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Saw a totally inaccurate article on the M9 Beretta in
the October issue of National Defense.
You can read the entire article at:
http://nationaldefense.ndia.org/article.cfm?Id=302
Some of the more outrageous claims are as follows:
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The M9's 9 mm bullet is slightly smaller than the .45
caliber, Reh said, but it has a much greater muzzle
velocity, 1,200 feet per second for the 9 mm, compared to
830 feet per second for the .45.
This makes the M9 much more accurate, Reh said. The 9
mm's maximum effective range is 152 feet, while the .45's
is 82 feet, he said.
In tests conducted by the Army, a 9 mm with a full
magazine fired from a distance of 25 meters produced an
average target grouping of 2.7 inches, compared to 4.5
inches for a .45.
The .45 caliber pistol, with its heavier bullet, was
designed to stop enemy soldiers charging at close range,
Reh said, but the 9 mm is much more likely to hit them
in the first place and to penetrate.
The 9 mm is much more reliable than the .45, said
Funcasta. Randomly selected M9s fired an average of 4,000
rounds between stoppages, he said, while the .45s fired
an average of 162 rounds between them."
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Since when is velocity the key to accuracy?
Guess the author has never seen a real shooter fire a .45 at 50 yards
and take out the 10 ring!
You would think the article was a Beretta publicity release!
John Rickards
Fairfax, VA
"What experience and history teach is this: that
people and governments have never learned anything
from history." - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel,
German philosopher (1770-1831).
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I remember those figures from the M9 tests - it pitted
new M9s against M1911A1s. I think it likely the accuracy
figures and MRBF figures are accurate, but the reason
the .45 was being replaced was because it was worn out
so no surprises there.
Steve.
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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