[quote=Run With The Fox]Customer asks about a Colt 1911- in .45ACP-- and then next to it in the locked case, a 1911-A-1 in .38 Super. Here's what the clerk told him: "The 1911 will only work with black powder loads- if you shoot a modern load in it, it could blow up the barrel- he also explained that the 1911-A-1 was a revised 1911 made with alloyed steel to handle smokeless powder loads-- and when asked about the difference between a .38 Super, as in the later (mid-1930's era) 1911-A-1) and the .45ACP round, the clerk told him that the .38 Super was a much more powerful round, comparing it to the difference between a .38 Special and a .357 Magnum. Wow-- As a footnote, I wish I had been there, as I would have loved to have heard the clerk's reply to this question: "OK, can you inter-change the .38 Super rounds with a .357 round?
One does not need to shop at chain sporting goods stores you really do not. I got second hand M45A1 with plastic box, papers, cleaning kit for kool $1300 plus tax. That was at LGS. Great pistol I have even learned to like the desert sand finish. No need to go and overpay for things at Cabela's gun library. They do have decent quality clothing Hecho en China, but only in stupid camouflage.
I can get street-type clothing in different colors at BassPro or better yet at SteinMart.
