Airborne Falcon
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Both of these are supressed.
Both are firing 145-150 grain projectiles.
Both are subsonic.
Both are AR platform PCC or SBR configurations. Bottom line, AR platform, short barrels (let's say equal lengths +/- 1"). Both have the same lights affixed. Both weigh roughly the same unloaded within 8 oz or so. Both utilize the same sighting systems. Both with trigger upgrades ... 3.5 pds of crisp lovely triggers.
Do you go with 9mm or 300 blk? Remember, both are firing 145-150 grain projectiles and both are traveling subsonic and both are supressed. Both cycle reliably with their given loads.
What is/are the variable(s) that might lead you to choose one over the other given all things equal for the most part?
...... and okay, in anticipation of the inevitable pill comparisons. Let's even take it one step further. Let's say the 9mm loads are HST 147s or SIG V-Crown 147s or Fed HydraShok 147s or any of the premier engineered 147 expanding PD projectiles available for handloading ... and the velocity is 1025 with a SD of 10.
The 300 BLK load also travels at 1025 fps with a SD of 10 and it's loaded with a Maker's 150 grain expanding subsonic. https://makerbullets.com/proddetail.php?prod=308150SBLK
There, that way no one can claim we're talking pull down 147 FMJs here in this comparison. Both projectiles expand at subsonic velocities.
Okay given all of that, all things being relatively equal, which do you choose for home defense?
Both are firing 145-150 grain projectiles.
Both are subsonic.
Both are AR platform PCC or SBR configurations. Bottom line, AR platform, short barrels (let's say equal lengths +/- 1"). Both have the same lights affixed. Both weigh roughly the same unloaded within 8 oz or so. Both utilize the same sighting systems. Both with trigger upgrades ... 3.5 pds of crisp lovely triggers.
Do you go with 9mm or 300 blk? Remember, both are firing 145-150 grain projectiles and both are traveling subsonic and both are supressed. Both cycle reliably with their given loads.
What is/are the variable(s) that might lead you to choose one over the other given all things equal for the most part?
...... and okay, in anticipation of the inevitable pill comparisons. Let's even take it one step further. Let's say the 9mm loads are HST 147s or SIG V-Crown 147s or Fed HydraShok 147s or any of the premier engineered 147 expanding PD projectiles available for handloading ... and the velocity is 1025 with a SD of 10.
The 300 BLK load also travels at 1025 fps with a SD of 10 and it's loaded with a Maker's 150 grain expanding subsonic. https://makerbullets.com/proddetail.php?prod=308150SBLK
There, that way no one can claim we're talking pull down 147 FMJs here in this comparison. Both projectiles expand at subsonic velocities.
Okay given all of that, all things being relatively equal, which do you choose for home defense?