With the passing of GCA ’68 we really did not know what effect it would have on firearms availability. Cooper mentioned another cartridge I hardly paid any attention to until the Gun Control Act of 1968. I also had a copy of Jeff Cooper’s book Fighting Handguns from 1958 and it definitely supported my choice. 45 was the do-all and end-all when it came to semi-autos. 45 was in a flap holster under the seat of my 1965 Ford Station Wagon. When I moved my family across the country in 1966 the.
When it came to semi-autos, like many teenagers from my era I had one of the 1911 Government Model.