Billy, Iyou just can't beat a good ole M&P can you? I have a 6" M10 that was my grandfather's. He carried it during his tenure in Okinawa after the war as a chief in the Navy. Love it. Shoots like it was a custom piece. they sure could make 'em back then, eh?
Bond's Gun in Live and Let Die
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Almadjian
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Posted 10 April 2005 - 07:10 AM
Thought you might find this interesting:
In 1941 the British intelligence Special Operations Executive (the SOE) ran a series of tests of all handguns avalable to determine which pistol would on a one on one encounter with an enrmy armed with a handgun.
a) give the highest probability that the enemy would be killed and
would not be able to fire back
Calibers tested ranged from .22 to .455. (the .357 Magnum was not available in England at that time,) They found that the best weapon was a 10 shot .22 lr automatic emptied rapidly into the upper body area. of the enemy
On the basis of these tests they equipped their agents with 1o shot .22 automatics and whatever the killing/wounding mechaniism was, they worked
The moral of this story is don't underestimate the effectiveness of a .22 lr handgun in the hands of someone who knows how to use it.
In 1941 the British intelligence Special Operations Executive (the SOE) ran a series of tests of all handguns avalable to determine which pistol would on a one on one encounter with an enrmy armed with a handgun.
a) give the highest probability that the enemy would be killed and
would not be able to fire backCalibers tested ranged from .22 to .455. (the .357 Magnum was not available in England at that time,) They found that the best weapon was a 10 shot .22 lr automatic emptied rapidly into the upper body area. of the enemy
On the basis of these tests they equipped their agents with 1o shot .22 automatics and whatever the killing/wounding mechaniism was, they worked
The moral of this story is don't underestimate the effectiveness of a .22 lr handgun in the hands of someone who knows how to use it.
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Posted 22 August 2005 - 02:33 PM
interesting discussion...i have a Colt New Service double action revolver with 7 1/2" barrel, originally chambered in .45 Long Colt caliber and converted to .45 Auto Colt Pistol by the factory, when new, in 1940. my assumption is that the scramble for firearms at that time would have resulted in Colt digging through their their existing stocks of handguns suitable for conversion to the standar military caliber, .45 ACP. as far as i know, the only candidate in double-action revolvers would have been the New Service, made from 1898 to 1944, the heaviest double-action frame they ever produced. it had also been rushed into production during WW1 to supply immediate huge demand. to enable it to use .45 ACP, which has no rim and is thus inconvenient when ejecting fired rounds, the "half-moon clip" was devised, holding 3 cartridges, not only enabling great ejection but also much faster loading. later came the "full-moon clip", which holds 6 rounds, the ancestor of the speed-loader.