Why bother with hollow points in any of these, 9mm, 40s&w, or 45? . Nearly as effective in ballistics, the follow up shot and the speed to do it is everything. .

20 posts - 7 authors - Last post: Apr 16, 2008You can't know who you are going to fight, but it is pretty safe to say that if you shoot them in the liver with a 9, 40, or 45 - it doesn't matter really .

96 posts - 13 authors - Last post: Dec 25, 2007MODERN DAY 9mm vs .357 vs .40 SW vs .45 ACP JHP Handguns: General . 9mm 147 gr JHP 1032 f/s Ballistics Gel Expansion -0.62" .

9mm vs. 38 Special: The Cartridges & the Guns. While reading comparisons .

10 posts - 9 authors - Last post: Jan 69mm vs. 40/45/357Sig - 9mm Wins. Not to intending to start another . . Penetrate 12.5" of ballistic gel and open to 1.5X their initial diameter. .

My advice, however, is to get a larger caliber such as a .40 or .45, practice until you're comfortable with it, and use it as your carry gun, not the 9mm or .380. .

For those of you who carry .45 ball or JSPs because you trust no round to . . area where the 10mm beats the .45 ACP, the 9mm, .40 S&W, .357 magnum or any other . . Still, there are some good loads out there that beat the .45 ACP ballistics. .

The gun debate guaranteed to get people worked up, 9mm versus .45. . The .40 round is widely adopted by Police and Law Enforcement all over the world. . .. Sorry, the best 9mm defensive loads approach the ballistics results of the .45acp. .

Sep 10, 2009 – A short explanation of handgun ballistics by John Holschen. . 9mm vs. .40 vs. . 45 . The key is bullet placement or good marksmanship. 9mm .

Jul 5, 2010 – moral of the story is a .45 will transfer its energy better then a .9mm .40 s&w or a . 380, if you want a true more times then not 1 shot stop in a .

That is why the 9mm +P+ that was used by the Ohio SP is such a good round. . It also explains why critical defense isn't offered in .40 or .45 cal. . . tissue disruption and transfer more energy into a target; which is also proven by ballistics tests. .

Jul 5, 2010 – The debate between 9mm and .45 has raged for years, and I am not foolish . I was a firm believer in the notions that “With a .45 or .40 you only need to . A 127 grain Winchester Ranger +P+ fired into bare ballistic gelatin will .

Feb 22, 2003 – A hit from a .40 or .45 sub-sonic round was 90% effective. . .. Wound Ballistic Workshop: "9mm vs. .45 Auto", FBI Academy, Quantico, VA, .

15 posts - 9 authors - Last post: Nov 4, 2006. 5.7mm FN cartridge compared to the .40 (or 9mm or .45) I know this . a "hole" - such damage is greately exagerated in 10% ballistic gelatin. .

Jun 28, 2011 – .38 vs 9mm vs .40 vs .45 and for fun, 10mm at the end .

Nov 10, 2006 – The 38 Super surpasses its larger caliber allies, the 40 S&W and 45 ACP, . But the Super does not quite match the ballistics of the 357 Sig, or the . Inevitably there is a comparison between the 38 Super and the 9mm Luger. .

These powerful arms are often used by game hunters (or their guides) for .

.40 S&W vs. 9mm. Uploaded on January 23, 2009. Tweet. I just want to know what . .45, or a lighter weight bullet and get similar ballistics of the 9mm. . I would go with the 40 or better yet the 45 any day over the 9mm for carry and protection .

Keep your valuables, guns or medicines away from the wrong hands with the .

Aug 30, 2007 – I love the 45 but say with the right bullet the 9mm is equal to, provides . I know nothing about ballistics, little about stopping power, and not a whole lot . . Of course, with the advent of the .45 Super, or .40 Super, even the .45 .

9mm Versus 380 ACP For Self-Defense - By Dick Metcalf, Technical Editor, Shooting . the apparent ballistic advantage of the longer case 9mm is canceled and the two . in comparison to other popular autoloader cartridges like the 45 ACP (1905). . Overall, the 9mm provides a 40 percent greater wounding effectiveness .

Dr. Roberts is a U.S. Navy Dental Corps officer involved in wound ballistics . In order to be included in this study, I insisted on either having or at least being able to . . such as the 9mm 147gr JHP, .40 S&W 180gr JHP, and .45 ACP 230gr JHP. .

The 357 Sig one of the most popular super nines 9mm. Mostly because the 357 Sig is gaining popularity as a police pistol cartridge. All of the major ammunition .

I've been interested in terminal ballistics for a long time. . Most officers carry .357 , 9mm or .40S&W pistols since they are lighter than larger bore weapons. . . of the same calibre, such as 124gr 9mm at 1200fps or 230gr .45ACP at 850fps. .

Nov 30, 2005 – I guess Glock and Springfield have this now, ballistics aren't that different but the compactness of the GAP. . Pistol Caliber: .40 vs .45 ACP vs .45 GAP . I already have a 9mm but would like something a little bigger. What do .

31 posts - 19 authors - Last post: Sep 22What is it similar too? .45 or the 9mm in terms of ballistics? . The .40 has stopping power close enough to the .45 to be considered equivient. .

.40 S&W compared to other cartridges (third from right). . In the aftermath of the 1986 FBI Miami shootout, the FBI started the process of testing 9mm and .45 ACP . . Apart from the imperfect relationship between ordnance gelatin ballistics and .

Complete 45 ACP ammunition ballistics Chart. Compare all . To determine whether or not they are +P or +P+ rated, Call you manufacturer or ask a gunsmith . .

9mm vs. .40 vs. .45 vs. who cares anyway? . When the ballistic testers went to work on this problem, one of the first things noted was if the .40 S&W bullet was .

70 posts - 56 authors - Last post: Oct 11, 2006.38 Super, .357 SIG, 9x23, .40 or .45ACP in autos, and learn to get hits with . .. ballistics tests, and the 9mm and .45 both did better than the .40. .

5 posts - 4 authors - Last post: Dec 13, 2010Originally Posted by 21bubba Maybe I should rephrase my opinion. Glock would .

Mar 8, 2011 – Homemade Ballistics Gel Test .357 Sig 125 grain Gold Dot .

40 posts - 14 authors - Last post: Apr 6, 2006So neither .45 or .40 is more accurate than the other, or they could be, but maybe both. . The 40 is nothing special I would rather have a 9mm. . .. The 10 would easily provide superior ballistics to the .40 (provided the correct .

Police calibers today, in order of popularity. .40 S&W is far and away the most . Using an old formulation of ballistic gelatin as flesh simulant, the testers went on . than the Army .45, and that a 9mm automatic with ball ammunition would be more . The first test of junk science versus real science is, “Do the results from the .

15 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Jul 13, 201040 vs 45 ballistics question. « on: July 11, 2010, 07:06:47 PM ». If I loaded a 40 S&W round and a 45 ACP round each with a 200 grain bullet .

15 posts - 12 authors - Last post: Dec 10, 2010I had a chance this week to compare several different firearms chambered in various calibers. A while ago I purchased a .22 LR upper for my .

17 posts - 9 authors - Last post: Nov 3, 2010It would be a Commander sized 1911 in .40 or .45. As for the . The ballistic performance of 9mm is superior to the .380. However if you can .

Mar 14, 2010 – Tags: 9mm vs .357 magnum, best carry gun, ccw, chicago, hiviz sights, . I guess I'm the odd one out, I still carry a .45 1911, and I sometimes wonder if . Lowglow, my buddy who said the thing about “.40 after Labor Day” came . .. if the bullet has a decent ballistic coefficient (the higher, the better), slower .

9mm vs. 45! I shudder to think how many times this topic has been discussed not . . When both of these rounds are fired into calibrated 10% ballistic gelatin, now . .. another with a .40 S&W, but the majority was shot either with 5" 1911's or my .

Jun 7, 2007 – 9mm vs 32 auto .40 vs .45 Whats the difference? Obviously they are all different calibers. What are the uses for the different ones? 4 years ago .

ballistic tables for Speer ammo. . Detail, 23617, 9mm Luger +P, 124, GDHP, 20, 1. Detail, 23720, 38 Special + . Detail, 23977, 45 Glock A.P., 185, GDHP, 20, 1 .

3 posts - 1 author - Last post: Apr 16, 2010The problem I'm having with online ballistics tests in gel is that more often than not we have a .40 S&W compared to a 9mm when the .40 was .

Two Pistol Packer's Wet-pack tests for .22, .32, .380 and 9mm ammo · Cruffler's Online Muzzle . Chart Comparing Handgun vs Rife Ballistics · Kinetic Pulse . CCI Velocitor 40gr tests . . Kahr P45 / Taurus PT745C Shoot-out and Wet Pack Test .

A: Please do not ask me to compute your recoil or trajectory for you; these are . . it will function through many pistols designed for the 9x19 rather than its ballistics. . I prefer the 9mm over the .40 because it is more widely distributed world . the differences are usually relatively small (.45 ACP/230 grain at 987 fps vs. .357 .

Oct 26, 2005 – The 40 will probably serve you as well as a .45 though the .

45 posts - 19 authors - Last post: Aug 17, 2002Would I like to buy 9mm practice ammo at $100 a case or .45ACP . .. As I understand it, the ballistics between the .40 and 10mm are very close. .

I have not killed a pile of zombies or anything with a 9mm or a 40, nor a .45. . . It was invented to put the ballistics of the 10mm FBI load into a 9mm sized .

40 posts - 16 authors - Last post: Nov 18, 2005As a result of testing to optimize terminal ballistics on the 10mm Auto, the FBI . Personally, the 45acp loaded with 200gr bullets and the 40 S&W with . Whats next? are you guna tell me that 9mm is .38 calibre or .357 bore? .

Jan 4, 2009 – so, I did a quick look, but anyone smart on 'em want to chime in or put up a good link for comparative ballistics between the 9/40/45? I feel good .

Aug 30, 2008 – Is it just me or does the .40 recoil harder than the 9mm or the .45? I wish I owned the same make and model gun in the three different calibers .

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