Quote Originally Posted by bryjcom View Post
I think he was referring to the liberator pistol. At least that was the first thing that came to mind....
Ah, the Liberator pistol was for resistance forces. We were talking about mainstream issue weapons so I was focused on what we're providing to GIs and why.

As far as caliber conversion, it doesn't make a lot of sense for us civilians but in the context of government acquisition where funds to buy are separated from funds to sustain and the fact the Army already has a large stockpile of 9 mm ball ammunition (and ongoing contracts to supply same) but knows it may want to shift to a more combat effective round after the last decade's experience, there are very good reasons to buy a pistol that they can slowly convert to the new round (whatever it may be) as stockpiles are depleted.

Color of money is as important as amount of money when you're dealing with government procurement or sustainment.