Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] Best place to buy 9mm ammo?
From: doubs43 at cox.net (Walker Smith)
Date: Tue Nov 2 17:23:55 2004

While 9mm is OK, the .45 ACP is better IMO. (More often than not, if I 
carry it's a 9mm Makarov which is actually 9.25mm. I'm licensed.)

The 9mm has a very sharp "crack" that works on the nerves but recoil 
shouldn't be a problem in any full-size 9mm pistol. I prefer a 1911 .45 
Auto that's been slightly "tuned". The feed ramp polished and the 
chamber throated to take hollow points reliably. Fixed combat sights 
help. Stay away from extremely light triggers for two reasons; safety 
and should the unthinkable happen and you have to use the pistol in self 
defense, a lawyer will use a light trigger against you in court. My .45 
has a GI-issue trigger and won't go off by accident.

While Walther makes a fine pistol. IMO they're too expensive. So are 
Berretta's and SIG's. There are licensed copies of the Browning Hi-Power 
coming out of Argentina that should be a fine pistol and reasonably 
priced. They're made by DGFM, I believe, and the Argies have a history 
of making excellent firearms although the Spanish reputation for using 
soft steel has unfairly tainted Argentine guns. The Browning Hi-Power 
has a 13 round magazine which is once more legal now that the 
Assault-weapon's ban has gone "tango-uniform".

Walker


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