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Originally Posted by Photoman44
Anyone know if officer survival rates have increased since transitioning to high capacity sidearms?
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There have been so many changes (body armor, better training, more long guns, etc) that I doubt you could say any increase could be attributed to just a high capacity handgun.
That being said, I know I would feel more comfortable with 9rds/45-16rds/40-18rds/9mm in hand over six rounds.
I had a security job from 2001 to this year and we were all issued Glock 22 sidearms. We were "stuck" with 10rd mags because they were bought in the klinton ban era and regulations would not allow private purchase of extra mags (since we were not going to be issued extra ammo anyway). At first I didn't like it much, but then I realised that 11rds on .40S&W beats the hell out of 6rds of .38spl and a spare 10rd mag was a lot easier to use than a speedloader under stress.
Of course I did have a pouch with extra loaded mags in my vehicle as well since I used Glock 40s in my own time
