Comments by "Laird Cummings" (@lairdcummings9092) on "Delta Force STI 2011: Competition Meets Operations" video.

Don't tell General George Patton that competition doesn't play in military activities: Scored a Fifth Place in the Olympic Pentathlon; would have medalled if not for a scoring failure by the judges. The controversy centered on the Pistol competition.
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The solution - at the time - to the mag issue would be either a shorter magazine with an insert in the mag well, or just putting an insert in the back of the magazine.
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@williamED15 none of those (and other crimes) change the physical reality of the link between competition and military activities.
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@nucleargrizzly1776 that presents other issues - like a frame not meant for those energy levels. I like 10mm, but I've standardized on .40 Smith; I don't mind the 'snappiness' of .40 - practice is all it takes to master the round - and it's lethally effective.
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@nucleargrizzly1776 quite familiar with .38 Super - before .40 Smith, that was my favored round. Pretty sure 10mm is more brutal than even the famously hot .38 Super.
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@nucleargrizzly1776 indeed it did. I loaded to Major myself. And yeah, I beat the shit out of some frames. 10mm is a nastier beast; I used to shoot a Delta Elite, and yes, that frame couldn't take extended use at the highest levels.
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@nucleargrizzly1776 the Delta Elite had frame issues. Later weapons were beefed up.
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