Humorous thread on US Army ammo contract

[Buzznrose]

You are awfully sure of all that. I don’t have to let anything go. I have what I want, a little of everything.

I apologize for the “let it go” remark. I didn’t mean it to be in any way derogatory but see how it could easily be seen that way.

And I was never inferring anyone should give up on their own preferences. Not at all.

As far as “awfully sure...”, I guess yes, I am. The striker fire designed guns are arguably simpler to use and definitely cheaper to maintain, easier to train new shooters on, and the plethora of ridiculous “torture tests” has documented their durability.

 

[DustyGmt]

My 9mm identifies as a .45...

Its pretty insensitive to just assume people's calibers...

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

My 9mm identifies as a .45...

Its pretty insensitive to just assume people's calibers...

Now that's funny...

 

[Bfh_auto]

And retro. Don't forget retro.

Please just say no to that...
I hate hearing that term. I'm young enough to have friends that use that. It's always something that should have been left in the past.

 

[fpgt72]

It's the same old argument.
A perfect shot with a .45 does not kill any deader than a perfect shot with a 9mm.
A follow-up shot after a less-than-perfect shot with a .45 is usually a little slower than a similar follow-up shot with a 9mm.
A .45 usually carries less follow-up shots than a 9mm.
I like them both, and use either of them almost interchangeably.

You left out a few, hand guns are pretty difficult to shoot well.....and 45 is looked at as being harder to shoot then a 9.

 

[481]

Couldn't resist.

More bullets mean never having to say you're sorry.

Sorry.

 

[DustyGmt]

I was recently standing at the LGS, not my local gun shop but one relatively close by. Guy comes in and B lines right for the glock display, he's looking.....looking......looking. Says kind of in a huff and gruf way "you guys don't carry any Glock .40's" and the guy behind the counter tells him "we get em in from time to time but we don't really sell too many, mostly 9mm and .45" so the .40 guy just scoffs in disbelief (as if there could be any other caliber worthy of this display case), at this point the seller asks him if he owns any handguns in .40 and if he was specifically after a .40 (which he obviously was) or if he was just looking for a general purpose handgun....

He actually didnt own any guns and this was to be his first but he was going .40 all the way and there wouldn't be any discussion of 9mm, he wanted the one shot stopping power of the almighty .40 cal, shhiiit 9mm bounce right off a windshield, shhiiiiit, mf talk'n bout 9mm, maybe .45, maybe, maybe .45. But 9mm? Not this sucka.

It was humorous, I embellish a lil but that was basically the spirit of the discussion and I just kinda chuckled. Guy knew what he was after, no problem with that, each their own but I think he was a lil misinformed about the adequacy of 9mm as a defensive cartridge. I had my head twisted around a lil bit when I was younger so for the longest time I didn't look twice at AR's or glocks or 9mm. I've known some .45 guys. I have since been educated...

 

[rpenmanparker]

I apologize for the “let it go” remark. I didn’t mean it to be in any way derogatory but see how it could easily be seen that way.

And I was never inferring anyone should give up on their own preferences. Not at all.

As far as “awfully sure...”, I guess yes, I am. The striker fire designed guns are arguably simpler to use and definitely cheaper to maintain, easier to train new shooters on, and the plethora of ridiculous “torture tests” has documented their durability.

Okay, and thanks for the clarification. All good. But the gun I am talking about would combine the best of the two concepts. Double stack, single action, hammer fired, standardized parts. Polymer frame. And so on. It might not be a tremendous commercial favorite. But I sure would like it.