A few of the gun magazines have put up their older issues as free .pdfs. Here’s a couple for grins:
https://americanhandgunner.com/1985issues/HND85.pdf
(Beretta adoption)
https://americanhandgunner.com/1980issues/HJF80.pdf
Cooper on cz75
A few of the gun magazines have put up their older issues as free .pdfs. Here’s a couple for grins:
https://americanhandgunner.com/1985issues/HND85.pdf
(Beretta adoption)
https://americanhandgunner.com/1980issues/HJF80.pdf
Cooper on cz75
I really wish I still had whatever magazine had Mr. Ayoob's analysis of the disastrous FBI shootout!Originally Posted by Gater
REPETITION CREATES BELIEF
REPETITION BUILDS THE SEPARATE WORLDS WE LIVE AND DIE IN
NO EXCEPTIONS
I started shooting IPSC in the very early 1980s. One of the first matches I shot at Fort Harmar had over 100 shooters. All 1911s in 45 ACP except for a couple of revolvers and a couple Hi Powers. The 1911 was king. In police circles it was K-Frame revolvers except for a few agencies that allowed 1911s.
Potentially culturally relevant data points:
Miami Vice season 1, 1984
Lethal Weapon, 1985
Die Hard, 1988
Die Hard 2 was released in 1990, where the infamous "Glock 7" comments were made.
https://www.brownells.com/handgun-pa...%7cMake_3=1911
ASP 9mm
Those are so cool. I love the cranky old Cooper rants.
Peter Kokalis on the Glock 17 in SOF, Oct 84:
https://www.remtek.com/arms/glock/model/9/17/index.htm
(Pretty sure there is a hard copy of that somewhere in my basement...)
According to Leroy Thompson at the time, this was the best of the 2nd gen S&W autos:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smit...sson_Model_469
Certainly inspired by the same wants that influenced the ASP. (The model 39-based guns seem to get more love now)
ETA: a 12 shot 9mm carry gun....nah, that idea never went anywhere.😃
REPETITION CREATES BELIEF
REPETITION BUILDS THE SEPARATE WORLDS WE LIVE AND DIE IN
NO EXCEPTIONS
Excuse me while I whip this out!
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