Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Lee Mellinger) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Side Arms For Fly Boys. Message-ID: <1990Nov1.024817.11925@cbnews.att.com> Date: 1 Nov 90 02:48:17 GMT References: <1990Oct30.052445.7246@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 35 Approved: military@att.att.com From: leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Lee Mellinger) In article <1990Oct30.052445.7246@cbnews.att.com> brooksp@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Peter Brooks) writes: : : :From: Peter Brooks :>Despite all the :>compatability problems, I'm surprised that they didn't opt for the 10mm. :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. : :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 The FBI is not using the .40 S&W, they have purchased about 10,000 S&W 10mm pistols, model 1076. They are using a mid-range load of 185 grain bullet at 950 fps. The ballestics are about the same for this load as the .40, but the 1076 can be loaded with the full power 10mm load, the .40 cal guns cannot. From a defensive point of view, to give up 7 rounds of ammo with the same ballestics does not make any sense, tactical situations cannot be predicted and those extra rounds may be the difference between life and death. Lee "Mit Pulver und Blei, die Gedanken sind frei." |Lee F. Mellinger Caltech/Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA |4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 818/393-0516 FTS 977-0516 |leem@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV