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1 posted on 09/25/2006 10:46:13 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
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I give you the winner.....


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2 posted on 09/25/2006 10:47:28 AM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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Didn't "M" admonish James Bond for carrying a Beretta because it lacked stopping power?

Years ago, I fired a .45 auto Colt. Holy smokes, sounded and felt like a cannon going off!


3 posted on 09/25/2006 10:49:00 AM PDT by RexBeach (Will Rogers Never Met Bill Clinton.)
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Sooo...did they stop the new pistol...or not? It's unclear.


I still hear it may well be the new H&K USP variant that sort of looks like a futuristic 1911. John Farnam, however, predicts it will be a Glock...which would suit me fine.


5 posted on 09/25/2006 10:51:50 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (The first rule in a gunfight is to have a gun, more than one, if possible..bring a shotgun)
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who were the 45 cal contenders?

Is this a common ammo issue? One world one calibur?


7 posted on 09/25/2006 10:53:37 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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Why don't they just use these:


9 posted on 09/25/2006 10:54:53 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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I have both a Berretta 92FS and an H&K USP .45 tactical. I would prefer the H&K hands down. I love my Berretta, but the H&K is simply better. My only knock against the H&K is it's a little bulky.
21 posted on 09/25/2006 11:00:39 AM PDT by KoRn
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Dust off the ol'e 10mm and be done with the arguments.


26 posted on 09/25/2006 11:08:46 AM PDT by n230099 ("If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.")
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Gunfighting rule #23 "Do not attend a gun fight with a handgun whose caliber does not start with a '4.'"
http://www.thegunzone.com/gunfighting.html


27 posted on 09/25/2006 11:09:33 AM PDT by RKV ( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
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The M1911 .45 caliber pistol that the 9mm Beretta replaced in 1985, was, as its nomenclature implied, an old design. There are several modern designs out there for .45 caliber pistols that are lighter, carry more ammo and are easier to maintain than the pre-World War I M1911 (which is actually about a century old, as a design). The Department of Defense planned to buy 645,000 JCPs. But now, the troops are being told to keep their 9mm Berettas, and all the complaints they have about those weapons.

Does no one remember September 11, 2001 when America was attacked by Islamic terrorists?

In 1898 the U.S Armed Forces carried .38 revolver

.38 caliber is .357

9 mm is .355

During the Spanish-American war the .38 caliber proved insufficient to stop Islamic terrorists in the Philippines

.45 caliber ACP was chosen, Browning designed a sidearm to stop Islamic Terrorists.

It seems that DoD has forgotten one hundred years of history.

The 1911 pistol may be 100 years old, but stopping Islamic Terrorists has remained the same.

OBTW; Think of this question : is Islamic Terrorist redundant ?


35 posted on 09/25/2006 11:15:26 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 144:1 Praise be to YHvH, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.)
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Ridiculous.

The sidearm has a neglible contribution to a platoon's fire power. What the DoD needs to do is come up with a real rifle and squad MG before worrying about handguns.

Those who NEED sidearms (Special Operations) are authotized to procure whatever they wish anyway.
37 posted on 09/25/2006 11:16:55 AM PDT by struwwelpeter
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My .45cal Kimber, every time...


42 posted on 09/25/2006 11:19:35 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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Sidestep the issue just get a MP5K-PDW, no bigger than a 1911.

Why ? Because 9mm bursts have more punch than a single 45 round.


BUMP

44 posted on 09/25/2006 11:20:16 AM PDT by capitalist229 (Get Democrats out of our pockets and Republicans out of our bedrooms.)
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I never liked the M9. I have relatively small hands and the diagonal-stack magazine made the grip too fat to fit comfortably in my hand. Quite unlike the M1911A1, which was comfortable and natural.


81 posted on 09/25/2006 12:57:23 PM PDT by Doohickey (I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
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oh yes the 9 is better than that ole 45.So get rid of the 45 you have been hanging on to for all these years and send them to me.Sarc.There is a reason the 45 is still prefered in this day and time.Knock'em on their ass performance.


102 posted on 09/26/2006 4:36:48 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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Personally, I still love and shoot my .45 regularly, never cared for the 9mm.


103 posted on 09/26/2006 4:40:27 AM PDT by exnavy (God bless America)
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There are some who would not be satisfied until they go this far.

106 posted on 09/27/2006 4:40:00 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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There have been constant complaints about the lesser (compared to the .45) hitting power of the 9mm, as well as reliability problems with the Beretta.

Was this from anyone who actually used one in combat?

107 posted on 09/27/2006 4:43:29 PM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse ( ~()):~)>)
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Foreign arms backers beat down American arms backers?


121 posted on 09/27/2006 10:22:47 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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Wheel guns are real guns!

;o)
127 posted on 09/28/2006 10:56:29 AM PDT by LIConFem (Just opened a new seafood restaurant in Great Britain, called "Squid Pro Quid")
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My Wife has a Springfield Armory XD9, but for most applications she prefers her 7.62x39mm:

A proper "Girls Gun"

130 posted on 09/28/2006 11:03:58 AM PDT by tcostell (MOLON LABE)
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