Posted on 07/03/2014 7:51:01 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
The U.S. Army is moving forward to replace the Cold War-era M9 9mm pistol with a more powerful handgun that also meets the needs of the other services.
As the lead agent for small arms, the Army will hold an industry day July 29 to talk to gun makers about the joint, Modular Handgun System or MHS.
The MHS would replace the Army's inventory of more than 200,000 outdated M9 pistols and several thousand M11 9mm pistols with one that has greater accuracy, lethality, reliability and durability, according to Daryl Easlick, a project officer with the Army's Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia.
"It's a total system replacement -- new gun, new ammo, new holster, everything," Easlick said.
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Squantos, well, I have admit I’m intrigued by the 227, but haven’t been able to get my mitts on one yet. Perhaps one will be available for close up inspection at the big GunShow end of July. Lots of uber cool stuff at that one.
i think you will like it.... the grip is imo perfect as is..... no aftermarket add ons for this one. out of the box perfection.
That is HE went overseas, not “WE”. Typo.
If it don’t start with 4, don’t go to war!
So use 1911’s chambered in 10mm (or develop a 10.5 or 11mm round). Besides, isn’t the “7.62x51 NATO” essentially a 308 Win?
Hey brother Squantos!!! Good to hear from ya.
“...Never felt under gunned or out ranged...”
That’s a great, confident feeling, ain’t it?
Not in the market for anything like a service pistol right now, but I have to admit that "Sig, the next generation" looks mighty comfy and efficient.
I've come to the conclusion that ergonomics is everything. The worse the fit, the more "pre-stress" that gets pre-loaded into your hand and arm before even firing the first shot.
In my case, if the handgun has swappable parts to redo grip shape, I get consistently better (and more comfortable) shooting with the grips reduced as much as possible.
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