Is This The Worst Article Ever Written About A Handgun?

By Bob Owens

I’ve seen some truly horrific writing about firearms in the media before and have sadly come to expect it from most mainstream media outlets. If you’re going to specialize in military news, however, I expect you to be able to do a few basic things correctly, such as spell the names of major defense companies, and discern the difference between two completely different guns from the same company.

The U.S. Department of Defense has finally, after a ten year search, decided on a new standard pistol, to replace the much hated Beretta M9. The new pistol is a variant of the SIG Sauer P320, which lost out to the Baretta in 1985 because the Baretta 9mm was a little cheaper. The M9 replaced the M1911 11.4mm (.45 caliber) pistol. The M9 replacement entered service in 2014 and is a 833 g (29 ounce) weapon that is 203mm (8 inches) long and has a 17 round magazine. Experienced military and civilian pistol users agree that the P320 was the best choice.

This decision comes after the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force joined forces in 2014 to speed up the seeminly unending selection process. Another development that speeded things up was …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms