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Posted: 4/9/2006 7:09:40 PM EDT
Just saw on the news a Secret Service guy with what appeared to be a P90.

That's what they use?
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:10:54 PM EDT
[#1]
Well of course. It shoots those armor piercing, nun and kitten killing bullets. What else would they use?
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:13:16 PM EDT
[#2]
They use them because they are proven reliable.

dont believe me, just watch one episode of Stargate. They still use them in the future.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:13:32 PM EDT
[#3]

Quoted:
Just saw on the news a Secret Service guy with what appeared to be a P90.

That's what they use?



yep
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:15:44 PM EDT
[#4]
A friend of a friend is SS.  I had dinner at his house in 03 and asked him what they use and he said they're about to get P90s.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:18:54 PM EDT
[#5]
yup...video here www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=453626  you can see the two guys in black w/ P-90s
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:27:08 PM EDT
[#6]

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yup...video here www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=453626  you can see the two guys in black w/ P-90s



That is cool.  The video is all bouncy, that sucks.

50 rounds in a tight little package.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:29:53 PM EDT
[#7]
Did you see the dog bite the sleeve of the agent guarding the perp while the other one cuffed him????
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:31:57 PM EDT
[#8]

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Did you see the dog bite the sleeve of the agent guarding the perp while the other one cuffed him????


Yeah I saw that and you can tell the dog knew he did something wrong as soon as he did it.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:34:18 PM EDT
[#9]

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Did you see the dog bite the sleeve of the agent guarding the perp while the other one cuffed him????



Yeah
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:37:51 PM EDT
[#10]

Quoted:

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Too bad we civilians can only get 30-rounders, apparently.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:41:01 PM EDT
[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Too bad we civilians can only get 30-rounders, apparently.



mag is the same followers are diffrent  

the last few guys that tried to run into the white house have been greeted with P90s
seems like thay have had them for a few years
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:41:43 PM EDT
[#12]

Quoted:

Quoted:

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Too bad we civilians can only get 30-rounders, apparently.



eh?  I thought there were 50 rounders available.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:43:47 PM EDT
[#13]

Quoted:

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yup...video here www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=453626  you can see the two guys in black w/ P-90s



That is cool.  The video is all bouncy, that sucks.

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Spectre SMG. 9mm/,40 S&W/.45ACP, 50-rnd mags that aren't ridiculously huge, top-folding stock that doesn't obscure the sights, forces air through the chamber and barrel to cool them down (allowing you to use a higher rate of fire/more ammo than normal), quieter than most SMG's when using a suppressor, superior ergonomics to the MP5 and P90 (I'm guessing on the latter since it looks pretty awkward unless you hold it just right), only double-action SMG in the world, 6.4lb, 850 rounds a minute.

Oh, and it has a fold-down forward grip too. So it has the P90 beat on weight, accessories, ergonomics, and the ability for prolonged fire. It equals the P90 in the number of rounds it can hold. It uses ammo used by the vast majority of militaries and police forces in the world, that have proven lethality. Therefore, Specre has the P90 beat.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:49:14 PM EDT
[#14]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Too bad we civilians can only get 30-rounders, apparently.



eh?  I thought there were 50 rounders available.



Apparently, they only sell the 50-rounders to the po-po and the .gov. Civilian version is 30.

Now, if it's just the followers (as mentioned above) then maybe there are "options".
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:50:58 PM EDT
[#15]

Quoted:

Quoted:

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Too bad we civilians can only get 30-rounders, apparently.



I can get 50s.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:53:16 PM EDT
[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Too bad we civilians can only get 30-rounders, apparently.



I can get 50s.





How much does a civilian P-90 go for (roughly) anyway?

I suddenly find myself being interested, whereas for the longest time I haven't been.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 7:57:25 PM EDT
[#17]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Too bad we civilians can only get 30-rounders, apparently.



I can get 50s.




yeah, but you can get a shrike too, so what does this mean for everyone else?
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 8:02:50 PM EDT
[#18]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Too bad we civilians can only get 30-rounders, apparently.



I can get 50s.





How much does a civilian P-90 go for (roughly) anyway?

I suddenly find myself being interested, whereas for the longest time I haven't been.



Honestly I don't recall.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 8:18:50 PM EDT
[#19]

Quoted:

yeah, but you can get a shrike too, so what does this mean for everyone else?




Now, now. Be nice.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 8:22:14 PM EDT
[#20]
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 8:23:51 PM EDT
[#21]
Hell, man! They're so good, even the Colonial Fleet uses them!
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 8:37:33 PM EDT
[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
They use them because they are proven reliable.

dont believe me, just watch one episode of Stargate. They still use them in the future.



But stargate is supposed to take place in present time?



LOL, took you long enough. I thought we had more stargaters here.
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 9:10:23 PM EDT
[#23]
Pic from the last inauguration that I saved. SS Emergency Response Team.

Link Posted: 4/9/2006 9:29:20 PM EDT
[#24]

Quoted:
Spectre SMG. 9mm/,40 S&W/.45ACP, 50-rnd mags that aren't ridiculously huge, top-folding stock that doesn't obscure the sights, forces air through the chamber and barrel to cool them down (allowing you to use a higher rate of fire/more ammo than normal), quieter than most SMG's when using a suppressor, superior ergonomics to the MP5 and P90 (I'm guessing on the latter since it looks pretty awkward unless you hold it just right), only double-action SMG in the world, 6.4lb, 850 rounds a minute.

Oh, and it has a fold-down forward grip too. So it has the P90 beat on weight, accessories, ergonomics, and the ability for prolonged fire. It equals the P90 in the number of rounds it can hold. It uses ammo used by the vast majority of militaries and police forces in the world, that have proven lethality. Therefore, Specre has the P90 beat.


SITES is out of business since '98.  How many were produced?  Is anyone producing (or proposing producing) these currently?
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 9:29:54 PM EDT
[#25]
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) uses P90's also.    I've always thought they look like the type of gun that Trekkies and Dungeons and Dragons geeks would  be attracted to.  
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 9:30:57 PM EDT
[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:

yeah, but you can get a shrike too, so what does this mean for everyone else?




Now, now. Be nice.




OK I Sowwy
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 9:31:02 PM EDT
[#27]
why?  are they trying to ice pick intruders to death?  or is the uber tactical rimfire performance round just to make things sporting?
Link Posted: 4/9/2006 9:33:47 PM EDT
[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
They use them because they are proven reliable.

dont believe me, just watch one episode of Stargate. They still use them in the future.



But stargate is supposed to take place in present time?



There was a rumor that SG1 was going to start using H&K MP7 and G36s (and I think they did in an episode or 2) it had something to do with backstage contract dealings(Guess H&K wanted to do some advertising), but it does not look like the deal actually happend, they are still using P90s and M4.

BTW if you think the 5.7x28 is a small round. Check out the MP7 4.6x30
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 12:57:39 AM EDT
[#29]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Spectre SMG. 9mm/,40 S&W/.45ACP, 50-rnd mags that aren't ridiculously huge, top-folding stock that doesn't obscure the sights, forces air through the chamber and barrel to cool them down (allowing you to use a higher rate of fire/more ammo than normal), quieter than most SMG's when using a suppressor, superior ergonomics to the MP5 and P90 (I'm guessing on the latter since it looks pretty awkward unless you hold it just right), only double-action SMG in the world, 6.4lb, 850 rounds a minute.

Oh, and it has a fold-down forward grip too. So it has the P90 beat on weight, accessories, ergonomics, and the ability for prolonged fire. It equals the P90 in the number of rounds it can hold. It uses ammo used by the vast majority of militaries and police forces in the world, that have proven lethality. Therefore, Specre has the P90 beat.


SITES is out of business since '98.  How many were produced?  Is anyone producing (or proposing producing) these currently?



Dunno how many were produced, but they'd been making them continuously since 1984 and approximately 2,000 semi-automatic pistol versions were imported into the US before they were banned from import in 1994.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 1:25:19 AM EDT
[#30]
Body armor tends to stop 9mm, .40, and .45.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 1:06:58 PM EDT
[#31]

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Body armor tends to stop 9mm, .40, and .45.



Armor piercing ammunition and .22 caliber rounds tend to just penetrate and not do immediately fatal damage. Which would you rather take into a fight, a .22 Hornet or a .45?
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 1:09:27 PM EDT
[#32]
I wonder if they still have the HK MP5-KPDWs around as well?
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 3:12:38 PM EDT
[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Too bad we civilians can only get 30-rounders, apparently.



I bought 4 50 rounders w/o a problem
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 3:18:46 PM EDT
[#34]

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Quoted:

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yup...video here www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=453626  you can see the two guys in black w/ P-90s



That is cool.  The video is all bouncy, that sucks.

50 rounds in a tight little package.



Spectre SMG. 9mm/,40 S&W/.45ACP, 50-rnd mags that aren't ridiculously huge, top-folding stock that doesn't obscure the sights, forces air through the chamber and barrel to cool them down (allowing you to use a higher rate of fire/more ammo than normal), quieter than most SMG's when using a suppressor, superior ergonomics to the MP5 and P90 (I'm guessing on the latter since it looks pretty awkward unless you hold it just right), only double-action SMG in the world, 6.4lb, 850 rounds a minute.

Oh, and it has a fold-down forward grip too. So it has the P90 beat on weight, accessories, ergonomics, and the ability for prolonged fire. It equals the P90 in the number of rounds it can hold. It uses ammo used by the vast majority of militaries and police forces in the world, that have proven lethality. Therefore, Specre has the P90 beat.



The secret service is using the SS190 round.   In every  shooting with the SS190 I can find, it's been 1 shot stops.  

Add in that it penetrates IIIA armor and some IV, and you've got a winable package for concealable protection duty.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 3:20:09 PM EDT
[#35]

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Body armor tends to stop 9mm, .40, and .45.



Armor piercing ammunition and .22 caliber rounds tend to just penetrate and not do immediately fatal damage. Which would you rather take into a fight, a .22 Hornet or a .45?



SS190 is not a .22 hornet.

Your statement is like saying 5.56 is like being shot with a .22 hornet.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 3:29:25 PM EDT
[#36]

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Pic from the last inauguration that I saved. SS Emergency Response Team.

img316.imageshack.us/img316/9356/ert1ji.jpg



Caption Reads:  "I wonder what the wife is making for dinner tonight."
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 3:32:51 PM EDT
[#37]
I guess they wanted a short, large capacity, glorified .22Mag.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 3:42:11 PM EDT
[#38]

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I guess they wanted a short, large capacity, glorified .22Mag.



Isn't that what an M4 is?  
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 3:54:23 PM EDT
[#39]
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 4:09:59 PM EDT
[#40]
Doggie was hungry.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 4:16:45 PM EDT
[#41]

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Pic from the last inauguration that I saved. SS Emergency Response Team.




IR reflective flag?
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 5:01:24 PM EDT
[#42]
Civilian versions go for about 1700 for the long barrel, 2000 for the SBR.

The green they used doesn't really look that bad.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 5:05:04 PM EDT
[#43]

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Pic from the last inauguration that I saved. SS Emergency Response Team.

img316.imageshack.us/img316/9356/ert1ji.jpg



IR reflective flag?



Damn. That guy's armed to the teeth!

TWO KNIVES in addition to everything else?
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 5:18:42 PM EDT
[#44]

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Pic from the last inauguration that I saved. SS Emergency Response Team.

img316.imageshack.us/img316/9356/ert1ji.jpg



IR reflective flag?



Damn. That guy's armed to the teeth!

TWO KNIVES in addition to everything else?



i think i see 3......

though i will accept the fact that they need highcaps smgs.... they dont need to just stop lone nuts, may need to stop mass crowd assaults
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 5:31:05 PM EDT
[#45]

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Quoted:

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Pic from the last inauguration that I saved. SS Emergency Response Team.

img316.imageshack.us/img316/9356/ert1ji.jpg



IR reflective flag?



Damn. That guy's armed to the teeth!

TWO KNIVES in addition to everything else?



And his hands in his pockets. Not too quick response if you ask me.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 5:34:32 PM EDT
[#46]

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though i will accept the fact that they need highcaps smgs.... they dont need to just stop lone nuts, may need to stop mass crowd assaults



Oh, hey! I'm not questioning the firepower. I just found it odd that the guy would have two, perhaps even three DAGGERS in ready-to-grab positions.

As for hands in the pockets, I'll bet the Prez wasn't anywhere near there at the time. USSS isn't in the business of being sloppy, at least not THAT sloppy.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 5:42:25 PM EDT
[#47]

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Quoted:
though i will accept the fact that they need highcaps smgs.... they dont need to just stop lone nuts, may need to stop mass crowd assaults



Oh, hey! I'm not questioning the firepower. I just found it odd that the guy would have two, perhaps even three DAGGERS in ready-to-grab positions.

As for hands in the pockets, I'll bet the Prez wasn't anywhere near there at the time. USSS isn't in the business of being sloppy, at least not THAT sloppy.




I'm counting 2 so far, on top of the fifty rounds in the P90, plus the twelve rounds in the .357, before he has to reach for a knife. Pretty hard core to me.

I really am curious as to what type of situation dictates the carrying of two or three knives in addition to all the other stuff, but then again,who am I to question those guys? They've been doing good at what they do.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 5:54:42 PM EDT
[#48]
He's packing at least two extra mags for the P90, and I think it's more like 4. 250 rounds, or just over 8 AR Mags worth. Not bad.

I don't know what caliber that sidearm might be, but I'm sure he's packing 2-3 extra mags. Two knives, and maybe an asp.

Oh, and the super-tactical ballpoint pen.

Now imagine several dozen more like him, with even more firepower.

You'd have to be nuts to try an attempt on The Man.
Link Posted: 4/10/2006 5:59:12 PM EDT
[#49]
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Link Posted: 4/10/2006 6:15:01 PM EDT
[#50]

Quoted:
He ain't teh shizzle unless he gots dis...
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