Comments by "Anders Juel Jensen" (@andersjjensen) on "M1911A1: America's Definitive World War Two Pistol" video.

@sandorbence2067 Weirding out at overly-specifics of a gun modification, the hot digital technology of the day and an obsession with boobs and thighs doesn't sound like an AI at all. It does, however, sound exactly like every nerd owning a PS3 at the time.
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Especially not when you can buy an exact copy for $375. But collectors items are collectors items.
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The prices reflect how many people feel like you. As a Dane the 1911 has no cultural connotations to me so all I see is a big heavy tilting barrel hand canon with limited ammo capacity. That said it is still roughly the mental image I get when someone says "a pistol" without specifying any further, so I guess it's omnipresence in films from my youth cannot be argued against.
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Probably started by someone at Singer's PR department. Singer's sewing machines where the original "Apple products". People would accept nothing less unless they were absolutely broke and couldn't even afford a mistreated second hand one.
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@paleoph6168 If US Marines don't make angry noises something has gone horribly wrong somewhere... It's, like, their defining characteristic, and what makes them useful in the first place.
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Authentic WWII examples, in legal status and good condition, are expensive because they're all 80 years old and most have been shot until the barrel is wallowed and the parts rattle. You can buy a new faithful 1911A1 clone of very good quality for $375, if all you care about is the formfactor and functionality. That's not expensive by any means for an all-metal gun, with this many parts, that only gets produced in limited quantity.
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@michaelwarenycia7588 The .45 has greater lethality against unarmoured personel, but 9mm penetrates flak vests better. But generally speaking the point is moot at "street or building width" distances. If you make a torso hit with either, you'll have time enough for a more accurate follow up hit, as both sends anyone reeling, even if they hit a solid chest plate.
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Is it lethal? Is it reliable? Is it efficiently mass producible across several manufacturers? Yes! Well, how many should we order, then? YES!
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Yup. A good service weapon and a good enthusiast weapon are not worlds, but galaxies, apart.
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@NorthernNorthdude91749 What makes you think I said it wasn't?
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@sandorbence2067 My comment was a joke too... And yes, it's just a Japanese thing. There are cultural reference frames we just don't get.
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@warshipsatin8764 There is a big difference between "a gun that reminds me of my own country/values/history" and "a gun". That's what I meant by cultural connotations. But yes, if you want to be pedantic about it, and it appears you do, then strictly speaking "culture" extends to the very boundaries of being a human.
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Considering that a faithful clone of good quality costs $375 today, and those are not even in high volume production, I'd hazard the guess they were still turning a tolerable profit.
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