How well do you know your firearms?
I missed one: 94%
http://www.washingtontimes.com/quiz/2015/feb/25/how-well-do-you-know-guns-take-quiz/
I failed! :( 47% :-[
53% which is better than I expected.
I had to guess at three or four and got all but one right. Call it the idiot/savant in me.
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So why are police forces banded from choosing the Beretta when it's the hand gun of choice for the military?
IIRC in that quiz, it was only NYC. Why? Probably something to do with the procurement process. Three were approved and it was probably figured that three were enough to give a choice without creating too much of a logistical headache in terms of maintenance and repair.
Sometimes stuff just doesn't make the cut for whatever reason.
When the US Army was testing for its next handgun the Beretta and Sig were the two contestants. Sig lost. If you ask me that was the wrong choice...but nobody is asking ;)
Quote from: LongBlade on May 14, 2015, 10:04:00 AM
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When the US Army was testing for its next handgun the Beretta and Sig were the two contestants. Sig lost. If you ask me that was the wrong choice...but nobody is asking ;)
They should have stuck with the .45.... just sayin....
Quote from: Barthheart on May 14, 2015, 10:08:14 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on May 14, 2015, 10:04:00 AM
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When the US Army was testing for its next handgun the Beretta and Sig were the two contestants. Sig lost. If you ask me that was the wrong choice...but nobody is asking ;)
They should have stuck with the .45.... just sayin....
The Marines are going back to it (to some degree), but not with Sig.
Quote from: LongBlade on May 14, 2015, 10:09:30 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on May 14, 2015, 10:08:14 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on May 14, 2015, 10:04:00 AM
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When the US Army was testing for its next handgun the Beretta and Sig were the two contestants. Sig lost. If you ask me that was the wrong choice...but nobody is asking ;)
They should have stuck with the .45.... just sayin....
The Marines are going back to it (to some degree), but not with Sig.
Yeah I meant the Colt .45 M1911A1.
Quote from: LongBlade on May 14, 2015, 10:04:00 AM
IIRC in that quiz, it was only NYC. Why? Probably something to do with the procurement process. Three were approved and it was probably figured that three were enough to give a choice without creating too much of a logistical headache in terms of maintenance and repair.
Sometimes stuff just doesn't make the cut for whatever reason.
When the US Army was testing for its next handgun the Beretta and Sig were the two contestants. Sig lost. If you ask me that was the wrong choice...but nobody is asking ;)
Interesting, when I sent to the range a month ago, the Beretta jammed on me. Could just be the model.
Quote from: Barthheart on May 14, 2015, 10:15:56 AM
Yeah I meant the Colt .45 M1911A1.
Ah. The Sig p220 is .45 so the caliber was in the running against Beretta. The sig is heavy as heck but that's also its principle strength - it's built to last for centuries. During testing they ran 10k rounds through it without a single failure. Berettas were just cheaper.
Quote from: LongBlade on May 14, 2015, 10:21:03 AM
Quote from: Barthheart on May 14, 2015, 10:15:56 AM
Yeah I meant the Colt .45 M1911A1.
Ah. The Sig p220 is .45 so the caliber was in the running against Beretta. The sig is heavy as heck but that's also its principle strength - it's built to last for centuries. During testing they ran 10k rounds through it without a single failure. Berettas were just cheaper.
Same thoughts that went into making the Colt.
Does the Sig have the same stopping power that the Colt does (Assume so as it's a .45)? If I needed a side arm I'd think I'd want something that would put and adversary down in a couple of rounds instead of the entire clip.....
007's Baretta jammed, too. That's why M made him take the Walther PPK.
Quote from: Barthheart on May 14, 2015, 10:39:08 AM
Does the Sig have the same stopping power that the Colt does (Assume so as it's a .45)? If I needed a side arm I'd think I'd want something that would put and adversary down in a couple of rounds instead of the entire clip.....
That's beyond me, I'm afraid. I was happy with the Sig based on other merits. The difference of a couple hundred FPS - to my mind - is irrelevant. A .45 has plenty of oomph behind it. That's good enough for me.
lol - so the US doesn't ban hollow point rounds but the world does in warfare :idiot2:
Clearly I don't know my weapons...(although it wasn't really just about weapons).
47%
I managed to get two questions in before I bailed. The stupid damn ads popping up and the 'required' survey thing were all a tad annoying.
I failed both questions, so I doubt I missed much other than a possible 0% rating on this one, ha.
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on May 18, 2015, 09:47:17 PM
I managed to get two questions in before I bailed. The stupid damn ads popping up and the 'required' survey thing were all a tad annoying.
I failed both questions, so I doubt I missed much other than a possible 0% rating on this one, ha.
I use Ghostery, which allows ads that are spyware free. Needless to say, I see very few ads. I do see them here, though :D
Quote from: LongBlade on May 18, 2015, 10:23:19 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on May 18, 2015, 09:47:17 PM
I managed to get two questions in before I bailed. The stupid damn ads popping up and the 'required' survey thing were all a tad annoying.
I failed both questions, so I doubt I missed much other than a possible 0% rating on this one, ha.
I use Ghostery, which allows ads that are spyware free. Needless to say, I see very few ads. I do see them here, though :D
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/516156/a-popular-ad-blocker-also-helps-the-ad-industry/
I didnt take the quiz, guaranteed fail. I only know what is in games like CS or ghost recon.
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on May 19, 2015, 10:24:29 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on May 18, 2015, 10:23:19 PM
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on May 18, 2015, 09:47:17 PM
I managed to get two questions in before I bailed. The stupid damn ads popping up and the 'required' survey thing were all a tad annoying.
I failed both questions, so I doubt I missed much other than a possible 0% rating on this one, ha.
I use Ghostery, which allows ads that are spyware free. Needless to say, I see very few ads. I do see them here, though :D
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/516156/a-popular-ad-blocker-also-helps-the-ad-industry/
Interesting, thanks.
Best I can tell I'm sending anonymous data back to them.
82% Whooo!
And I don't care; Berettas are sexy weapons and I like the 92's lines. Problem isn't in the size of the caliber that we're using, but in the ammo we (the military) have to use. Ball ammo is what it is and to paraphrase a fellow I used to know in the Army, "there ain't no replacement for displacement," when it comes to using ball ammo - which is why the .45 was chosen over the .38 (which is around 9mm in size but not as fast a round, I think) way back in the day in the first place. Bigger, slower round = bigger hole in person generally.
On the flip side, the book by William Fairbairn (sp?) about his time in the Shanghai police tells about terrible wounds from the "mauser," round - a hot, fast round compared to .455 Webley - which kind of runs counter to the bigger is better idea. Dang good book, by the way.
Safe to say that this question will bedevil all the gun peoples up until they adopt lasers or blasters as primary military weapons at which point they'll bitch that "all those dang laser bolts just shoot right through people and don't bounce around and mess 'em up like good ol' bullets used to do, yessiree," and then go to gripe how their internet was so slow back in the day that it used to take them whole minutes to download movies sometimes.
In real life I had never hold a gun but in gaming specially in Counter strike I am having 70% accuracy of head shots.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on May 18, 2015, 12:20:21 PM
lol - so the US doesn't ban hollow point rounds but the world does in warfare :idiot2:
Clearly I don't know my weapons...(although it wasn't really just about weapons).
47%
Found an article for you that may clarify the issue a bit :)
QuoteOne critical rule of firearms safety is that the bullet must stay in its intended backstop. No responsible shooter would go to one of the older indoor shooting ranges that have a warning poster saying "Lead Bullets Only, Jacketed Bullets Can Pierce Backstop" and then proceed to pump hard-jacketed bullets into that frail backing.
On the street, the only safe backstop for the defensive handgun's bullets is the body of the offender. Therefore, it is not exactly responsible to be firing bullets that are likely to shoot through the assailant. This is one of the main reasons law enforcement in its virtual entirety has gone to expanding bullet handgun ammunition in this country. It was a lesson written in blood.
Seven Cases Highlight the Reality
In 1999, New York City became almost the last major police department to adopt hollow-point ammunition. They did so in the face of huge, long-term opposition based on political correctness and the erroneous perception of hollow points as wicked "dum-dum bullets."Seven Cases Highlight the Reality
One reason they were able to pass it was that the city fathers had been made to realize how much danger the supposedly "humane, Geneva Convention-approved" ammunition previously used presented to innocent bystanders and police officers when the duty weapons were fired in self-defense or defense of others.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/18/is-hollowpoint-the-best-defensive-ammo-for-concealed-carry/
There's much more information at the link.