What advantage is there to a 9mm?

[madmedic1955]

9mm has a HUGE advantage...

.. IF you're like me and perform better with 9mm than .45acp.

IMO the most important thing should be to carry which one you handle best. As others stated, the 9mm will be able to be smaller, lighter, and easier to conceal.

plus what said above
Doc

 

[Hook686]

I choose single stack 9mm because it is:

-lighter
-smaller
-less recoil
-I can shoot it more accurately, at a higher rate of fire

 

[sniper47]

A +1 for all of the posters that said bullet placement is the most important factor. I think after that, you need to shoot both calibers and determine which you shoot best with.

 

[motorpat]

A compact 9mm is easy to conceal. Like others have stated, 9mm is cheaper to shoot. I have a Glock 26 that carry and I can double tap better with this weapon. With most 9mm it is easy to control recoil.

 

[Titan]

I'm from Mass,, a life time ago now though!!! Lived in Westboro.. How come you folks can't get rid of those stupid laws about 10lb triggers and 10 rd mags???? Does Mass still have the pistol permit for protection of life and property??? I can't believe what I hear about that place anymore!!!!

L.G.

It's a bit complicated, but basically conservatives (gun rights advocates) have been driven out of the state by one bad law after another. Combined with 'predatory redistricting', Republicans/Conservatives have been nearly totally mariginalized/neutered.

Every time someone takes the 'you could just move' bait, the ability to counter the leftists is diminished.

With lots of defeats over time, the Republican party has become a largely impotent organization with lousy candidates. Good candidates don't come forward because they think the costs of trying to win here will be insurmountable.

With a lousy party structure, the redistricting, and the loss of voters (due to moves), trying to accomplish real change in leftist ground zero, has become nearly impossible.


This is all about to happen nationally if people don't wake up. Once illegals are integrated into the Democrat party, and the government takes over private industry, banking, and health care (in addition to education and law, which the already dominate), we will have one party (Socialist) rule.

MA has been a 'sandbox' for the lefty experiments.

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[NE450No2]

IMHO IF you are going to carry a semiauto, the best choice, everything considered is a Light Weight 1911 Commander in 45 ACP.

No matter what state you are in...

If you are not fairly well trained, a S&W revolver in 357, 44 Special, or 45 ACP would be a good choice...

 

[b79holmes]

MA pre-ban date

If you can find used magazines produced before a certian date, you can buy high capacity mags in MA. They are hard to find.

Used Glocks are somewhat common and hi caps manufactured before 9/13/94 are legal. I recently read on the Para web site that they have pre-ban mags available.

Bill

 

[Dogguy]

What advantage is there to a 9mm?

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"I live in Massachusetts...."

Lots of good reasons for the 9mm have been given already. But maybe the best advantage of owning a 9mm is because someday you might move to a civilized state where you can own all the standard capacity magazines you want.

 

[bryuer]

I'm from Mass,, a life time ago now though!!! Lived in Westboro.. How come you folks can't get rid of those stupid laws about 10lb triggers and 10 rd mags???? Does Mass still have the pistol permit for protection of life and property??? I can't believe what I hear about that place anymore!!!!

L.G.

Believe it, and it's getting worse. Still the same old crappy MA. We can't get rid of the old laws because it would require getting rid of the liberals, and that's against the new laws as well as the old laws. (6th Commandment, I think.) If you get my meaning.

 

[Crazy K38]

pretty much just the higher capacity and weight, I don't like them because they have WAY to high penetration and many people who are shot with them don't know they are shot, and that can become a problem, I prefer +p 38's or bigger for BUG and .40 S&W or bigger for primary carry

 

[WR Moore]

I don't like them because they have WAY to high penetration and many people who are shot with them don't know they are shot, and that can become a problem,

1. Don't use ball ammo.
2. That tends to happen with any caliber when you don't aim the shot and/or properly stroke the trigger.

 

[flop-shank]

WRMoore is right. The best loads in 9mm are very .357 magnum-like.

 

[Duke426]

I'm with USAF385 and madmedic1955 on this one.

Use what YOU shoot well not what is sexy to everyone else or what a "real man" would shoot. If you shoot a 9mm better than a .45 then there is a huge advantage in that.

Understand that no handgun caliber is going to be the end-all, be-all when it comes to gun fighting, but some solid hits with a 9mm are infinitely more helpful to your cause than a bunch of misses with a .45acp.