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Old 12-15-2014, 05:46 PM
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Default US military to replace the Beretta

It's Glock vs. S&W:



http://www.businessweek.com/articles...n-hands#r=read
Old 12-15-2014, 07:03 PM
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Goooooo glock.
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i wonder what round will replace the 9mm.



maybe something cool and exotic. id be happy with somethin like the 5.7×28mm. NATO seems to like it.
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There are a lot of advantages to the 5.7x28 or a round like it. I would like a FN Five-Seven. I also want to get an AR15 upper chambered in the same. It has a 50rd mag that's top mounted and ejects brass down through the mag well.
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10mm. And require that anyone who can't fire it properly can't carry it.
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You'll have half the military without a sidearm in that case. I think the 10mm is great, but most entities have abandoned it due to the average person not being able to perform well with it.
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Si, si. We'd be better off with an army that could handle the 10mm, you're right! it's hot stuff man, that's why we have the feds using .40 S&W instead! </sarc> Still, it would be nice to have a fat supply of surplus 10mm brass wouldn't it?



Anyway, as Col. Cooper said, recoil is mostly* mental. I once went shooting with a big fat guy who had no problem with full-power .357 out of a revolver but chickened out when it came time to fire off 12 ga. slugs. That's a training issue right there.



*mostly. .44 mag and 10mm are up there with those calibers you can't be surprised a small-handed person just can't deal with.




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