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On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:13:38 -0400, HK wrote:

Maybe they view 9mm in the same way as some police departments: Shoot
many,
many rounds, miss with most, hope the noise gets the target under
control.




Most of the cops I see at the range are really *lousy* shots, no matter
what they are shooting.


True story from the county just north of mine. The deputies used to
have a compeition. Five bowling pins, 7 yards timed fire, shoot until
they are all down. Some deputies had to reload their double stack
Sigs!
The winner was always an old sargent who took his time and shot down
one per round, with a 2" revolver.

Shot ducks with a police weapons officer for one of the SF Bay area
departments. He said the average for police shootouts is 9 shots at 10'.
And no one is hit. Hard to aim while diving for cover.