[harpseal]

Sig Firearms are made in NH and Maine. Ruger firearms are made in the USA as are several other brands. I tend to agree that a revolver is probably teh best for cockpit defense given the ranges involved and the reliability issues in very close quaters.

[El Laton Caliente]

Back when I reloaded, I carried a 1 3/4" barreled snub nose loaded with what was a cross between an inverted wad cutter and a semi-wad cutter over a charge of bull's eye. The bullets were cast by a man in S. Missippi who had done a lot of expansion experimenting. They had a very deep hollow point on a semi-wadcutter type bullet.

The results were amazing! In wet newspaper or wet sand the bullet would end up 4" deep and 3/4" plus in diameter. Just the thing in a cockpit where you do not want over penetration.

[crazykatz]

Are Barettas made in the USA now? I was more concerned about that angle?