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Revanchist

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3. At the risk of sounding like a "gun nut"

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 05:05 AM

Feb 2018

One of the main factors of the NYPD accuracy is the trigger pull that the department chose. The standard glock has a 5lb trigger while the force uses a 12lb trigger, meaning there is a greater likely hood of the shooter missing.

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