I have the shield 9mm 40 and 45. The 45 is prob my fav EDC gun, Its more accurate than either the 9 or 40 (just slightly more). Its only slightly larger, in fact the 45 fits in my Shield 9 Leather holsters as they do strech a little.
Lucky Gunnner did some pretty extensive ballistics test on a lot of defensive ammo in 380,9mm,40 and 45acp all out of short barrel guns. The 45 had some very impressive results out of the Khar barrel, Real good penetration, better expansion espically with a +P round. The winchester SXT 230 +P the Federal HST 230 grain +P and speer (same weight) seemed to do the best. The Hornandy 220 +P Critical duty had some great penetration but less than average expansion
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