Choices of small handguns
Petro
petro at bounty.org
Wed Jan 2 01:18:10 PST 2002
On Monday, December 31, 2001, at 07:13 AM, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
>
>> It loves being dirty and will shoot on and on
>> regardless of what its been through. (Fluted chamber helps here).
>
> You bring up one of my other objections to the design- The fluted
> chamber is tough on the brass. If you don't reload it isn't a problem
> however, but the fluting puts striations on the brass that weakens it
> for subsequent use. I've heard that certain loads (Silvertips) foul up
> the gas system on the P7 quicker than other designs. If the P7 works
> and if your particular gun works for you and your happy with it that's
> great. Personally I'd stack up my Sig226 or Beretta 92FS against the
> P7 anytime.
IMO 9mm is too cheap to bother reloading.
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