What about FNX45? 14 or 15 rounds of 45ACP in the MAG +1 in chamber. Carry it with safety off and it decocked. Ploymer frame keeps it light, it really is not much wider than a 1911. I love my 1911 but its heavy to carry in a belt holster all day. I see the cost savings in 9mm firearms but if the department buys the 45 right the cost savings vs knockdown power are about even. I understand that 9mm +P+ JHP have come a long way but even the 147gn rounds don't do the damage a 230gn RN do, then you can get into the 45acp +P JHP and not much will still be standing expect a dude on bath salts or a bad shot.
My 1911 and Sig 220 have less muzzle flip than my ninety two FS or Sig225 even my PPK/s flips more than my 1911. I am not a COP but have been in the sand carrying around my 92 on a serpa holster on my airwarrior all day in a shakey blackhawk. Its easy to fly with but the italian tomahawk is only as good as its MAGs. I like the 17rd Baretta mags and mecgear 20rd mags. I have a grocery bag of GI mags and about 1/5 of them will not lock the slide on the last round or if you have it with 15 rounds it will try a double feed.
I am trying to get into MSP and if I had it my way it would be anything that holds 10+1 or more in 40 or 45acp. Its light, a barrel greater than 4". I really admire the HK P90 mag release but in a firefight that could be easy to drop your mag. I am recently rethinking DA/SA pistols and after a failure to fire pulling the trigger one more time. Technology has made primers either work or not work, just eject that round and try again. I like HK and M&P due to interchangeable grips for different hands. I am a lefty shooter so an ambi slide release would be nice to have.
The most important consideration is training. If you can fire once or more a week doing different drills than even a wrong ergonomic but reliable firearm will be effective. My personal accounts of a firefight were completely by suprise and very short. Training is everything and the limited experience was a dickbag with a 762 spraying a magazine trying to get lucky and you never found the sand lover. I am sold on the FNX45, the feed ramp will allow any design 45acp to be loaded reliably, it carrys 15rounds of 45acp, decocks has a safety so the firearms board will like that, its got a DA first shot and follow on shots will be SA. Its ergonomics are the same as the 1911 which was developed for Soldiers (so the lowest IQ could use it) and its light for the size firearm. If the departments would let a red dot on them that thats geewiz cool, but they come with night/ white dot sights which rock.
My 1911 and Sig 220 have less muzzle flip than my ninety two FS or Sig225 even my PPK/s flips more than my 1911. I am not a COP but have been in the sand carrying around my 92 on a serpa holster on my airwarrior all day in a shakey blackhawk. Its easy to fly with but the italian tomahawk is only as good as its MAGs. I like the 17rd Baretta mags and mecgear 20rd mags. I have a grocery bag of GI mags and about 1/5 of them will not lock the slide on the last round or if you have it with 15 rounds it will try a double feed.
I am trying to get into MSP and if I had it my way it would be anything that holds 10+1 or more in 40 or 45acp. Its light, a barrel greater than 4". I really admire the HK P90 mag release but in a firefight that could be easy to drop your mag. I am recently rethinking DA/SA pistols and after a failure to fire pulling the trigger one more time. Technology has made primers either work or not work, just eject that round and try again. I like HK and M&P due to interchangeable grips for different hands. I am a lefty shooter so an ambi slide release would be nice to have.
The most important consideration is training. If you can fire once or more a week doing different drills than even a wrong ergonomic but reliable firearm will be effective. My personal accounts of a firefight were completely by suprise and very short. Training is everything and the limited experience was a dickbag with a 762 spraying a magazine trying to get lucky and you never found the sand lover. I am sold on the FNX45, the feed ramp will allow any design 45acp to be loaded reliably, it carrys 15rounds of 45acp, decocks has a safety so the firearms board will like that, its got a DA first shot and follow on shots will be SA. Its ergonomics are the same as the 1911 which was developed for Soldiers (so the lowest IQ could use it) and its light for the size firearm. If the departments would let a red dot on them that thats geewiz cool, but they come with night/ white dot sights which rock.
