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EIGHTYDUECE · July 3, 2013, 10:29 PM

There is no difference between the two IMHO. With either caliber, you must hit a vital or it will only be a flesh wound. I own both and I can easily hit a 2" at 25yrds supported and 4" unsupported. I still choose my Beretta 92FS 9mm do to firepower.

Here is a good read on an officer that put 17 rnds of .45acp from his Glock 21 into the perp and the kill shot was to the head. The perp was not high nor deranged, just a bankrobber cornered. That officer now carries a Glock 17 9mm for more firepower. He almost ran out of .45 in his Glock.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_13/12..._with__45.html

If you think you will be making those precise killshots you do at the range shooting paper, I doubt you have been in a firefight before and you will be in for a rude awakening.

All this talk of not missing is BS. This line of thinking ignores one of the main rules of conflict "underestimating the enemy". Some of those bad guys DO know how to shoot.

July 3, 2013, 10:29 PM	#11
EIGHTYDUECE Senior Member Join Date: July 19, 2001 Posts: 578	There is no difference between the two IMHO. With either caliber, you must hit a vital or it will only be a flesh wound. I own both and I can easily hit a 2" at 25yrds supported and 4" unsupported. I still choose my Beretta 92FS 9mm do to firepower. Here is a good read on an officer that put 17 rnds of .45acp from his Glock 21 into the perp and the kill shot was to the head. The perp was not high nor deranged, just a bankrobber cornered. That officer now carries a Glock 17 9mm for more firepower. He almost ran out of .45 in his Glock. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_13/12..._with__45.html If you think you will be making those precise killshots you do at the range shooting paper, I doubt you have been in a firefight before and you will be in for a rude awakening. All this talk of not missing is BS. This line of thinking ignores one of the main rules of conflict "underestimating the enemy". Some of those bad guys DO know how to shoot. __________________ "KNEES IN THE BREEZE" "Shop Smart, Shop S-Mart"- ASH