Trunk Monkey
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There's nothing new to add to this topic. Every time it comes up the discussion just devolves into people justifying their choice.
Sydney Vail, Martin Fackler and Gary Roberts all agree that there's no significant difference in the performance characteristics of the three main service calibers.
If any one of the three was clearly and consistently stopping more bad guys than the other two then every Police Department in America would be carrying it and everyone else would be buying it.
Here is a very good article that addresses this issue
http://www.03designgroup.com/technotes/why-glock-why-9mm
From the article:
It comes down to preference. I actually like .40 but since my wife can't shoot it we buy 9mm. If .40 works for you buy .40 but please don't come here and try to convince everyone else it's the Hammer of Thor
Sydney Vail, Martin Fackler and Gary Roberts all agree that there's no significant difference in the performance characteristics of the three main service calibers.
If any one of the three was clearly and consistently stopping more bad guys than the other two then every Police Department in America would be carrying it and everyone else would be buying it.
Here is a very good article that addresses this issue
http://www.03designgroup.com/technotes/why-glock-why-9mm
From the article:
I thought back to the effects different pistol rounds having on animals, victim's of shootings, and Officer involved shootings that I had seen personally and read about during my career. I couldn't think of a single shooting where the person or animal was shot with a 9mm and lived, but would have died if the round would have been a .40S&W or a .45acp. And I could not think of a single shooting where a person or animal was shot with a .40S&W or a .45acp and died, but would have survived if the round would have been a 9mm
It comes down to preference. I actually like .40 but since my wife can't shoot it we buy 9mm. If .40 works for you buy .40 but please don't come here and try to convince everyone else it's the Hammer of Thor
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