9mm vs.... **Resolved by article from SCMA-1**

[hybridatsun350]

Who purposely shoots themselves in the chest with a .44 magnum!

[aplinker]

Who purposely shoots themselves in the chest with a .44 magnum!

that body armor manufacturer dude shoots himself regularly with everything.

Getting shot with serious armor is like a pat on the back.

[SCMA-1]

Who purposely shoots themselves in the chest with a .44 magnum!

What's even more nuts is asking Richard Davis to shoot one's self with a FAL.............twice! That's confidence.

[J_Rock]

A wise man once said:

"We can control a lot of things- but the one thing that we exercise absolutely no control over is another human's reaction to being shot.
That is unique, and often more a matter of circumstance than ballistics.
We (all of us) spend waaay too much time worrying about bullet weight, muzzle velocity, caliber and configuration instead of the terminal resting place of that projectile."

[supersonic]

I'd put my faith in god, my hopes on my training and I'd use whatever gun is on my person.

Caliber arguments are silly.

Very true. But if S DID ever HTF, I would feel most comfortable with my 10MM. ( but hey, that's just me.)

[saki302]

Keep in mind many of us older folks (relatively older, that is) have legal hi-caps bought in the 90's. That does make a big difference in the 9mm/.40 calibers.

10mm is a neat hunting round, but probably overkill for defense the same way .41 mag and .44 mag are. It also creates supply challenges. If I owned a Glock 20, I'd definitely buy a spare .45 upper for it (lone wolf dist. can take care of that for you).

The prime benefit of 9mm and .45 (and even .40 to a lesser extent) is availability. Any gun store would have these in stock (besides post obama freak-out time).

-Dave