sevenplusone
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mikestilly wrote:
I never said anything about stopping power (which I don't entirely believe in). The 9mm and the .45acp are both legitimate and effective combat handgun rounds. I wouldn't question anybody who chooses either of them. Just a personal choice, but I don't care for .40 Short n Weak due to it's unusually snappy recoil for the ballistics it provides. To each their own. We all make our choice. Practice is ultimately more important.
I merely pointed out that the statement "a 9mm is more accurate than a .45" is not true. I don't understand what justification the OP of this statement has...though I'm interested in hearing it.
mikestilly wrote:
sevenplusone wrote:
Veritas wrote:.45acp is no more or less accurate than 9mm. The actual size of the bullet does not affect accuracy...accuracy is all on the shooter and the platform. It's the Indian more than the arrow.Back to the subject at hand...
My carry weapon is a .40 caliber. I chose it as a middle-of-the-road compromise. Not as much power as a .45, but stronger than a 9mm. Less accurate than a 9mm, but more accurate than a .45. By playing around with higher or lower grain bullets, I can pretty much match the effectiveness of a 9mm or a .45; depending on what I feel I need (accuracy or power). Plus, I can swap the barrel and take .357 SIG... something I can't do with a 9mm or a .45. Bullet pricing played a very small role in my decision... since training with my weapon is important to me, I didn't want to spend a mint financing bullets. Again, this is another category that the .40 compromised well in.
You are correct but there is a difference in stopping power.
I never said anything about stopping power (which I don't entirely believe in). The 9mm and the .45acp are both legitimate and effective combat handgun rounds. I wouldn't question anybody who chooses either of them. Just a personal choice, but I don't care for .40 Short n Weak due to it's unusually snappy recoil for the ballistics it provides. To each their own. We all make our choice. Practice is ultimately more important.
I merely pointed out that the statement "a 9mm is more accurate than a .45" is not true. I don't understand what justification the OP of this statement has...though I'm interested in hearing it.