Does anyone not own a 9mm?

[DRankin]

No 9mm's now, all were sold off, and not likely any in the future.

I have begun to view all handgun choices through the lens of what would cause the least amount of further damage to my hearing.

If I have to touch off a handgun round in an emergency situation inside the house, do I want a 35,000 PSI 9mm or .357 Magnum?

Uh. No.

There are no perfect answers, but a 20,000 PSI (+/-) .38 Special or 45 ACP is a better choice for situations with unprotected hearing.

Other considerations: A suppressed handgun is so unwieldy that it won't even fit on the nightstand and the choice has to be something my wife can intuitively use (uh, revolvers) with her limited training and interest.

 

[old tanker]

I plumb forgot about the Star BM! A nice all steel pistol.

 

[bigggbbruce]

Didn't own one for about 30 years. Then I saw a Browning BDA9. I like Sig P220s and I had to buy it. unique and kind of rare.

I really liked the early trigger geometry and feel.

 

[penmaker]

I have one, a Springfield which resides in a pocket in my chair in the family room. My bed side weapon is a Colt 1911 45 ACP.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Sevens wrote: I made it all the way to a couple weeks before the 1994 AWB before buying my first 9mm because Clinton basically said in a few weeks that I could not buy a hi-cap.

Exactly! I bought my first 9mm, a Ruger P-89, to ensure I had at least one high-capacity pistol before they were gone. The funny thing is, I sold it when I acquired a S&W 5913 SVP or some similar initials. It was a pinto, for want of a better term. I long ago sold that to a S&W on the SWCA board - he wanted it way more than I did, it was NIB, and I had already acquired its replacement.

 

[BabaBlueJay]

I had one, a SIG P365 but sold it because it had failure to lock back issues. Nothing against 9mm, I just prefer revolvers and traditional revolver calibers. I know they make 9mm revolvers but if I am using revolvers I want to shoot magnums.

 

[DFrame]

I only own two. A WWI Luger and an Astra 600

 

[javbike]

I own 4 9mm pistols and 2 380 357 44 mag 38 32acp 22 lr 22 mag 45 acp gotta have one in gods caliber

 

[RabbyTat]

Anyone not own a 9mm? And the big question is why?

The Illinois State Police issued the S&W Model 39 to their troopers in 1967, making the ISP the first American state police force to issue a semiautomatic pistol as a duty weapon to their officers.

The Beretta M9 was adopted by the United States military as their service pistol in 1985.

The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1949. They were brought to the US as War Trophies after WWI in 1918 and after WWII in 1945.

I cannot create a Poll but I assume that 100% of the Forum knows the 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a rimless, centerfire, tapered firearms cartridge. That is extremely popular here and aboard.

I did want to hijack another popular thread Anything besides 9mm

I am not a fan of the wonder nines.
I have carried a wide variety of calibers since 1983, but found the .9mm to be underwhelming. About 10 years ago, I bought a Glock 43 as a very compact option and later bought an MOS ready PSA Micro Dagger X-1 to use at the range and possibly as a carry gun at times. It does pretty well and the red dot sight is a help for aging eyes.
But I still prefer my G-27 for most situations.