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From: jalden@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Joshua M. Alden)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Big bore carry guns (and Sig Sauer)
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Date: 2 Jun 91 16:17:31 GMT
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Hello!

    I'm looking into getting a better carry gun than my Ruger GP-100.
(The Ruger is lovely, but huge.)

    I would like it to have the following characteristics:

    semi-auto
    big-bore (10mm, .45, .40)
    as concealable as possible (very important)
    utterly reliable
    non-reflective (stainless steel is out)
    body sweat won't corrode it
    no magazine-drop safety
    slide release, safety, magazine release all reachable without
      shifting grip to a non-shooting position.

    I'd like to get a double-action-on-the-first-shot type, but one
which I can rack to single-action if I have that luxury.  I want to be
able to draw and fire if necessary, but I also want to have accuracy
for repeated fire, and that means single-action.

    I often wear shorts and a T-shirt or a T-shirt and blue jeans in
the summer, so I have this problem concealing big-bore firearms... :)
Any suggestions on that point?  It seems to me that a single-stack
magazine is a must for maximum concealability, but I could be wrong.
Most of my previous experience is with revolvers.

    Also, what are the pros and cons of 10mm, .45 and .40 ammunition?
Based on present rates, can anyone give an informed guess on when .40
will be comparable in price to .45?

    I've been looking around, and I haven't found a firearm which meets
all these criteria.  I thought I'd found it in the Colt Officer's .45,
but that's got a magazine-drop safety.  Anyone know of a firearm which
fits all or most of my criteria, or am I dreaming?

    On a completely different note, a nearby police department has just
gone to a "Sig Sauer p225/226 9mm semi-automatic pistol" as the standard
weapon, and I'm applying for a job there.  Any comments on this Sig?

-Josh.

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