History of the "wondernine"
Published: March 19th, 2009
James explains what the antiquated term means and the history behind it.
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One of the four best pistol ever made.
1911
BHP
CZ75
Glock 17
And there I thought the term wondernine came into being because if you shot someone with a 9mm, you wondered if they were going to fall down :)