TX DPS new issue firearm

[in625shooter]

Didn't see where this was a dupe, the corrector's will point it out shortly though

Texas DPS switching service pistols for troopers | khou.com Houston

 

[Mgderf]

Going to 9mm?
I find that a little curious, unless it's for ammo compatibility/availability.

I thought most L.E. went to either the .40S&W or .45acp.

I fully understand wanting to move away from the .357Sig. That was a ingenious solution for a non-existent problem.

 

[VERT]

Link spells it out. Less recoil and more capacity. Improvements in bullet technology has revived the 9mm. I predict .40 and .357 sig will start to fall out of favor. Looks like 9mm or 45acp will again be viable choices.

 

[trophyhunter]

When Hornady released their .380 round in the critical defense line I happened to read the ballistic claims on a box and shook my head, not remotely possible according to every piece of loading data I had studied. I bought a box, and ran it over the chrono in a S&W Bodyguard and just shook my head.

Knocked the dust off all my 9mm pistols the same day. Now if only the powders and data were available to duplicate those new loads. Maybe they are and I can't find them yet?

 

[cedartop]

Going to 9mm?
I find that a little curious, unless it's for ammo compatibility/availability.

I thought most L.E. went to either the .40S&W or .45acp.

I fully understand wanting to move away from the .357Sig. That was a ingenious solution for a non-existent problem.

Not unusual at all. A lot of LE is going back to 9mm.

 

[TLHelmer]

We have gone back and forth over the last 23 years. We went from the .357 magnum to the 9mm. From the 9mm to the 40 S&W. From the .40 back to the 9mm and now we carry the .45!

 

[in625shooter]

Going to 9mm?
I find that a little curious, unless it's for ammo compatibility/availability.

I thought most L.E. went to either the .40S&W or .45acp.

I fully understand wanting to move away from the .357Sig. That was a ingenious solution for a non-existent problem.

Actually a lot more agencies kept the 9mm than one would think, especially the Federal side, US Customs, Bureau of Prisons , Border Patrol allowed it for several years until the early to mid 2000's. US Marshals and Probation Officers issued 3" Ruger GP 100 until around 2002 time frame but most carried 9mm or 45 Glock or SIG.

Today's 9mm is not what it was in the late 80's. Todays 9mm performs just as well as anything else unlike the Wives tales most still talk about now.

 

[NKBJ]

Heh, the point is to change, not to have what's best.