Back in 2011, Ken Hackathorn led our local gun club group in a 1911 anniversary celebration. It was quite an event. One drill he created for us to shoot was the Sgt. Alvin York drill where he re-created the scenario Sgt. York was famous for in shooting down a battery of advancing Germans by himself with, supposedly, just a single Springfield M1903 rifle that, when it shot empty, he used a 1911 pistol. These pictures show that Ken made us wear a battle helmet as well as use a M1903 rifle and a M1911 pistol. Of course, it was timed and the targets were set up to shoot the 5 advancing Germans from back to front with the 1911.

The picture of Hackathorn shows the collection of 1911s we brought and shot that wonderful day. (There were, unexpectedly, 45 1911s on that table.)

We still laugh at how we looked in those hats!

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