Docrocket, thanks for the interesting topic and hope I didn't come across as a total azz on my post. I'm very familiar with the selection of the 10mm and did have all the FBI's videos they produced on topic and their testing procedures. I wish I still had all that stuff including their info on the Miami shooting. (Is Fackler still around?)
Dr. French Anderson's book on the FBI Miami firefight is still available from, I believe, Caliber Press. Dr. Fackler has retired but I believe he's still "around".
My problem is that I'm a little jaded on the latest and greatest. The .380, 32 and 22 have punched the ticket for many. They are not ideal but then again nothing is 100% and we all have seen things that just couldn't happen. We were issued the 9mm Silvertip long after the FBI abandoned them and they worked on the street too even with some less than ideal placement. I'd still be carrying them on my own if my stash wasn't so old.
You're right, and anyone who's worked the streets and/or the ER's knows that nothing is 100%. I carried 9mm Silvertip for years, and like you I used 'em all up.
At the present I carry the little guns as an all the time in my pocket. Not ideal but I'm not going to roll over and quit because of that.
I think most failure is due to software rather than hardware anyway. We all pay our money and take our chances.
This is definitely true, for the most part. In my training for LE/military I try to dispell the myths about one service caliber being greatly superior to another, and I tend to stay away from caliber discussions EXCEPT when something comes along that is simply too good not to post.
As I previously stated, I'm NOT an opponent of the 380. I don't happen to carry it, though, because it lies outside the limits I've set for myself based on a lot of training and a lot of experience that I can't really be specific about in an open forum. For me, 38 Special and 9x19mm are the minimums for serious carry. And really, if I'm going to carry a gun, I'm not carrying it as a fashion statement, I'm carrying it because I believe I it's emergency equipment I might actually need to use.
