Newsgroups: sci.military Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: Peter Brooks Subject: Re: Side Arms For Fly Boys. Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Date: Tue, 30 Oct 90 05:24:45 GMT Approved: military@att.att.com Message-ID: <1990Oct30.052445.7246@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Lines: 22 From: Peter Brooks >Despite all the >compatability problems, I'm surprised that they didn't opt for the 10mm. >Depending on the load, it can compare favorably with the .45, and it's capacity is signficantly greater. Both personal experience and the opinions of several expert shooters I know say that the 10mm is generally too hot to be a self defence round. Anything you hit is in danger, but you gotta hit it first. In general, the .45 is the most powerful pistol that any trained person can be expected to controll adequately. Besides, the Marines consider themselves rifleman, not pistolmen. BTW, the new FBI round, the .40 S&W seems like an adequate replacement for a light .45 round, but it's not that much more compact. Besides, if you need anymore than 7 shots in a pistol, you are probably dead already... Pete Brooks pb@hpocia.hp.com