With the FBI and other law enforcement agencies heading back to 9mm, is the .41 MAG really relevant today for self defense?
This belongs as a separate thread. Deserves it anyway. It'll be buried in here.
First off...what do you mean as relevant?
Second, I'll be so bold as to say that for those relative few shooters that have used and still do, the 41 Mag as their main carry and self defense piece, the 9mm never called to them to begin with. So what goofy mess the FBI does makes no difference. Will those who choose the .41 mag for self defense make the switch to semis in 9mm because the FBI returned to the 9mm?
The FBI went from the 38 Special +P+ to the 9mm, to the 10mm, to the 40 S&W and now back to the 9mm. All since 1985. (The 40 S&W, since 85' lasted the longest and had the best run.) How is any of that relevant to me as an individual shooter and not an agency?
The 41 Mag has not ever been used by most general shooters for self defense at any time. Only a few agencies ever used it. It's always been a niche cartridge. For those who use it as a primary for self defense they have already made two "oddball" choices: They chose a revolver and they chose the .41 Mag.
For those who use it in the wild places for defense against wild critters and wild people, well the 9mm is not on the table in that discussion. That discussion usually begins with the 357 Magnum and 10mm and goes up from there.
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