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smince · March 28, 2005, 06:47 PM

Picked up the new "Gun World" today at Walmart today, solely because it had an article by Leroy Thompson on the FiveseveN IOM. Basically he said "The Secret Service believes the 5.7 has 3 times the stopping power of the best 9mm, but IT HASN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN ENOUGH SHOOTINGS FOR THAT TO BE PROVEN OR DISPROVEN".

Guns and Ammo put out a "Combat Arms" special edition last month. David Fortier did an article on the P90/5.7. In a sub article, Iver Johnson made a necked-down .30 carbine for their M1 Carbine copy in 1963. He said if you place a hendful of each together, you'd have a hard time separating which was which. Nothing is new. Ahead of it's time? Or not well performing back then, either? Fortier also sadi that it was designed for PDW, but was being pushed into other areas of service. He would much rather have a real rifle if intentionally heading into harm's way.

5.56 has been chosen by many CQB teams BECAUSE overpenetration at close range is actually less than most 9mm SMG's.

March 28, 2005, 06:47 PM	#22
smince Junior member Join Date: October 9, 2004 Location: Northeast Alabama Posts: 2,580	Picked up the new "Gun World" today at Walmart today, solely because it had an article by Leroy Thompson on the FiveseveN IOM. Basically he said "The Secret Service believes the 5.7 has 3 times the stopping power of the best 9mm, but IT HASN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN ENOUGH SHOOTINGS FOR THAT TO BE PROVEN OR DISPROVEN". Guns and Ammo put out a "Combat Arms" special edition last month. David Fortier did an article on the P90/5.7. In a sub article, Iver Johnson made a necked-down .30 carbine for their M1 Carbine copy in 1963. He said if you place a hendful of each together, you'd have a hard time separating which was which. Nothing is new. Ahead of it's time? Or not well performing back then, either? Fortier also sadi that it was designed for PDW, but was being pushed into other areas of service. He would much rather have a real rifle if intentionally heading into harm's way. 5.56 has been chosen by many CQB teams BECAUSE overpenetration at close range is actually less than most 9mm SMG's.