CX4 Storm 9MM vs .45

icecold

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Hey gunnutters, what is your personal preference?
We under stand the obvious, 9mm cheaper than .45, also, we often buy a caliber because thats what we are reloading for other guns. But really is there a better choice? Just interested in your imput.

icecold
 
yeah, i wanted to get a 40cal cx4, but missed it
now i donno where to find one,
if i get a longer non-restricted barrel for it
what kind of games can i hunt with it? thx
 
I've got one in 45ACP and love it. Much bigger holes that you can see from a distance. Only down side are the 8 round mags if you are in a match versus guys with 10 rounders. But last TacRifle match I did pretty good with it.

Get the 45ACP version if you can find it. I'm not sure that they are still making it as I didn't see it listed the last time I looked at Wolverine. Second choose would be a 40 S&W.


Fudd
 
I'm very happy with the 9mm Storm: less expensive to shoot, ammo is easier to get, mags more available, and I suspect it has better long range performance than the 45 (in terms of trajectory).

Recoil is negligible, and the carbine is very controllable in rapid fire with 9mm. However I've never fired the other calibers (in a Storm) so cannot truly compare.

Perhaps its time to put some more 100 yard targets into the TR game ... :evil:;)
 
jimmmyin said:
if i get a longer non-restricted barrel for it
what kind of games can i hunt with it? thx
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I'm pretty sure you can't make a restricted firearm non-restricted just by changing the barrel. Also I don't believe there's any Canadian jurisdiction that allows hunting with pistol calibers.
 
Gimli said:
I'm pretty sure you can't make a restricted firearm non-restricted just by changing the barrel. Also I don't believe there's any Canadian jurisdiction that allows hunting with pistol calibers.
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wrong on at least the first count, lots of people have derestricted the storm with a longer barrel and having it reverified.
 
Gothmog said:
I'm very happy with the 9mm Storm: less expensive to shoot, ammo is easier to get, mags more available, and I suspect it has better long range performance than the 45 (in terms of trajectory).
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Less expensive for factory ammo, sure. Easier to get? What store doesn't sell 45ACP but has 9mm? Besides, I reload so mine is as easy as eating apply pie! And likely cost less than your factory ammo.

The 9mm likely does have a better trajectory than the 45ACP or even the 40S&W though I haven't checked the books. But I think the 45ACP would still have more energy at 100 yards than both of the others. And that matters when you are shooting paper. :p

Gothmog said:
Recoil is negligible, and the carbine is very controllable in rapid fire with 9mm. However I've never fired the other calibers (in a Storm) so cannot truly compare.
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Perhaps we can change that at the next match. You can try a few rounds out of my 45ACP and I'll try your 9mm. I've been wondering how the recoil compares between them.

Gothmog said:
Perhaps its time to put some more 100 yard targets into the TR game ... :evil:;)
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NO! No more 100 yard crap! The short range stages are the best and faster to run to boot! :D


Fudd
 
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I'm not aware of any Canadian jurisdiction that bans "pistol calibers"- its too hard to define for one thing. I believe some of them have caliber (bullet diameter) restrictions, energy level requirements etc etc- but prohibiting hunting with a specific round because somewhere a pistol has been made to fire it, i've never heard of.
 
Hey EF, perhaps we should do a side by side comparison at the range soon. Maybe someone with a 40 cal could volunteer to join us. We could compare trajectory drop at different ranges, felt recoil, accuracy and controlability and anything else we might think of.

I'll post a review on CGN afterwards ...
 
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I have cx4 in 9mm and Mechtech CCU (based on 1911) in 45ACP, both have 16" long barrels. 9mm does have way better trajectory. Maybe its like comparing apples to oranges but I compared 115gr 9mm to 230gr 45ACP. 45ACP sighted to 0 at 50 yards drops roughly a foot at 100 yards. 9mm sighted at 50 yards drops about 2 feet at 200 yards and only abot 2" inches at 100. I suspect with 95gr bullets and hotter loads I can get rilfe-like trajectory out of 9mm Storm. What can be hunt with it? I think up to 100 yards 9mm will take deer easy. Keep in mind that non-restricted Beretta will have to have "high capacity" mags pinned to 5-rounds, be it 45ACP or 9mm. Naturally I like both calibers. I like seing 4x4 pole being chopped in half by single hit from 45ACP bullet.
 
I've owned the 9mm, then the .40S&W... I was and am considering the .45ACP version (If I can find one)

:)


If there are enough people out there with the .45acp storm, maybe we can get Barry at Bits Of Pieces to do a .45ACP non-restricted barrel run; probably need at least a dozen people though.


Oh yeah... get the .45acp if you can find one, otherwise there's nothing wrong with the 9mm version :)
 
I like my 45ACP just the way it is! No longer barrel for me! (not now at least) :p

22lr said:
What can be hunt with it? I think up to 100 yards 9mm will take deer easy. Keep in mind that non-restricted Beretta will have to have "high capacity" mags pinned to 5-rounds, be it 45ACP or 9mm.
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Hey you could take a deer with a 22LR too with a head shot but it doesn't mean it is a good idea (or legal). I don't think 9mm is exactly a deer calibre.

A non-restricted Storm does NOT require 5 round mags. Restricted or non-restricted does not matter in magazine capacity. :D


Fudd
 
I think he was refering to hunting , some provinces limit magazine capacity to 5 I believe.
If he kept the range tight ( 50 yards ? ) and placed his shots properly I see no reason why a 9mm ( I'd go to the heavier end of bullet weight ) wouldn't kill a deer ( wouldn't be my first through tenth choice IMO), they seem to have proven it works in battle against a similar sized biped .
YMMV
 
22lr said:
Keep in mind that non-restricted Beretta will have to have "high capacity" mags pinned to 5-rounds, be it 45ACP or 9mm.
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This is partially incorrect. A magazine marketed for the storm must be limited to 5 rounds. A magazine marketed for the beretta pistols that also just happens to work with the storm must be limited to 10 rounds.
 
I think the most attractive CX4 would be in 10mm.
The way people look at CX4 it should have been a kit gun, like 10/22 where everything could be swapped on the fly: 22lr, 9mm, 40, 45, 10mm etc should all come as accessories.
 
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