Interesting side note about why the US military sticks with the M9....
My dad (director of military contracting for Winchester) says that none of the branches besides the Air Force care about pistols at all. There is a meeting every year when everybody gets together and talks about standard issue rifles, pistols, shotguns, and other small arms (sub .50BMG) and they decide what to look into as far as new stuff goes. Nobody ever cares much about the pistol. I believe that there is an RFI out right now (maybe Army and Air Force???) for a "modular handgun system" or some such, with a potential bid request to follow....but I'd be surprised if anything happens.
Anybody remember the XM8???
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