Gun Quiz

[LongBlade]

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/

[Centurion40]

I failed!  :( 47%  :-[

[Barthheart]

I failed!  :( 47%  :-[

Ditto....  :(

[mirth]

53% which is better than I expected.

[LongBlade]

I had to guess at three or four and got all but one right. Call it the idiot/savant in me.

[Barthheart]

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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? 

[LongBlade]

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  ;)

[Barthheart]

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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....

[LongBlade]

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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.

[Barthheart]

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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.

[Centurion40]

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.

[LongBlade]

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.

[Barthheart]

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.....

[DoctorQuest]

007's Baretta jammed, too. That's why M made him take the Walther PPK.

[LongBlade]

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.