I personally love both guns, I went with the M11 mostly for financial reasons, but would love to own an uzi as well, in particular, the Mini is appealing to me.
But the reason I came to this thread is to share this story:
My wife is completely neutral in her view of guns IE; she thinks they are fun to shoot, believes in the 2nd amendment, but has no particular desire to own one for herself, and despite a decade together, couldn't tell you the difference between a Glock and a revolver.
A while ago, she had the opportunity to fire a number of subguns. I didn't have any of mine with me, as it was a last minute trip and there was no time for a F20. She fired a full size Uzi, an M11/9mm with a Lage upper, and a sterling. Her favorite was the sterling, but the Lage equipped M11 was a close second. She had no concept of the prices of the guns, and her preference was based solely on her shooting experience. She liked shooting all of them, but the Uzi was the only one she declined to shoot a second magazine through, I asked why, and she said it was 'too slow for how heavy it is".
She told me if I was going to buy one, I should buy either a sterling, or an M11. When I told her I already bought an M11 and was waiting on the transfer, she said "oh... good choice". :silly
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