To: Chinese_American_Patriot
The .38 was the reason Browning developed the M1911.
After the incident you refer to, I believe the FBI chose a S&W .40 semi-auto for their standard issue.
Still, wouldn't want to have to look down a .38, or even a .22.
As someone has pointed out, bullet placement may be crucial, but would you really want to take the chance?
As far as the 9mm is concerned, I feel confident enough when carrying my HKP7.
Also, training and mindset should not to be ignored.
98 posted on
04/05/2004 9:53:01 PM PDT by
dogbrain
(memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where democrats wash their hands....)
To: dogbrain
I'd definitely love to own and fire a Colt M1911A1. I know the Berretta M9 has a larger capacity why why did it replace the much more powerful Colt .45 in the US Army?
100 posted on
04/05/2004 10:00:02 PM PDT by
Chinese_American_Patriot
(9/11/01 - Never Forget, NEVER Forgive!!!! Al-Fallujah, home of savages!!!!)
To: dogbrain
After the incident you refer to, I believe the FBI chose a S&W .40 semi-auto for their standard issue. They went with a 10mm first, IIRC, but that turned out to be "too much gun" for many of the agents. The .40S&W can be thought of as a 10mm special, bearing about the same relationship to the 10mm as the .38Spl does to the .357. Except that the order of developement was reversed, i.e. the .357 is a juiced up .38, while the .40 S&W is a toned down 10mm.
115 posted on
04/05/2004 11:02:19 PM PDT by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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