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Interesting to hear people speak so highly of the Browning 9mm.
Quite frankly, I couldn't hit the side of a barn with it (unless I threw it) - and yet I was subsequently quite OK with pieces like the Colt 45 and Ruger 357.
It was suggested that the ammo we were issued at the time was left over from WWII.
BTW, interesting to hear about the firing-pin propelled pencil.