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Today I was checking out the ammo inventory at the Hickory Creek
(Denton County) Wal-Mart and got to talking with a man who was
waiting for the clerk.

He was associated with a Dallas area police department and said that
some of the officers wanted to carry some kind of .380's for BUG's but
because no one could ever find enough ammo, that had not happened.
Qualifying with the .380's would require more ammo than could be found.

I asked him what he carried and he said "A 5-7". That was surprising enough.
Then as we talked further about the 5.7 x 28 MM, he sweeps his outer jacket
aside, hits the mag release on his 5-7, and proceeds to show me how the double
stack mag looks.

He appeared to be a right handed guy with his 5-7 in a cross draw holster on his
left hip about 9 o'clock.

On the one hand, I appreciated that he trusted me enough to drop his mag for
a look-see, but on the other hand he failed to conceal when he swept his jacket
open, so that was kind of surprising!

SIA

seadog:

A Five Seven (so many ways to describe it!!) is a rather unique pistola
in that the round it carries is somewhat akin to a military round, but here's
a few things to think about:

1. Where are you going to get ammo in quantity for this 5.7 x 28 MM weapon?
2. The gun will run + or - $1,000. For that money you could move into a nice 1911,
and still have some money for .45 ammo that's more available. And maybe enough
for a BUG as well.

Happy shopping. Let us all know what you decide to do.

SIA