Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Now That .40 S&W Has Lost Favor, What's The Fire's Opion On 9m vs .45 ACP For Daily Carry?

My P226 40 with 200gr XTP's at 1041 fps is very comfortable, I do not feel the snap some talk about with it so loaded, feels like a 45 ACP to me.

Speaking of cartridge comparisons, and I took no pleasure in any of this, had to shoot a stray walker? hound here at the farm for livestock depredation, a 230gr gold dot at 966 fps entered the flank tight against the hip and exited neck vertebrae then rear side of the skull, I'm thankful it was without a twitch of suffering, anyway, I studied the wound channel, and path, with my hand spread as far as it will go, from tip of thumb to little finger is 10 inches, that bullet went near 27 inches and exited.

I don't know chit about 9mm vs 40 cal vs 45 acp vs 10mm vs 38 super etc, etc, I do know a 45 cal 230gr gold dot on hide, bone and muscle will get the chit wrecked out of it, also don't have any barrier experience with gold dots, but it completely wrecked that dog.

I might get interested in the 9mm yet.

The snake oil marketing bs in some of that ad makes everything else they claim suspect as well IMO. But I'm sure some folks will swallow it up.
I think there's some merit to what they're attempting though so it'll be an interesting thing to keep an eye on.

FWIW I've been making/shooting my own 180gr 9mm bullet for a couple years for subsonic/suppressed loads. Heavy bullets like this are picky about what brass they use, which is probably why Seismic is using those hybrid cases.

A Walker is a good dawg. Too bad you couldn't have caught him up for your own before he started running cows. When they start running cows they got to go to the Happy Hunting Grounds. RIP, but good shooting.

Just carry if you can/will. Even if it's a mousegun.

Sometimes we just tend to 'think' too much.

I can't imagine that anyone is going to outdo a 9 loaded with the right ammo when we're talking about cc/sd/duty for the whole package of speed, accuracy, stopping ability, etc. It's hard to argue with ALL the numbers. I guess Stick is right about bullets mattering more than headstamps.

I shoot all versions of hot-loaded 9 better than hot-loaded 40. But I'll carry a 40 10/10 times into the sticks, and will feel far more confident with 200gr bullets at 1050 fps than I do with 147's at the same speed.

Yes EE, that whole thing sucked, the dog was a skin and bones stray without collar and was probably sick and going to die soon anyway, he wasn't running cows, but had caught one of Wifes fat laying hens, I cant blame him for that, he was starving, no personal malice towards the dog, but, you just cant do that here, his previous owner is the one that needed shooting more!