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Sergio Natali · 07-07-2014, 11:31 AM

... I would also add that this topic somehow brings me to the "stopping power issue".

I've aways been a huge fan of the 1911 / 45ACP in fact in my life I think I owned quite a few of them (at the moment I've got 7 of them in my safe, and I shoot the Colt GCT or the Wilson CQB almost every week at the range) still without setting off another caliber war, would be safe to say that NO handgun can stop someone by the sheer force of its round regardless of the caliber.
9mm FMJ (not hollow point) probably is not the deadliest caliber ever conceived, but I wouldn’t stand in front of one.

About the USA made M9: after more than twenty years of different people shooting, carrying ,clearing, loading, neglecting, hammering tent pegs and only occasionally cleaning/lubing them, the M9s in service today are surely in a bad shape

All I can say is that since 1990 I've been owning an oldish Beretta 98F and I want to point out that unlike my Glock 21 my 98F NEVER NEVER malfuctioned once.

IMHO

Sergio

07-07-2014, 11:31 AM	#15
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	... I would also add that this topic somehow brings me to the "stopping power issue". I've aways been a huge fan of the 1911 / 45ACP in fact in my life I think I owned quite a few of them (at the moment I've got 7 of them in my safe, and I shoot the Colt GCT or the Wilson CQB almost every week at the range) still without setting off another caliber war, would be safe to say that NO handgun can stop someone by the sheer force of its round regardless of the caliber. 9mm FMJ (not hollow point) probably is not the deadliest caliber ever conceived, but I wouldn’t stand in front of one. About the USA made M9: after more than twenty years of different people shooting, carrying ,clearing, loading, neglecting, hammering tent pegs and only occasionally cleaning/lubing them, the M9s in service today are surely in a bad shape All I can say is that since 1990 I've been owning an oldish Beretta 98F and I want to point out that unlike my Glock 21 my 98F NEVER NEVER malfuctioned once. IMHO Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list. Last edited by Sergio Natali; 07-07-2014 at 12:29 PM.