The return of BLAM!

[unixronin]

No, I'm not talking about Schlock Mercenary.  olafthunderfoot found this report, which asserts that the US Department of Defense has finally ditched the Beretta M9 (after 20 years of reliability issues and unsatisfactory performance in the field), and is going back to a .45 pistol.  SOCOM has been tasked with finding the M9's replacement, to be designated the Joint Combat Pistol.

I think I know a lot of grunts who are going to be very happy with this decision.

(For Schlock fans, here's some classic BLAM from the archives.)

Comments

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I don't actually load 10mm, since I don't own one, so I don't actually know what would be safely attainable. I guess my point was that I'd consider the sweet spot for 10mm to probably lie somewhere in the 155gr-180gr range. I load 155gr in my .40S&W.