A lesser known but quite capable .45 handgun. The Mauser M2 is built by SIG and designed with concealed carry in mind.
Posted on 02/01/2006 3:42:08 PM PST by John Jorsett
Using best bullets the difference between the 9mm and .45 is not nearly as great as everyone seems to know. Still the .45 is a little better and no reason not to use the best.
On the other hand, the large mag capacity is also an advantage of the 9.
One reason the so called stopping power of the 9 is not evident is because they use ball ammunition and it does not expand and give take advantage of the velocity. Another reason is the 9 just sucks. Give me a .45 any day, or a .44 special. I love the .44 special but of course you can only get it in a wheel gun but still it is a good round for stopping something in it's tracks. Long live the 1911 and all it's clones!
Ehhh..... what happened to Foot-Pounds?
New tactic - you want to stop the enemy fast - hit him in the joules.
Every hunter knows perfectly well that one tunes one's bullet and charge to fit the game one is after. The self defense community sometimes seems to forget this in reaching for numbers that do not always translate to superior performance. I like the .45 because it's optimized for the human body - that sounds awful, but if it's him or me I want something tuned to him.
I liked the grease gun too, I could put 15 rounds on a bull at 15 yards firing full auto(all right one or two rounds were out but so what!).
I remember many chopper pilots with our Cav. unit in Nam would choose the .45 over the .38 though it was more bulky under their chicken vests. We never doubted it could "stop an oncoming freight train".
A lesser known but quite capable .45 handgun. The Mauser M2 is built by SIG and designed with concealed carry in mind.
I resent that...
I carried{and still do} Carry a 92FS Berreta. I found the gun to be reliable, sturdy and very manly.
A gun is a tool, it depends on who is using it.
I have a Colt Commander. It is a good pistol. But I feel better with 15 rounds than 8.
And it is not a girly pistol.so there..........
I can imagine the recoil from a smaller ligher .45 for women.
It's that darn metric system again.
Joule (energy or work) = applied force of one Newton moving one meter
Newtons (force) = force required to accelerate 1 kilogram one meter
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As far as I'm concerned when you need to know what it takes to put a six foot man six feet under, foot-pounds just seems to make a lot more sense.
This debate has been on-going since the M9 replaced the M1911A.
I need one. "Need," not "want."
However, this is still my favorite .45!
Some reach for their 50BMG.
When I qualified on the .45 in the sixties it was a foregone conclusion that it was the only sidearm that would not only kill someone but knock them down too. Even if you hit them in the finger.
ping
Isn't the Glock 37 in .45GAP?
The military would have to transition to a completely new cartridge that isn't compatible with the 1911s & MK23s already in service.
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