.40 VS 9mm for SHTF

[recce]

Sorry but a brain can't tell whether a bullet going thru it is 9mm or .40.

Exactly. Shot placement, not calibre is most important.

 

[D_]

Any manual safety is a potential for disaster in a life or death situation. For a concealled carry weapon, it's hard to imagine a worse design than the 1911. The exposed hammer, the horn shaped frame, the weight, the size, the low ammo capacity. Add in an extended safety and this thing is almost guaranteed to remain tangled in your clothes while you're shot dead. They are a great range gun, they are incredibly robust & reliable while retaining great accuracy, and they've been battle tested like no other, but unless you can carry it openly like a soldier, I'd rather pick something else.

I agree with this.

 

[Greenhorse six]

Sorry but a brain can't tell whether a bullet going thru it is 9mm or .40.

,Ha,ha.save the bullet,use an icepick.
I agree recce, Shot placement, not calibre is most important.can you do head shoots every time?or center of mass,most of the time,myself I'am a rifle man.

 

[IM_Lugger]

9mm gets my vote, in a SHTF situation I'd want to have/carry as much ammo as possible.

I'd love to be able to use 17 round mags in my Beretta

 

[recce]

,Ha,ha.save the bullet,use an icepick.
I agree recce, Shot placement, not calibre is most important.can you do head shoots every time?or center of mass,most of the time,myself I'am a rifle man.

Everytime? no, then again I don't get to the range very often anymore due to work, practice makes perfect. Keep shooting until the job is done.

 

[Greenhorse six]

Yeah, if its worth shooting once ,its worth shooting twice,maybe 3X.

 

[bluesclues]

My vote is for the .40 S&W.

 

[woodchopper]

I'll be issued a 9mm so I guess a spare 9mm would be best, lets say perhaps another hipower, easy to get parts and get it fixed

 

[mikeelliot]

Whatever gun puts the bullet where you want it!

 

[misanthropist]

Hell, just throw in that extra nickel...another .05 makes .40 a REAL pistol!

I used to carry a 1911 when I lived in the US. I never got it stuck on my clothes. Of course I mostly walked around naked, but still.

 

[montecarloRob]

12ga slugs and 00 buck in a tactical style Mossberg 500 pump. Intimidation factor much greater. Save ammo and civil liability. Why shoot someone when you can just scare them off

 

[Wrong Way]

ummm....some guys don't scare that easy.

 

[happydude]

ummm....some guys don't scare that easy.

That's what the 00 is for

 

[Wrong Way]

Pretty hard to hide under a jacket though......

I was hoping this poll would make up my mind what to buy, now I'm more unsure than ever!

 

[Slavex]

.40 the answer to the question that never needed to be asked.

 

[92FS Inox]

Just keep praticising until you can hit the target all the time. 9mm is plenty - accuracy(quality) not quantity...