Thread: .40 vs 9mm
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Old 05-19-2023, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by LimaCharlie View Post
...The bean-counters are the main reason for the move to 9mm for agencies.

I believe today's ammo is maybe 5% more effective that what I learned to shoot with in the early 1950s.

It is all marketing, rationalization, and justification. Physics says bigger is better and faster is better.
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Originally Posted by Sevens View Post
The 9mm Luger cartridge was born roughly EIGHTY FIVE YEARS before the .40 S&W was born...
Because the German Army did not think 7.65 Parabellum was big enough.
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