this is easy, you have already made your choice as to what you want.
you stated that you eventually want to have that 45 acp. That tells me that the 45acp holds something very special to you, and that it is your 'grail" of cartridges so to speak.
as a result i can tell you that although you make it clear the 9mm is more then fine for you, you consider it to be a second best. something on the order of "i want rigatoni with a nice red wine, but all the store had was elbow macaroni".
if you get the new issue of Hodgdon reloading magazine, it has a very good article on reloading for the 45acp in revolver and semi auto. It uses 3 powders for reloading, and the loads are all power factors for modern sport target shooting, to standard "manstopper" loads.
my grandpappy who was in the big cluster known as ww2 said "yeah you can take a luger and put 8 rounds into a man at 60 yards, and itll be hard to do with a 1911, but you only have to do it once with a 45"
you stated that you eventually want to have that 45 acp. That tells me that the 45acp holds something very special to you, and that it is your 'grail" of cartridges so to speak.
as a result i can tell you that although you make it clear the 9mm is more then fine for you, you consider it to be a second best. something on the order of "i want rigatoni with a nice red wine, but all the store had was elbow macaroni".
if you get the new issue of Hodgdon reloading magazine, it has a very good article on reloading for the 45acp in revolver and semi auto. It uses 3 powders for reloading, and the loads are all power factors for modern sport target shooting, to standard "manstopper" loads.
my grandpappy who was in the big cluster known as ww2 said "yeah you can take a luger and put 8 rounds into a man at 60 yards, and itll be hard to do with a 1911, but you only have to do it once with a 45"