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Why the sudden love for 9 mm?
This is a discussion on Why the sudden love for 9 mm? within the Pistols and Revolvers forums, part of the HandGuns, Pistols and Revolvers, Long Rifles, Shotguns, SKS, AK, AR category; I have a Glock 27 that I used to carry as a back up. I went with 40 caliber because 10 years ago it was ...
I have a Glock 27 that I used to carry as a back up. I went with 40 caliber because 10 years ago it was being said that 9 mm wasn't enough stopping power. Now I'm wondering if I should trade in my 27 for something in 9mm? I guess my question is what happened to make everyone hate the 40? Lol
9MM is by far the most popular round and these days the 9mm is much more capable then even 10 years ago. 40 is good but I went with stock ammo that is most easily found and priced right. 9MM, 45, 5.56, 308, 30-06, 12 Gauge. Not to say I don't have other calibers, but if things go to shit and I am needing to find more ammo those are what I am most likely to scrounge.
First I heard of it. Know some cop shoppes are falling back to 9mm trying to be more political correct to placate godless liberals. I loves my forty and I knows how to use it lol, The only 9 I would want is a little bitty one. Back in my day they were huge with boot and back poecket guns was pretty much limited to derringers and 9 mm short aka .380 ACP.
First I heard of it. Know some cop shoppes are falling back to 9mm trying to be more political correct to placate godless liberals. I loves my forty and I knows how to use it lol, The only 9 I would want is a little bitty one. Back in my day they were huge with boot and back poecket guns was pretty much limited to derringers and 9 mm short aka .380 ACP.
@bigwheel
I carried a 40 as police officer and my dad carried a 357 as a state trooper in the 80s. The whole idea is to stop the threat and I wonder if you're right about the nine-millimeter just being more politically correct.
With a good bullet it will expand to over a half inch or more and hit the 12-18" mark the FBI set for defensive pistols. Ammo is (or was ) pretty common and it's size and recoil make it easy to shoot for smaller hands. For a handgun 9mm is good enough.
I do know that ammunition has come a long ways lately. It seems like everyone is in love with the Glock 19 on all these gun forms so I figured the nine mm must have come a long way
@bigwheel
I carried a 40 as police officer and my dad carried a 357 as a state trooper in the 80s. The whole idea is to stop the threat and I wonder if you're right about the nine-millimeter just being more politically correct.
When the .40 S&W came out in the 90's it was sold as the new wonder round. Combine that with the Glock wonder pistol and every police department had to have it. I don't think it lived up to it. Snappy to shoot and costs more per round. But....... make your own choice and practice as much as you can.
With a good bullet it will expand to over a half inch or more and hit the 12-18" mark the FBI set for defensive pistols. Ammo is (or was ) pretty common and it's size and recoil make it easy to shoot for smaller hands. For a handgun 9mm is good enough.