The “modern” combat automatic would derive much inspiration from the civilian custom 1911 market. While the guns changed slightly throughout different variations, the dark parkerized finish, ambi-safety, and Pachmayr grips would become staple visuals of this iconic pistol.

The MEUSOC as we know it today would remain in service until it was “replaced” by the Colt M45A1 rail gun in 2012.

Alchemy Custom Weaponry is proud to pay tribute to the United States Marine Corps and their custom combat .45 with our vision on this iconic handgun. While visually this gun resembles a 90s warhorse, underneath this gun is all ACW. Hand fit, oversized components and expertly finished in a hard blast DLC. We’ve even stamped the King’s style thumb safety and slide with the gun’s serial, as was done on the original MEUSOC pistols. You’ll find the frame is adorned with A1-style scallops, as well as no front strap checkering in favor of the wrap-around Pachmayr grips. The mainspring housing offers a lanyard loop to make sure you don’t lose your gun while boarding a stolen cargo ship and the ring hammer is present for maximum testosterone (it’s also period correct, because the Corps’ has style). For 2025, ACW is resurrecting an early “Variant 2” of the M45 which retained many of the features of the originals, but used contract slides from Springfield Armory due to parts availability.  Watch the full release Video on YouTube below to see the differences between the V1 and the V2 MEUSOC from ACW.

The “modern” combat automatic would derive much inspiration from the civilian custom 1911 market. While the guns changed slightly throughout different variations, the dark parkerized finish, ambi-safety, and Pachmayr grips would become staple visuals of this iconic pistol.

The MEUSOC as we know it today would remain in service until it was “replaced” by the Colt M45A1 rail gun in 2012.

Alchemy Custom Weaponry is proud to pay tribute to the United States Marine Corps and their custom combat .45 with our vision on this iconic handgun. While visually this gun resembles a 90s warhorse, underneath this gun is all ACW. Hand fit, oversized components and expertly finished in a hard blast DLC. We’ve even stamped the King’s style thumb safety and slide with the gun’s serial, as was done on the original MEUSOC pistols. You’ll find the frame is adorned with A1-style scallops, as well as no front strap checkering in favor of the wrap-around Pachmayr grips. The mainspring housing offers a lanyard loop to make sure you don’t lose your gun while boarding a stolen cargo ship and the ring hammer is present for maximum testosterone (it’s also period correct, because the Corps’ has style). For 2025, ACW is resurrecting an early “Variant 2” of the M45 which retained many of the features of the originals, but used contract slides from Springfield Armory due to parts availability.  Watch the full release Video on YouTube below to see the differences between the V1 and the V2 MEUSOC from ACW.