HEY GUYS! The LAPD is switching from revolvers! Read all about it!

[kage69]

Sleek and form fitting. Like an anvil.

 

[Ichinisan]

Nearly all guns are semi-automatic. Pull the trigger once, you get one bullet.

Most people still don't know that's what "semi-auto" means.

They incorrectly assume it means something like a full-auto weapon.

 

[Ichinisan]

The article is from 1986

Figured they would have been using semi-auto long before that.

 

[gill77]

Sleek and form fitting. Like an anvil.

If there is a response hall of fame, that should be included.

 

[highland145]

Yeah that 10mm did not go over well with smaller framed agents and females. I feel weird critiquing 10mm recoil because I'm a .500 owner, that and all the 10s I've ever tried belonged to other people so my experience is limited. 9mm will suffice, maybe forever if default velocities end up being in the 2,000fps neighborhood. That seems to be the threshold for most kevlar armor IIRC. Then again there are some interesting bullet designs out there, Lehigh, Spartan come to mind. Expensive though, perhaps prohibitively for widescale adoption. They can do plate and clear target completely.

I don't really care about .40S&W. High pressure load for not a lot of difference from 9mm? Why not just use 9mm and take it easy on the gun while saving money? 10mm is still interesting to me, considering have it replace the horse pistol for bear country.

edit: I cant type today

I inherited a lot of .40 gold dots so Glock 27/kahr cm it is.

I do really like my Glock 17 1st gen. I just don't have much ammo.

 

[FelixDeCat]

The article is from 1986

I remember 1986.

Fun times.

 

[clamum]

Variety of reasons, with some geographic thrown in. Lot of parts in the 1911, relatively complex. Revolvers have been reliable along time now, and with moon clips and speed loaders reloads are on par with mags with training. I know in Maine a lot of cops were loathe to give up the .357mag. It's nice having a round that handles things bigger than people if the need arises. Being able to chamber it with the .38 loads you had for a back up J frame was practical. The 9mm enjoys a good reputation now thanks to modern bullet design and better powder, but that wasn't always the case. I think people could see semi-auto was the way of the future, but they were reluctant to leave their tried and true problem solvers for small rounds. Enter 10mm/.40S&W, .357SIG, and .45GAP development.

Yeah that is a good point: modern 9mm is pretty close to even 45 ACP, IMO anyway, but yeah that's just it... modern.

 

[clamum]

Just entered my remembrance...something like 75-80% don't go down with 1 shot like the movies. I can see wanting a .357 or .45.

FBI switched back to the 9. Bro in law was happy with more rounds.

Yeah I recently sold one of my 9mm pistols to my old coworker and he seemed unbelieving when I said pistols aren't that reliable in stopping someone, at least reliably. Read Christensen's "Deadly Force Encounters" if you don't believe that, about violent encounters cops have faced.