9mm Dislike

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I have no use for any caliber lower than .38 special.

I am a .45 acp guy that got sick of the price of .45 ammo. I didn't care much for 9mm until I got a S&W M&P 9c and a CZ SP01. I have since added two CZ 75Bs. The price of 9mm allows me to practice much more. Additionally, when I get my CCW I plan to carry a 9mm. .45s are too big! I challenge anyone to prove to me that either Gold Dot 124+Ps or Gold Dot 115+P+ are not good self defense rounds.

For home defense, I choose .45ACP.
 
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I don't wish to start a "hate" thread. I've been shooting for more than
50 years and own many guns. I don't own a 9mm anything. I just have
never liked it and feel that there are better options. I don't have any
hard feelings for people that do like it. Are there cartridges that just
don't appeal to you?
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Any .32*, including the latest extra long magnum thing. I don't see the point. Plinking's better done with a .22. Personal defense with a .38|9|.40|45|etc.

As for 9x19, I never had one, for many years. I've picked up 3 in the last two years.

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*Unless said .32 is some funky interesting historical piece, like a Colt pocket auto. Then I'd play with it. New? I, again, don't see the point.
 
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I was never a lover of the 9mm it was always 45 or 357Mag except when I had to carry a 38 on duty but that was with the Federal 110gr +P+ JHP which was a very capable round. Now I own two 9mm's, a Sig 228 and a S&W 6906.
For carry I now have gone from a Sig 226 .40 to a Sig 226 357Sig, go figure, the 357 Sig is a 9mm slug pushed faster.

Stoked with the proper 9mm rounds it is a viable defense round.

My handguns before the great boating accident.
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The 9mm has proven itself as the optimun round for ccw. It can be fired from a 5.5 x 5.5" footprint.
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I guess I must have missed who proved it. :confused:

So anyway, I think the 9mm lends itself better to effective pocket pistols than either the 45 or .40 S&W
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I agree with that.

I had a derringer once in .44 magnum. I fired it exactly one time. It
landed in the woods somewhere and I didn't look for it.
 
Arrrgh - Now I'm filled with burning hatred toward .25ACP,.32ACP,.35 Auto, .327 Federal Magnum, 38Super, anything that ends in "ev" or "ov", or anything called "Swiss", "Italian" or "Russian", 400 Corbon, and anything called Action Express. :mad:
 
I have a weird obsession with the 9mm that I never had enough cash to pursue, but what I wanted was an American Derringer DA9, the Korth 9mm revolver, and the Marlin Camp Carbine - Camp 9 - like smallest to largest in 9mm.

I could have sworn that Ruger chambered the GP100 for 9mm but I may be wrong - I can't find any record of it.
 
Are there cartridges that just
don't appeal to you?
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Absolutely. Quite a few. There are no cartridges that I "hate". There are some I wonder why on earth they exist at all, but none I hate.

What I do hate is some cartridge/caliber/specific gun fanatic trying to convince me that I don't know what I know, and that his views are the only valid ones, and apply to everyone in the world equally until the end of time.

Those folks, I find tedious.

Having begun my learning curve in handgunning back in the day when factory auto pistol ammo came in two types, duty and match, and the bullets were either FMJ RN or FMJ SWC, I was never a fan of the 9mm Luger. Back then, with the exception of the 13rnd Browning Hi Power, anything the 9mm could do, the .38 Super could do better. Things have really changed.

I have several 9mms in my collection now, but none of them is a gun I would choose for personal defense or street carry today. P.08, P.38, and a Bolo Mauser C96 aren't thought of as good street/duty guns today. No plastic, for one thing!

I have no interest in the various .40s or .41s, either. Nor the .357 Sig. Nor am I interested in calibers above .45. The .475s & 50s don't interest me, primarily as I do not wish to tool up for that caliber, and have even less use for one of them than I do for .44 & .45 magnums, of which I have several.

No real interest in a .380 either, other than if I find a historical pistol in 9mm Kurz for a good price (hoping for that WAa marked ppk for less than the cost of a used car...)

Although recently I found myself with a 1919 Savage and a WWII Mauser HSc, .32ACPs. So now I am going to load some ammo and check out the real capabilites of the round, first hand. I may even look into the .25 auto, after decades of derision.

The East Bloc handgun rounds do not interest me much, either.

I'm sure this overlooks something, but there are more things I AM interested in than not. My world does not revolve around duty/defense class handguns or the most power and firepower in the most concealable package school.

Nor am I all about something because it is cheaper and or more available than something else. I don't pick my guns because of what's cheapest on the shelf or what I can get "worldwide". I don't travel worldwide, so that is of absolutely no concern to me. But for some, I guess its a important thing.

My favorite 9mm pistol for shooting pleasure, is extremely accurate and feeds absolutely everything, 100% of the time! And it has a 6" barrel and a trigger like glass.

Might be the best 9mm, but if not, its a real Contender! :D
 
Dont' have and have never owned anything in a .40 caliber, and don't want to. Owned about everything else. I guess I figured a .45 or a .357 took care of that category well enough.
 
I really don't have a use for .25acp. Actually have a pistol in the cal have some ammo, but never fired it! It's as close as I come to actual dislike of a caliber.

9mm? It's ok. .40 is fine. So's .45acp. .380 is passable, .32acp is acceptable. 7.62 tokarev is nifty as 7 cent surplus - not so much as a 50 cent round!

Some of the 9mm off flavors are on my "don't need" list. Largo, Dillon and Makarov come to mind. There's nothing "wrong" with them, but I don't feel a strong need to buy a weapon and a bunch of ammo in that flavor.
 
I just never saw the point of the .357 Sig
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The 357 SIG is actually a nine mm MAGNUM and should have been labeled as such. So it is relevant to this thread.

The point of the 357 SIG is vehicular windshield penetration with enough kinetic energy left in the bullet to incapacitate a driver.

It can also push a 147 grain bullet at a decent speed, unlike the +P nine mm.

And the feeding reliability of the 357 SIG is said be second to none in semi autos due to the necked down case. I think one might fire only about fifty rounds in a 357 handgun without problems and rest assured it feeds well enough to rely on.

Then there is the 115 grain 357 SIG load at 1550 fps. Imagine what the Illinois State Police could have done with that back in the day of the +P+ 9BPLE round.
 
Perhaps we "like" what we know works. I have experience with the 9mm and it is one of my top preferences for self defense. Remember, a .22 LR kills in the right place.
 
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The 357 SIG is actually a nine mm MAGNUM and should have been labeled as such. So it is relevant to this thread.

The point of the 357 SIG is vehicular windshield penetration with enough kinetic energy left in the bullet to incapacitate a driver.

It can also push a 147 grain bullet at a decent speed, unlike the +P nine mm.

And the feeding reliability of the 357 SIG is said be second to none in semi autos due to the necked down case. I think one might fire only about fifty rounds in a 357 handgun without problems and rest assured it feeds well enough to rely on.

Then there is the 115 grain 357 SIG load at 1550 fps. Imagine what the Illinois State Police could have done with that back in the day of the +P+ 9BPLE round.
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I can't wait until Don Glock gets a hold of this post. :D. He loves the 357sig = 9mm +p+ or 357sig vs 9mm.

Sorry Mr Don. I had to. :D
 
I like all rounds for what they are. Is there some cross over? Yes. 9mm is my EDC round of choice which takes capacity and stopping power into consideration...and variations I.e. G26 which are more concealable.
 
I dont dislike 9mm,own a high power,But I do like a little more meat with My tatters. 45ACP,357mag,44mag,454,:D
 
I don't carry smaller than 9mm. I have and carry 9mm, .38 SPL, .45 ACP, .357 Sig, but mostly the 9mm. I figure any of them will work just fine.
 
The nine has a lot going for it, particularly in the new breed of pocket autos. Beyond that, I view it as an excellent midbore pistol cartridge in the 38 +P/Mild .357 power spectrum. Basic 9mm ammo is cheap, plentiful and entirely suitable for defense. Specialty loads are abundant.

The 9mm in an auto is universally easier on the shooter, than similar 38/357 loads in a packable revolver. This is obviously a concern for today's pistolero, as evidenced by the topic's frequent discussion on internet forums like this one.

I don't own a 9mm and ain't looking for one. All my light and heavy centerfire pistol chores are handled, quite adequately, by the 40 S&W. Still, you have to admire any service pistol cartridge with 109 years of continuous service- and George Luger's little workhorse has been pulling the war wagon for one hell of a long time.
 
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