Funny, my kids (10 and 11) can shoot a 1911. The glocks and m&p9s jam constantly. Yet all of them are perfectly reliable when I shoot them. All handguns will jam (I've seen revolvers do it). Also the army acceptance tests of the 1911 showed it shooting thousands of rounds with no failures.
The M9s have an awful reputation from the sandbox. Likely a lot of it was magazine related.
Also, your characterizations of the .45 "putting someone on their ass" is complete crap. Handguns simply do not have that kind of power (nor to most rifles).
The M9s have an awful reputation from the sandbox. Likely a lot of it was magazine related.
Also, your characterizations of the .45 "putting someone on their ass" is complete crap. Handguns simply do not have that kind of power (nor to most rifles).