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To: MtBaldy
The Beretta Model 96, for instance, fires the decidedly unwimpy .40 S&W.

ROFL!

The .40 S&W is essentially a reduced power 10mm. It was invented because some folks (at the FBI, IIRC) couldn't handle the full power 10mm.

In the early 1990s, we called it the .40 Short & Wimpy.

27 posted on 05/03/2012 10:48:13 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

“In the early 1990s, we called it the .40 Short & Wimpy.”

Thus displaying your ignorance for all to see. Look at the kinetic energy available in most .40 rounds and you’ll see that on average they have more energy than most .45 rounds. There are a few +P rounds for .45 now that have more energy than the .40 but not many. The 10mm is overkill in a police application. The .40 also allowed the manufacturers to make a more potent pistol with high magazine capacity on 9mm frames. But hey, you keep believing that .45 is a death ray.


31 posted on 05/03/2012 11:31:26 AM PDT by MtBaldy (If Obama is the answer, it must have been a really stupid question)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Some FBI folks == female FBI agents


49 posted on 05/03/2012 1:16:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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