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BurtReynoldsMoustache · #51 09-08-2010, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Excalibur

What about the deal with the 9mm NATO being standard?

It was already ubiquitous throughout Europe and the Commonwealth. .45 ACP was only used in the United States, Latin America, and China.

S&Wshooter · #52 09-08-2010, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Excalibur

What about the deal with the 9mm NATO being standard?

NATO can suck it

BurtReynoldsMoustache · #53 09-08-2010, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter

NATO can suck it

Because we totally could've held off Soviet expansion all by ourselves.

S&Wshooter · #54 09-08-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BurtReynoldsMoustache

Because we totally could've held off Soviet expansion all by ourselves.

Let me rephrase that: We shouldn't have done what all the cool kids were doing and stuck with the .45

funkychinaman · #55 09-08-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter

Let me rephrase that: We shouldn't have done what all the cool kids were doing and stuck with the .45

Which is basically what we've done. We still use .45 pistols, and we've solicited bids for .45 pistols since the M9 decision. (The Mk 23) The cancelled JCP competition also specified for a .45 pistol.

S&Wshooter · #56 09-08-2010, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by funkychinaman

Which is basically what we've done. We still use .45 pistols, and we've solicited bids for .45 pistols since the M9 decision. (The Mk 23) The cancelled JCP competition also specified for a .45 pistol.

But the official sidearm is the M9. I really wish they would have chose the Sig over the Beretta