9mm: The Caliber For Everyone.

[keith44spl]

9mm....

I don't want to be the one that say's

ah thar Sheriff, I jest winged 'im a lit'l

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[pasound]

Just like univibe posted, it is all about plecement and penetration. I carry for SD what I can shoot accurately. Now, ammo companies have improved their loads for modern 9mm. My go-to's for my 9's are the Federal Punch 124gr JHP (my SCCY and my P365), and Winchester Active Duty M1152 115 gr FMJFP (for my 6906). I trust that they will work, and they shoot to where the sights are pointed.

20-30 years ago, it was which 38/357 would work. Most were not as accurate as the 9's today, other than 38 HBWC's (which have never really changed), and 38/357 LSWCHP (which haven't changed much, but were only really accurate via handloading - for me).

 

[brucev]

Once upon a time I was a lowly seminary student keeping body and soul together by working night security in a shipyard in New Orleans, LA. In my ignorance, I blundered up on a dope deal. They all started shooting. They hit nothing including me b/c I was busy creating distance between me and them. Later that month, my brother drove out to NO and gave me a S&W 59 and a box of Remington 9mm Hollow Point ammunition. It was not particularly reliable about feeding, but I liked it and used it. Later I got a Model 19 that I liked much more but that is another story. It is now a little over 40 years later. A nice little RIA 1911 in (of course) .45 ACP is in the dresser drawer. By my side as I type this lies a nice little Sig 226 Legion in (of course) 9mm. On the couch is a B-27 I shot last Thursday. That Sig put all 50 rounds into the 10 ring. The X ring is now on vacation. Really like that Sig ... 226 is about ideal and the 9mm is all I need. Now, for fiddling around shooting matches, etc., I'm partial to 1911's and S&W 686's. Sincerely. bruce.

 

[jjmIII_Ruger]

"When you care enough to shoot people with the very best." ~FBI

 

[keith44spl]

Oh, sumtimes when I'm not carrying.

I carry this one...

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[armorer951]

The King of Compromise.....9mm.

 

[Echo40]

The King of Compromise.....9mm.

I thought that everyone had reached the consensus that .40 S&W was the King of Compromise?

Or was it The Solution to a Nonexistent Problem?

No wait, I remember now! It was; "An Arbitrary Blanket Statement Fanboys/Trolls Say For Lack of a Convincing Argument in Favor of their Preferred Cartridge." I was way off...

But seriously, folks... 'Tis the Season to be Jolly. So let's try not to be Grinches, at least for the next few days, huh?

If nothing else, can't we all agree that any cartridge beats a stocking full of coal for self-defense?

How's that for a compromise?

 

[oysterer]

Only 9mm

shooting steel challenge and USPSA most weekends equates to roughly ~1,000/month. That is only possible for me in 9mm where brass is available everywhere relatively easily. 38 super I would not even venture to imagine how to...