I'd rather have a primary and secondary that use the same ammo than a decent rifle and a shitty handgun. Reduces ammo load, logistical wet dream, etc. You have to think like the government here... which means price is god not power.
Of course I want a .45 on my hip, but the
military would benefit from something more like 5.7x28mm or a carbine pistol variant. If both the primary and sidearm genre took 30 rnd 5.56mm mags... it would be an easier world.
The FN Five-seveN is a decent pistol. Two of my friends own them and use them to great effect in rapid fire grouping. The piece has too much extraneous plastic in the design, but I'm not suggesting IT as a US military sidearm. I was suggesting a gun LIKE it, perhaps. Thin aluminum frame with hi cap mag, thin steel slide, ambi control setup like H&K USP, perhaps.
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Originally Posted by kel
Checkmate made the magazine to the specifications requested. Is it their fault that the finish specified did not play well with sand?
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Yeah, since they put the rough bake-on finish on the inside of the magazine as well... which binds the follower in places without sound. Like Fort Bragg ranges. I hate arguing about this bullshit... TACOM reps and I had a long talk about this once and they said the same thing I did: Oooops! Bad mags.