I wonder if we will see an epidemic of broken pistols in a few years like we do with the M9. Every regional and national event I attend has M9s break their locking blocks. I know a guy who has broken 3, though that is probably a freak string of events for the individual.
Not unreasonable velocities
"In our tests in 1985, XM882 propelled a 124-gr. round-nose FMJ out of the 5" barrel of an M9 at an average of 1273 f.p.s., delivering 446 ft.-lbs. of energy at 15 ft. Using an Oehler Model 43 and firing the new ammunition out of a 4.7"-barreled P320-M17, M1152 with the 115-gr. bullet was at 1326 f.p.s. and 449 ft.-lbs. of energy, while the M1153 clocked 962 f.p.s. with 302 ft.-lbs., both at 15 ft."
So a 124 FMJ at 1273, a 115 FMJ at 1326 or a 147 HP at 962.
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So I'm confused.
I thought they had a contract with sig for ammo. Is winchester making it too?
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I am not sure Sig has the capacity to fulfill a military contract, likely they are subbing at least some out to Winchester.
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"He is free to evade reality, he is free to unfocus his mind and stumble blindly down any road he pleases, but not free to avoid the abyss he refuses to see."
I wonder why the Army did not stick with the 147gr hardball they had been using, the stuff that was basically loaded to +P. I bought a slew of it a year or so ago from Brownells, in original Army GI sealed cans, etc.
You know just dawned on me that by going with a 115 grain they are throwing all pretense of sticking to the NATO standard out the window. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing.
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"He is free to evade reality, he is free to unfocus his mind and stumble blindly down any road he pleases, but not free to avoid the abyss he refuses to see."
Maybe they have a range in some weird combination of the highest elevation with the least dense air but very hot like a mountain on the equator or something.
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