Caliber per Capacity Poll

Which would you choose for best caliber/capacity?

  • Springfield XDS .45ACP w/5rd Mag

    Votes: 12 13.0%

  • Glock 27 .40SW w/9rd Mag

    Votes: 27 29.3%

  • Glock 26 9mm w/10rd Mag

    Votes: 53 57.6%
  • Total voters
    92
  • Poll closed .
I'm going against the choices, since I own neither.
I'm partial to my officers size 1911 with xtra mags.
I'm pretty good at mag changes too.
 
I voted for Glock 26, but want to note that the (very similar in size) S&W M&P 9c is available with 12-round flush-fitting magazines.

As long as we are arguing "advantages at the margins" ... seemed fitting to post.
 
My EDC is a G26. I chose 9 mm because my followup shot are quicker and more accurate with it than with other center fire rounds. A slight bump in capacity was a bonus.
 
A lot of people keep mentioning 40 and 45 like they are so much better than 9...

When real world statistics say that they are all equally effective. 9mm is just as good at stopping a bad guy as the others...

If that is the case, why not have the higher capacity and easier shooting 9mm?


Someone mentioned the M&P9c... I picked one up myself recently.
 
marine6680 said:
A lot of people keep mentioning 40 and 45 like they are so much better than 9...

When real world statistics say that they are all equally effective.
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Bingo. So just pick whichever caliber you like best and go from there, just don't delude yourself into thinking that you have a measurable advantage with one caliber or another, because you don't.
 
Am I deluded into thinking at a .45" hole is larger than a .36" hole? Matching holes, front and rear, an even greater difference?
"Real world statistics" is just about oxymoronic.
 
RickB said:
Am I deluded into thinking at a .45" hole is larger than a .36" hole? Matching holes, front and rear, an even greater difference?
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No, but that difference in bullet diameter doesn't translate to a measurable difference in the outcomes of real-life shootings.
 
Bingo. So just pick whichever caliber you like best and go from there, just don't delude yourself into thinking that you have a measurable advantage with one caliber or another, because you don't.
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+1 Most shooting statistics point towards 9mm, .40, and .45 being fairly equal in terms of stopping violent encounters. That said my vote goes towards capacity... And I'm a dyed in the wool .45 ACP 1911 guy.
 
Originally posted by Theohazard:
No, but that difference in bullet diameter doesn't translate to a measurable difference in the outcomes of real-life shootings.
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I guess half a skull blown away is better than none :D
 
Real world statistics...

They drive everything...

They are powerful...

They are what pro gun rights people use to argue their side...

They are what determines the flow of goods and money...

They determine polling and voting...

They drive software... electricity... police distribution...

Those are just a few obvious things... They run the world. Every organization that wishes to use knowledge and use it to their benefit, from governments, to businesses, to charity organizations... Uses statistics gained from real world sources.

People dismiss them, especially when they don't agree with the persons preconceived notions, but they prove themselves time again.



When it comes to bullet performance between 9, 40, and 45...

While on paper there is a difference...Bigger hole or not... In the real world, the difference doesn't matter. The difference of paper figures of size and power differences, simply does not equate to a difference in results.
 
I am in a ten round mag limit jurisdiction. There are more of us in jurisdictions each couple of years. In a small handgun for carry I think 9 is best given you wont max out capacity legally and 9 gives you more. For home defense larger caliber makes more sense in my type of juristicuons. As far as "real world stats" on shooting the studies I have seen cited around here would fail stats 101 on data controls.

Also for a year running after newton in time/effort 40 was effectively cheaper. about 90% of any given stop at a Walmart there was 40, and there was virtually never 9.
 
Its always good to have options. I have more than one caliber available.

And limited mag jurisdictions do change the dynamics. The question is if the benefits outweigh the cons with caliber choice.


And choice in studies and stats is important... some are less reliable than others.
 
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