The M39 9mm was my first police issue duty weapon. That was an oddity for a small town police department in the rural Missouri Ozarks. Cops in the early 80's carried revolvers for the most part. I had my M39 for two weeks when the Chief got into a scuffle with a couple bad guys. The Chief pulled his M39 and fired a warning shot and held the two aholes at gun point until the Sheriff's Department back up came on scene. When it was time to safety and holster the Chief realized his gun was jammed with a stove pipe. The next day he recalled the semi autos and reissued the S&W M13 .357's the department had prior to the M39 experience.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.