[quote=cv540]twenty years ago the FBI, not anyone on this thread, deemed a more powerful round was needed, with similar statistics and lab tests about how it was "best".
Bad example.
I think the FBI was behind Crystal Pepsi....
The facts were different then, I.e., bullet technology wasn't as advanced. The terminal effect of a 9mm of modern design is superior to what it was then, altering the balance in its favor, all factors considered.
Facts haven't changed.
Most people can hit better with smaller, lower recoiling rounds. They can also increase the odds of hitting with round count.
I don't think the FBI has gone small enough to get diminishing returns.
If pressed, most people shoot guns that fit them well, devoid of a slide moving toward their face, better...since this matter of recoil and target re-acquisition matters now.
