Coast Guard Boarding Teams To Get More Powerful Pistols

The Day ^ | 12/10/2004 | ROBERT A. HAMILTON

[mylife]

Sig Sauer P229

[Shooter 2.5]

The real big news is they are changing the ammunition to three different types and not just the caliber.

There's a line in the movie, 13th Warrior that I like which fits this article where they complain the 1911A1 is too heavy. The movie character complains a sword is too heavy and another tells him the solution is to get stronger.

Handguns are for close quarters combat. The adversary has to die in a matter of a single moment and not later. Hopefully, the new pistols and ammunition will have a better than 90 per cent One Shot Stop rating.

[Smokin' Joe]

•Frangible or “soft” rounds, made of ceramic or metal powder that are designed to break apart into dust when they hit something hard, to prevent ricochets during close-quarters combat.

Also designed to transfer bullet energy to the 'soft' target with devastating and complete effeciency, causing massive hydrostatic shock in the wound area, while virtually eliminating through and through penetration of perpetrators and the possibility of wounding innocents, hostages, or fellow combatants on the other side of the perpetrator.

[ASA Vet]

I think there was a song written about that.

"Glock and Roll is here to stay"

[CAfraudPI]

$4,200,000.00 divided by 12,000 = $350.00 each...quite a bargain!

[Jackknife]

HOLY CRAP! That's one hell of a weapon! Great video!

[WorkingClassFilth]

I wondered that too - guess I've just got some really aged hardware.

[NYFriend]

I've shot a 3 inch .44 Smith. Load it with light .44 Specials. Try it first with full power .44 mag, before you buy it, if you want. Maybe you'll be able to shoot it. Big recoil, big flash, I'm told that you don't get as much velocity as you would with a longer barrel, but I can tell you that I wasn't able to get a quick follow up.

[Spok]

"They should have switched back to a newer variant of the 1911 .45. Best damn handgun ever made."

Exactly my thought. But then, I'm still an M1 fan, too.

[Tuba Guy]

My cousin in the Border Patrol has been using a Sig .40 for a couple of years . It's a fine weapon.

[WorkingClassFilth]

This should do the trick:

http://www.ww2mmrefphotos.com/photos/GERMAN/artgun/88%20mm%20Flak.jpg

[ASA Vet]

The first six rounds in each of my handguns is of the frangible type.
Expensive though, and I've not found a source to obtain just the bullet for loading my own.

[HairOfTheDog]

Use enough gun!

[opbuzz]

$350 sounds like a good deal in government procurement.

[Vision]

I know a guy at the range who's happy with his. I prefer Smiths, but the Taurus is a good deal and strong.

I won't buy a smith after they became Clinton's lap dog in '99 and '00. F' them. After they broke, Clinton was empowered to threaten all the other companies. Never buy them new IMO.

[ASA Vet]

Exactly my thought. But then, I'm still an M1 fan, too.

I'm not quit that old, but I do prefer the M-14 I used in Basic Training to the M-16.
The M-14 felt like a rifle.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I only have 2 Smiths that were produced after 1984. I concentrate on ones in the 1950-1970 era.

[Smokin' Joe]

I'd use them if (and only if) I could afford to practice with them. Skills erode too quickly without range time, and I like to shoot what I shoot, now, and if need be, then.

[Smokin' Joe]

BTW, FReepmail me if you ever find a source for frangible round components, I reload, too. Thanks!