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December 24, 2012, 06:09 AM | #101 |
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Maybe I'm just weird...
But I will even go so far as to carry a .32 as my primary CCW or BUG to a 9mm. With Speer HPs or Hornady Customs, I don't think they would have any more problem stopping someone than a 9/40/45
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December 24, 2012, 03:25 PM | #102 |
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I am a caliber snob.
I admit it freely. I do not like 9mm, 45 ACP, 380 ACP 38 Special or anything smaller or less powerful for self defense. That is my opinion based on my experiences.
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December 25, 2012, 02:41 AM | #103 |
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I am certainly not a caliber snob. I have no problem with anyone shooting any caliber he chooses to...as long as it's a .38 Special.
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December 25, 2012, 09:07 AM | #104 |
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Not I, if it goes bang I like it (though I'm not going to carry a 22 short for PD..but I still like it)
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December 25, 2012, 10:58 PM | #105 |
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I'm not sure it makes all that much difference with NATO FMJ.
Where I see difference is out of carbines. When you push the rounds out to 100 yards from a 12-16 inch barrel you start to see some difference. At ten yards the energy difference is mostly expended behind your target. |
December 25, 2012, 11:22 PM | #106 |
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My problem with the 10mm and .40 is that I can't shoot follow up shots as fast as I can with 9mm and .45. So, I carry 9mm or .45 depending upon where I'm going and what I'm wearing to conceal the pistol. If I'm going walk-about, where there could be black bears, feral pigs, etc. I take my .41 magnum or .460 Rowland.
I think choice of caliber has more to do with usage than just a simplistic "which one is better" choice. |
December 26, 2012, 04:23 AM | #107 |
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I guess in the back of my mind I am a bit of caliber snob.
Though I dont feel under gunned with a 9mm Im not sure I would want one that only carried say 8 rounds of hp while im comfortable with 8 rounds of 45 hp. I wouldnt be with 5 rounds of 45 hp but totally comfortable with 5 rounds of 357 125 hp. Really doesnt make sense I dont guess but it is what it is. My ED carry is a 45 at the present though. 8 plus 1 |
December 26, 2012, 07:04 PM | #108 |
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Just don't let people talk you out of a 9mm....there are a hell of a lot of dead guys laying all over the battlefields of Europe that are REAL dead from a 9mm....and thats back before we had the great ammo we have today.... 9 is fine.....
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December 26, 2012, 09:08 PM | #109 |
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well how difficult are follow up shots with .41 and .460 rowland?
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December 31, 2012, 01:38 AM | #112 |
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get away from 9mm
Funny, the U.S. armed forces seems to like them.
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January 13, 2013, 08:15 PM | #113 |
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mine's bigger/smaller than yours...
...I carry a .22, 9mm, .40. I own two 9mm's. I really am comfortable carrying as small as my 22, but I really prefer the 9mm. Had a .45 Springfield Loaded and that dang thing, (obviously) weighed way too much for me to comfortably carry.
If you want to see a war over size, go to one of the Harley Davidson forums. Jeez, size really matters over on those. ^^^^^^^ Sorry Mods. |
January 14, 2013, 03:37 AM | #114 |
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I'll admit it....when it comes to self defense handgun calibers, I'm a snob.
I will not carry anything less than 9mm para. I think that it's important to have confidence in one's gear. And I have no confidence in calibers like the .25 auto or the .32 auto. |
January 19, 2013, 12:21 AM | #115 |
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You run into them every once in a while...caliber snobs
A CZ75, is a darn good emulation of a Browning Hi Power, and was a Soviet Bloc pistol, until the wall fell. The 9mm Parabellum round has been around near one hundred years now, and has worked successfully in WW1, WW2, Falklands, and quite a few places of darkness in the night.
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January 19, 2013, 02:50 AM | #116 |
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I guess I can be classified as a caliber snob, I do tend to buy more .40's then other calibers. I favor the .40 more since that was the caliber of my first gun and the fact that ammo for it is usually a little more readily available then 9mm or 45.
But with that being said, I also don't look down on other calibers. A look in my safe will show that I will buy other calibers (.38, .380. 9mm, 10mm, and 45acp). I like to think that each caliber is equally useful if used correctly.
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January 19, 2013, 03:58 AM | #117 |
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I have owned rifles and shotguns since I was a kid but did not purchase a handgun until 2007 when I was 48. Just about everyone I talked to recommended a .40 but I went with a 9MM. The reason is because after shooting both I felt I would be more accurate with a 9MM. And just as important was the fact that the ammo is much less expensive than .40 where I live. To me it was more important to shoot a lot which the 9 allowed me to do. I then purchased a .22 for my son. I could care less what anyone thinks about the pistols I shoot. I now own two 9MM's, two Colt .38 Specials, a .380, a 9MM Makarov and a .22. I enjoy shooting the .22 the most because it is so easy to shoot accurately.
One thing that I find interesting is the caliber debate and all the people online that talk about how you need a cannon for self defense. How many of these people have actually shot someone? I am willing to bet that the percentage of people who have actually shot someone is too small to calculate. I have a neighbor that I also attend church with who is a legend in the police department he works for. The police force services a city of 750,000 people and he is the only officer on the force to have killed two people in the line of duty. And there are only a handful of officers on the force that have killed, much less shot one person. Like most police forces, this one uses .40 caliber Glock's. So I would truly like to know from what experience or knowledge base the big caliber worshipers are drawing their conclusions from - OTHER THAN WHAT THEY HAVE READ. Okay, I have opened myself up. Let me have it.
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January 19, 2013, 04:37 AM | #118 |
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The caliber snobs I usually run into are the die-hard 45ACP or 7.62x39 guys.
You'll know what i'm talking about... they don't carry anything smaller than .45, and 5.56 is a varmint round.. blah blah blah. I would like to see them get shot with those "inferior" rounds. |
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