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To: riverrunner
"Could it be that the 9mm has proven it self as a viable pistol caliber longer then the .45acp

No - it's still a glorified .38 Special with a lighter hardball slug - and the same round the Germans lost two wars in a row with. The army picked 9mm so they'd have a caliber young ladies could handle, not to actually kill anybody with..

29 posted on 01/27/2017 1:03:22 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Chainmail

The Germans lost two world wars because of the 9mm? I want some of what you are smoking.


33 posted on 01/27/2017 1:09:14 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: Chainmail

I imagine tens of millions of dead Russians thought the German Army was pretty efficient.


34 posted on 01/27/2017 1:09:15 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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