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Why the .45 Matters
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| Feb 1, 2006
Posted on 02/01/2006 3:42:08 PM PST by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett
My cousin, a Marine, just got back from Iraq last month. He still instinctively slaps his thigh whenever he hears a sudden loud noise.
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:43:18 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: John Jorsett
Interesting article, ping. (I'll try to comment as soon as I finish translating from the GUNSPEAK LEXICON). :D
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:46:09 PM PST
by
cgk
(I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
To: John Jorsett
The 9mm is a metrosexual pistol. The .45 is a man's gun.
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:46:12 PM PST
by
dinok
To: John Jorsett
To: Gordongekko909
Best one shot fight stopper there is. That's why it's important.
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:48:56 PM PST
by
Euro-American Scum
(A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
To: John Jorsett
At 840 fps muzzle velocity the .45 is like throwing a trash can down a alley.
GODBLESS OUR TROOPS!
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:49:29 PM PST
by
alpha-8-25-02
("SAVED BY GRACE AND GRACE ALONE")
To: John Jorsett
Technically, the “hitting power” of a bullet is determined by the bullet weight and velocity, and is measured in joules. Ehhh..... what happened to Foot-Pounds?
To: John Jorsett
Brother, you be preachin' the Gospel truth.
The .45 is more effective in many, many ways than competing rounds. Why our troops were forced to use another round is beyond me and common sense.
In the area of rifles, I've really enjoyed using my .45-70 single shot. It only takes one bullet to roll a wild hog.
To: dinok
I have a .40 (glock) and it kicks like a mule.
Went shooting w/ a friend and his .45 was smooth as silk.
SMACK!!! (Hitting forehead w/ palm) shoulda bought a .45!
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:51:55 PM PST
by
Scribbz
(Navy brat and proud!)
To: John Jorsett
I have a S&W 9mm and a Springfield Armory 1911. If in a gun fight I would take that 1911 any day over the 9mm. The SA1911 just "feels" more like a real gun.
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:52:39 PM PST
by
Xenophobic Alien
(At a higher altitude with flag unfurled We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world)
To: Scribbz
All in the weight of the gun.
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:53:12 PM PST
by
Xenophobic Alien
(At a higher altitude with flag unfurled We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world)
To: John Jorsett
The M1911 is a fine weapon.
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:53:52 PM PST
by
colorado tanker
(I can't comment on things that might come before the Court, but I can tell you my Pinochle strategy)
To: John Jorsett
New Kimber Desert Warrior:
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:54:46 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: Disambiguator
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:56:36 PM PST
by
Scribbz
(Navy brat and proud!)
To: John Jorsett
We have rules here, FRiend. Namely, if you're going to post gun porn, you have to post the pics.
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:58:14 PM PST
by
Doohickey
(If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
To: bikepacker67
Foot pounds is jost another way of saying how much energy the bullet carries. Actually joules is fairly close even if the numbers don't mean the same.
In other words my Lapua cartridges are rated at something like 2800 joules which would be roughly 2400 foot pounds.
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posted on
02/01/2006 3:59:37 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: Scribbz
Yeah, that color scheme looks pretty cool. Since I live in the desert, it would match the terrain pretty well.
Hmm.
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posted on
02/01/2006 4:01:29 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: John Jorsett
I love my 1911A1 and will use it...
if they get past my M-1928...
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posted on
02/01/2006 4:01:44 PM PST
by
Bender2
(Stop doodling around... Read the first three chapters of my Science Fiction novel.)
To: DeaconNoGood
I think the main reason they went to 9mm is that is what the NATO troops carried.
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