Thread: .40 vs 9mm
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Old 06-29-2009, 15:45   #5
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There's a gun store in my area that has a range and will let you shoot their rental guns. I'm probably going to go there and try a few out before I decide what I want to get.
That's the best way to go.

I don't agree that .40SW is a "one shot drop." Heck, even .45ACP isn't guaranteed to do that. Any caliber needs good shot placement . . . and with good (enough) shot placement, any caliber will kill. Sorry to use a semi-morbid example, but President Reagan came very close to dying from Hinckley's .22LR -- and that hit was a ricochet, but dangerously placed.

Using hollow-points, the differences between 40 and 9 narrow significantly.

If money is no object, going with the 40's greater power is an easy choice.

In a SHTF/TEOTWAWKI, the greater abundance of 9 might give it an edge.
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