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Old 04-25-2014, 4:28 PM
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Originally Posted by advocatusdiaboli View Post
Combat weapons take a lot of external stress on their frames beyond simply firing rounds—including abrasion from running from cover to cover and crawling hand-to.hand, falls from ordnance percussion, fast rope falls, etc.. It needs to be there when I cannot use my long gun and my life will be in the balance when I grab it. I want it to work every time. Plastic has no business being in the frame of a combat weapon. I'd have never have carried one.
Yes, but in those cases, plastic might actually be beneficial. It's not as rigid. It gives.

Have you ever run into a brick wall? Not a good thing. What if you run into a wall that gives, like the boards in a hockey rink? Less damage to you. Sometimes it might be better to not have structural rigidity.

Glocks have been around for 30 years and adopted by many militaries and police agencies around the world. Steyr AUG is combat proven by the Australians. HK Mk 23 is chosen by our own Special Operations. They must know something.
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