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A lot of guys in combat areas come to the conclusion that having a pistol (any pistol) in addition to what the military issued them is a good idea. And while military regs are really down on private arms in troops hands, in combat zones generally commanders recognize that some degree of flexibility about that is a good idea.
Those FNs have been sold all over the world, for a long, long time. Your Dad could have picked it up in Vietnam, in any number of ways. Might have carried it as a backup, or just had it around for "just in case".
Lots of times guys will do that, with whatever they can get their hands on. Often those guns get left behind, sold, or passed on to others. Sometimes they come home with the troops, too. It is certainly possible that's where, and why he got it.
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All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.
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