Thread: New gun

It's also the choice of James Bond! I've never shot a Walther, but wanted one for a while.

Originally Posted by bbshriver

It's also the choice of James Bond! I've never shot a Walther, but wanted one for a while.

Actually, James Bond preferred the Beretta, and was forced to take the Walther by M.

So, a little bit ago i got my second "return to the states" gift for myself.

A Colt 6920.

If you are thinking about buying one of these let me know, the dealer i purchased mine from has about 120 of them he needs to move so right now he is the cheapest i think you will find ($1175) and offers a 90 day layaway plan if you need it.

Now it just needs to be dressed in some new fashionable clothes.

Edit: you know, i had to get the walther sent to the states and wont be able to touch it until i get to the states but yet i can get this thing sent here.. how the hell does that work out? I could have got the walther sent here but would have had to go through a lot of paperwork etc but with this its a joke.

Now to the gun p0rn (one out the box and one dressed up):

M1ke,

Being an Army guy I have seen and heard of a lot of dumb stuff. In re: to that cartoon M9 stuff I wouldn't bank on it, I had a friend in Afghanistan who witnessed two flight crew members try that push the barrel back and your safe thing. Guy got shot through the hand and medevaced. Then again I would rather not have a pistol that can potentially be taken out of battery that easy. If you let someone get that close though your tactics probably need evualating. M9's are great shooters though, nice flat trajectory = Good accuracy, my beef is lack of stopping power though not an issue for civilians who can use good old hollowpoints.

Originally Posted by citizensoldierny

M1ke,

Being an Army guy I have seen and heard of a lot of dumb stuff. In re: to that cartoon M9 stuff I wouldn't bank on it, I had a friend in Afghanistan who witnessed two flight crew members try that push the barrel back and your safe thing. Guy got shot through the hand and medevaced. Then again I would rather not have a pistol that can potentially be taken out of battery that easy. If you let someone get that close though your tactics probably need evualating. M9's are great shooters though, nice flat trajectory = Good accuracy, my beef is lack of stopping power though not an issue for civilians who can use good old hollowpoints.

Its just stupid to try something like that with a loaded weapon in the first place. If you did it with an unloaded gun wouldn't it be the same?

That reminds me of the people scared of using the dusts caps for fear it will explode when you fire if you don't have time to remove it so they leave it off..um what happens when there is rocks and sand crammed down the barrel? I think ill stick with my thin plastic piece over rocks and sand any day.

Sadly there are far to many situations where you are not afforded the luxury of distance ie. point man in suspect apprehension. Even with the best tactics you cannot overcome having to be close to someone during certain times. And chances are if i was not close to the person I would leave my M9 holstered and draw my M4/M-16. But as we know anyone that would actually be using their weapon for those types of things wouldn't even have a M9 (or would have one as a secondary weapon). If i was a gambling man i would say its a rarity those that have M9's ever unholster them. So all in all even though its scary i dont think it really hinders the M9 because of what they are used for.

My big problems with the m9 are as noted before, stopping power, also the thing just doesnt fit my hand real well. Unless you are in a serious fire fight and you are out of ammo and nobody has any to give you a mag or going for a "stealth entry" through a window there is really no reason to take your m9 out of its holster. Ive always cleared buildings with my m4 or m16. In my opinion all of the weapons that our military carries (not including crew serves) are underpowered and we should go to a more powerful cartridge. The only people i have seen carry the walther is the Iraqi army officers.