Re: XM-8 Rifle

kenney_at_cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: 06/01/04 

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:07:40 +0000 (UTC)

In article <MJdZmfRX2OuAFwrU@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk>,
news@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk (Paul J. Adam) wrote:

> What's the "right calibre" for a military handgun? Probably the
> easiest to shoot.

 Britain adopted the .38 cartridge post WW1 because .455 was
considered too violent for semi-trained soldiers. Of course they then
ended up with the Enfield Mk I* which was double action only with an
11lb trigger pull. The problem is that what is a useful weapon in the
hands of a skilled target shooter may not be suitable for general
issue. And of course there is the quote that a British General had
seen thirty men wounded by pistol fire during WW2, 29 of them were his
own troops who had inadvertently shot themselves. (Infantry Weapons of
WW2).

Ken Young
kenney@cix.co.uk
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