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Originally Posted by Groo01
Groo here
I believe I have found your problem with the 45 in general.
You are thinking of a 45 and shooting it like a 9mm.[which it is not!]
The 45 was designed in the time of the Cavalry man.
The way to stop a charge was to shoot the horse not the man.
This is why we have the term, "Horse Pistol"
The 9mm was designed for use on people, the 45 on horses.[horse heap bigger target but takem more wo-pow]
We doubletap with the 9mm and 38spec, but one good hit with
a "Horse Pistol" is usually all needed.
But there are always the exceptions.
So the need for the "fast follow up shop "is reduced,to
"Take your time quickly"
These types of guns are used differently.
Number of accurate hits trumps number of shots carried or fired.
In any case , what ever you feel good with ,and hit good with
trumps how fast you shoot it.
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I totally agree with your "take your time quickly" when trying to make your follow up sots with 45acp.
I think you are really talking about 45 Colt in the old west scenario. The ACP didn't come along until after 1900 and it was geared toward military applications from the start.
With modern ammo there is little difference in performance between 9mm & 45. Since there are no magic handgun bullets, I need to get as many of them on target as quickly as possible. I will stick with 9mm or 5.7x28 for carry and leave 45acp for the range. I'm sure I would be fine with a small 45 for carry, but I just shoot 9mm better faster.