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As far as I can tell, the M1911 designed by John Browning is holding up just fine.
The military should have never let the Air Force and Navy push the M9 on all the services. Back when the testing process was going on, the other two options that were seriously considered (as I remember it... we are talking over 20 years ago) were a SIG (cost more than the Beretta) and a Colt rebuild of the existing frames in the inventory (new slides, barrels, mags, hammers, etc. - 9mm). The Colt rebuild was the choice of the Army and Marines if I remember, the SEALs wanted the SIG (and it was adopted as an alternative weapon) but the Air Force (with most of the Navy going along) pushed the Beretta because they claimed the 1911 design had too big a frame for female hands, didn't hold enough rounds, and required too much training.
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