Carl N. Brown
Member
Beretta v 1911
My son sold me his 1911 and later bought a Beretta.
He replaced it with a .40 H&K USP and a lot of
bad words about the Beretta: the grip size, shape
and angle simply did not fit his hand. Since most
pistol shooting is off hand and not off sandbags,
ergonomics should be point one in handgun design.
The USP seems to fit him better. He's happier with
it.
Problems with military sidearm: one size cannot fit all
hands and it appears the M9 was a worse fit than the
1911 (as hard as that seems to be).
And I concur that the biggest complaint out of Iraq
has been that the issue magazines are incredibly poor
quality and troops have been asking family to mail them
good beretta magazines, civilian ten shots are preferred
over the military issue mag. I have heard this from two
non-internet sources.
My son sold me his 1911 and later bought a Beretta.
He replaced it with a .40 H&K USP and a lot of
bad words about the Beretta: the grip size, shape
and angle simply did not fit his hand. Since most
pistol shooting is off hand and not off sandbags,
ergonomics should be point one in handgun design.
The USP seems to fit him better. He's happier with
it.
Problems with military sidearm: one size cannot fit all
hands and it appears the M9 was a worse fit than the
1911 (as hard as that seems to be).
And I concur that the biggest complaint out of Iraq
has been that the issue magazines are incredibly poor
quality and troops have been asking family to mail them
good beretta magazines, civilian ten shots are preferred
over the military issue mag. I have heard this from two
non-internet sources.