HMMurdock
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This post has no point, other than theory and perspective.
I own an AK clone (Vector AKM style). Not because I need the firepower, but because to me owning an AK is owning a piece of history. The modern world, for better or worse, has been shaped by the effectiveness and availability of the Avtomat Kalashnikov. Across the world and in EVERY 3rd world hellhole, the AK47 is more than a common rifle but a representation of decades of history of warfare. The same could be said for many other rifles, but in my experience as a political science nerd the AK47 is a symbol as well as a useful tool in the right hands.
What pistol could dare approach this level? I see the Browning High-Power 9mm (and the Glock 9mm approaching) as the prevalent reliable, available sidearm to developing nations. Like the AK47, it has stood the test of time and continues to be a prevalent tool in the world's growing arsenal-- especially outside of the United States. My ethnocentric American personality (isn't that a trait not only especially of our nation, but to anyone with a homeland?) inclines me to investigate the 1911 as I know it is the staple sidearm of American history and still popular among the gun nuts across the globe, but I question its involvement in the scale of conflicts and the relevant availability across the world as is, in my experience, dominated by the Browning High-Power.
I know most of you will disagree, so c'mon! I'm anxious to be educated!
I own an AK clone (Vector AKM style). Not because I need the firepower, but because to me owning an AK is owning a piece of history. The modern world, for better or worse, has been shaped by the effectiveness and availability of the Avtomat Kalashnikov. Across the world and in EVERY 3rd world hellhole, the AK47 is more than a common rifle but a representation of decades of history of warfare. The same could be said for many other rifles, but in my experience as a political science nerd the AK47 is a symbol as well as a useful tool in the right hands.
What pistol could dare approach this level? I see the Browning High-Power 9mm (and the Glock 9mm approaching) as the prevalent reliable, available sidearm to developing nations. Like the AK47, it has stood the test of time and continues to be a prevalent tool in the world's growing arsenal-- especially outside of the United States. My ethnocentric American personality (isn't that a trait not only especially of our nation, but to anyone with a homeland?) inclines me to investigate the 1911 as I know it is the staple sidearm of American history and still popular among the gun nuts across the globe, but I question its involvement in the scale of conflicts and the relevant availability across the world as is, in my experience, dominated by the Browning High-Power.
I know most of you will disagree, so c'mon! I'm anxious to be educated!