JRWnTN said:
I dropped in at GlockTalk, and it appears the author of the article is not exactly standing by his story.
Last November, the same fellow had an article recommending the Marines adopt the 9x23 cartridge for the 1911's carried by certain units.
Coupla things… I know where "the author" got that 9 X 23mm crud from, 'cause his source was the same moron who tried the same "
I'm in the know, the Israelis want the 1911A1 in that chambering and a U.S. Military Special Ops Unit just ordered 5k of them from Colt's" stuff on the 1911-L about five years ago, and left in a late model huff when I pulled his pants down on it. He then started his own Forum, alienated a fair amount of serious people with his sociopathic actions, and still insists that the 9 X 23mm is the wave of the future in auto-pistols.
The guy behind this USMC story, David Crane, works very hard… probably harder than I do with
TGZ… at making something of his
Defense Review site, trying to make it the second coming of the venerable
Jane's. The problem is that he doesn't have any real access, and after a stunt like this, his prospects for same are grim. I fired the link off to a definitely dialed-in source, and received a couple of different replies from people in that particular loop.
One tersely stated in no uncertain terms: "
David Crane has NO credibility...," while another chimed in, presciently, with "
Crane is a charlatan. He is seeking publicity. Dumping this late on a Friday when he feels it will give him two days grace before he is shut up. His reply will be "well, my source was good waaaaaaaaa."
And it must be noted that Crane, having been thoroughly beaten and battered on
GlockTalk, has just issued a retraction and half-arsed
mea culpa.
Pete, your enthusiasm is admirable, but ixnay with anything more like this…
ever! I don't usually resort to emoticons, but just so there's no mistaking my meaning here:
:evil:
Got it?