[Edward Tinker]

My Grandfather (being retired military), was very interested in these ole 45's, and he kept asking me if they were coming up for sale. They never were...

I know that up to the first Gulf War, that 45's were sent over to the gulf, and 9mm's switched over. I believe a few were liberated then, but I never heard of any for sale.

One of those rumors I bet, as I heard lots of civilians ask if they were coming up for sale. In fact, there was a gov't 45 for sale a couple of years ago, and the guy said a friend of his had bought it from the military during the swtich over (which took about 10 years). So unless some depot level screwed up and released them, I think people say they bought it, when in reality it was stolen. And boy, when a weapon, ANY weapon turns up missing, they literally have the entire unit locked down until it turns up. There was a unit in Fort Lewis that lost a pistol, and the unit was locked down from Friday until past Monday when it was "found" in a garbage can in a laundry room.

Ed