I posted this over on the Glock Talk board this morning after reading the lates 9mm/.40/.45 thread. I thought that I'd bring it over here as well.
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I just read the latest 9mm vs .40 S&W vs .45 ACP thread. I have paid a little more attention to them lately because I'm
trying to decide between a 9mm and a .45 ACP for my next purchase.
I want to submit something that may or may not make much of a difference.
Has anybody else noticed that we hardly ever hear people debating .357 magnum vs. .44 magnum? The difference in
calibers is almost the same as the auto rounds that we always discuss. With the .357 mag, you get a smaller bullet traveling
at a higher rate of speed than the bigger .44 mag bullet. Yet, I hardly ever hear people slamming the .357 mag in favor of the
.44 mag.
Now I realize that it isn't a fair comparison between the .357 mag and the 9mm, but could the same principles still apply?
Is the size of the bullet more important than the energy that it delivers?
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I just read the latest 9mm vs .40 S&W vs .45 ACP thread. I have paid a little more attention to them lately because I'm
trying to decide between a 9mm and a .45 ACP for my next purchase.
I want to submit something that may or may not make much of a difference.
Has anybody else noticed that we hardly ever hear people debating .357 magnum vs. .44 magnum? The difference in
calibers is almost the same as the auto rounds that we always discuss. With the .357 mag, you get a smaller bullet traveling
at a higher rate of speed than the bigger .44 mag bullet. Yet, I hardly ever hear people slamming the .357 mag in favor of the
.44 mag.
Now I realize that it isn't a fair comparison between the .357 mag and the 9mm, but could the same principles still apply?
Is the size of the bullet more important than the energy that it delivers?