[Ratoslov]

If I didn't get writer's block when making grocery lists, I'd be on this like... like some kind of metaphor, can I get back to you on this?

[Ratoslov]

The M1911 is a pretty cool weapon. Despite it's low capacity, it's a very popular design for two major reasons. First, it has a remarkably low profile for a autoloader pistol, so it's a very popular gun for concealed carry types. Second, it's been around for almost 100 years now, and so it's become the Honda Civic of pistols. You can get all sorts of stupid after-market mods for Colt 1911s, and it's arguably the single easiest firearm to get replacement parts for anywhere in the world.

Of course, Naked Snake really would have been better served by carrying whatever pistol the GRU soldiers carried so that he could acquire new magazines, ammo, and suppressors that fit his gun, but that kind of stuff gets abstracted out.