, had it been produced/tested in time!
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