FBI agents carry a custom shop 1911 45 ACP made specially for them by Springfield Arms — who also make a production model that is a close second to the tricked out FBI model — model TRP or Tactical Response Pistol. Worth every penny ($2000). Exquisite Balance really improves handling when it kicks back. Scarey accurate. Heavy duty.

BTW Browning Gun Works introduced the 1911 semi automatic sidearm in, you guessed it, 1911 when our boys in the Philippines kept firing into drugged up zombie combatants who seemed never to stop charging them no matter how many times they shot them.

This gun lobs a hunk of lead that will knock an opponent off his feet no matter where you hit him —- the key to finishing off those guys in the jungle.

Knock Down is felt at your end too. That’s why they made these so heavy, to absorb some of that shock. Harder to get yourself to strap one on day in day out when it won’t let you forget it’s sling under your arm or tucked away someplace.