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I'm no expert, but personally, if I had to be confronting enemy soldiers, I would rather have my glock .45 or 1911 .45 than the beretta any day. The safety is tough (for me a least) to get to, grip is chunky, and I can control .45 recoil as easily as 9mm. Never been in combat, but I'd rather have a .45 than a 9mm.

I'm no expert, but personally, if I had to be confronting enemy soldiers, I would rather have my glock .45 or 1911 .45 than the beretta any day.

Not wanting to flame the caliber wars any more than they already are, but I'm with you on this one. I've fired both guns and both calibers, and if the s**t hit the fan, give me a .45 anytime.

I'll take knockdown power any day of the week. And I've fired the .45 often enough (25+ years now) to put it where it will do sufficient damage to put down the bad guy.

I have used the 45 in combat, and during my one opportunity for glory during an up close and personal event, the weapon jammed by closing on an ejecting brass shell casing and functioned no more. (I didn't "notice" it had stopped going off, and proceeded to get myself laced with 29 holes until someone with a real gun showed up to save me!)

I do agree that the pistol has more impact than one of those pretty pistols like the walther, barreta, etc. but it is easy to jam up, especially when the spring in the magazine clip is weakened my constant compression as you carry it in the feild.

Besides which, you can't hit a damn thing with it unless you are really expert and constantly on the range, and no one in combat has the itme for that stuff.

The opportunities to use a pistol in combat are very few. When it gets that "close" you are already is serious doodoo one way or another.

So, if I had it to do over again (and I wouldn't go there knowing what I know about that stuff!) I would carry a revolver. You really only need a shot or two when you need to pop your sidearm, and the revolver is easier to maintain and much easier to shoot accurately.

I think a new "US ARMY 45 cal revolver" would be just about right about 90% of the time.