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Some aspects can be or are overblown, so if you're committed to. How well YOU can shoot is all that matters, and all that's ever mattered. There's nothing you can do about it, either; it's down to sheer physics. The parent cartridge of.

To make a gun that chambers and fires 10mm, it has to be the same frame size as for. While the powder charge was also reduced along with a bit of chamber pressure that doesn't change the fact that. A heck of a lot more? Not really, but more, and remember - again - 9mm handguns certainly of the time and certainly those of today are designed for the forces involved in shooting 9mm, not necessarily those of.

Modern gun owners seem to have this perverse pleasure in how lazy they are when it comes to taking care of their guns, which is a damn stupid attitude to have about a life-saving tool. What a recoil spring does is compress under tension as the slide travels to the rear.

After fully compressing, it pushes the slide forward into battery. Now, the relative resistance to compression in a spring is called "spring rate. The inherent problem here is that manufacturers tend to give 9mm and.

A gun working reliably depends on the spring rate achieving a balance between resistance and compression. It has to compress enough to let the slide fully cycle, but can't be too soft or else the slide will slam into the back and front! The spring has to have a little more resistance than that of a 9mm pistol to achieve the proper spring rate The difference isn't huge. However, that little bit of difference slows the slide down enough to reduce wear on the gun An effective. Proven track record.

This was the standard for law enforcment for a few decades in our nation. It worked, and stopped many a gunfight in the favor of our sworn LE gunslingers. Government gun training might be lacking, but they at least usually pick decent equipment. Easier to handle than full-power 10mm. You could get yourself a proven design, cheap. Most police weapons are hardly used. There exists conversion kits to some other interesting calibers such as.

Check your gun in detail. Less room for manufacturing error. The easiest way out of this is to only use quality ammunition, and not Brand X gun-show reloads. Yes, one can train around it, but shooting. Most will end up just carrying a larger duty-sized pistol. And I have gr hardcast that does over fps from published data. Life is good. Interesting article. I personally like the. My wife has a Taurus millennium in. I might add that my skill level is slightly above hers, been shooting personally and professionally in the Marine Corps for 23 years.

I think the issue behind this continuous debate about the. Shoot and carry what you adequately can handle and put rounds on target with. Let the shooter decide. I also think that all this fuss with agencies switching back to 9mm comes down to cost of ammunition, the 9mm easier to handle by smaller officers, and the higher round capacity.

A police officer does not automatically equal a highly trained expert marksman. The majority only meet the basic requirements. Other than large grip, it was super easy to shoot. Much like many of smaller 9 mm. I love the Hate the 9 mill. But a 40,. It is a Glock 34 gen 5 9mm. That is clearly a gen 5 weapon and they do not currently produce a 40 in the gen 5 configuration.

Perhaps a Glock 35 gen 4 would fit the bill, either way I get the point. Always plenty of 40 to go around when 9 and 45 have been bought up. Great ballistics and capacity. Served me well on duty for years although the agency I am currently with shoots I love all of the cheap, second hand 40 cal weapons to be had as well. I bought a new Sig P Classic. I have a friend that has a Sig P Exchange Kit in.

Is this a good buy? In other words are the newer P frames all made the same? In the long run, the. This is why you are seeing law enforcement switching back to the 9mm and why the. Both modern 9mm and. Sort of agree and sort of disagree. And when the SHTF, it will be plentiful and cheaper.

Guess what! Supply and demand is a funny thing. With that said, I almost exclusively carry my 9mm. Between Concealment etc, it works best for me, but I do occassionaly carry my g For the Glock 22 I have a 9mm conversion barrel.

I found very little difference for myself. For concealed carry subcompact, 9mm please. We ended up in Sunny Central Florida!

Or like I call it, Real America! So I know I can always and did learn something new. We both ended up with new Glocks, she got a Model 43,4th gen 9 mm, I bought a Model 22, 4th gen. I was always a fan of the. Army, but size, weight and ammo cost, plus number of rounds carry capacity seamed low, compared with the.

Sorry for the long rant, but everyone I wish good luck have fun and stay safe and healthy! Love my Bersa Thunder Pro. Have fired over 4, rounds and still extremely accurate. The main reason Federal reduced the velocity of the grain HydraShok to the same as the was that there were too many through-and-through penetrations being reported. Having spent the first third of my LE career with wheel guns, I have a deep respect for the. I carried a Sig Gutsy topic in this world of 9mm mean girls.

But I approve. My everyday is a Sig P chambered in. I absolutely will help keep the. In my mind there is no substitute for the. It is the perfect balance between manageable recoil and power. In a self defense situation, many of us may not be range accurate on shot placement. With practice the recoil is not a problem in my view. It is a custom cut down version of the venerable made for concealed carry. It has a bull barrel for added accuracy and dependability and custom grips with positive control characteristics.

It is not cheap but is a fine hand gun. Regrettably is is no longer chambered for. I believe my gun will be a classic in. Maybe one day SA will make it again that caliber. It felt good in my hand and it was a great shooting gun. I have never looked back. Now many years later, and many guns and calibers gone through, my favorite shooter is my HK VP It is my all around range gun, concealed carry, like a daily driver, this is my daily shooter.

Love the. I love the. My first pistol was a full metal Star Firestar single action in. I also have a Springfield XD Mod. Sauer revolver in. While recoil is a bit sharper in the lighter Shield compared to the Firestar, I have no trouble controlling it and it is not uncomfortable to shoot.

My state limits mags to 10 anyway, so…. I also enjoy shooting the. My son in law wanted a subcompact and got a. He saw a 9mm sub with night sights and decided he preferred it over the other. He even wanted to pay for the kit he wanted as he would have to anyway. So I got a brand new Sig Sauer P in. It stays in my EDC backpack with 3 spare 18rd mags. The best part is a month ago he had to have the XL and gave me the 9mm sub kit. Now I have the sub 9mm kit if I want to create the FCU from the aftermarket to have a complete piece.

The carry version of the Sig is hands down my favorite. I know lots of guys comin home to who believe that anything you carry should have a 4 in front. I have had the FNS 40C as my carry gun for 4 years. Love the caliber love the gun. The recoil is easy to get used to after very little time. Accuracy is great with this round and I trust the stopping power compared to smaller calibers. Seems like a weird cycle going on now with the.

I for one am stocking up on. I run gr JHP for self defense. I have carried a. In a glock I have shot a lot of rounds through both i have owned. I like a heavy bullet to shoot usually shoot gr. I like the recoil of a. Dont get me wrong i love a. The teport from a. I like the pretty standard flat meplat of a. I shoot a lot a big centerfire revolvers with either a keith type bullet or LBT bullet.

I like what a fkat point dies on game and im a firm believer on two holes through a target. The FBI started out with a 38 with a gr lead bullet. Abondoned the 9mm after the dade co shoot out.

Devoloped the 10mm then the Always had revolvers because I used them for hunting. As soon as my girlfriend shot it she claimed it. My girlfriend has put nearly the the same through her Shield. I live on a farm. But with all due respect, I think he needs to get out from behind the computer and shoot a bit more. There are some nice things to be said about. Amen, brother! There are a few guns out there that are engineered to handle the 10mm well, but in most cases it will make your upper lip quiver to shoot it.

I think every good collection should include one, but I much prefer the. It might be a compromise between the 10mm and the 9mm, but I think it is a good one. For self-defense, it has proven stopping power while still being manageable enough to keep that front sight where it belongs and not be overcome by the first shot.

I agree that the majority of handguns chambered in. The shooter is also going to feel most of the pressure difference in the form of recoil too, and for some that is unacceptable. Because the 9mm and the. Yes, cost of ownership over time is going to be a little more because the parts are going to wear faster with the pressures of the.

In fact, the savvy enthusiast might just have the. As to the danger of ultra-high pressures with. If you over-seat your 9mm or your. Compared to the 9mm Glock 34 bottom note the smaller relief cut to retain more steel in the slide. For some reason, the accuracy gods smiled upon the. I can shoot one-hole groups with. There is just something about the round that gives it inherent accuracy. I just shoot it good — and if I shoot it good I tend to love it. You say toe-may-toe, I say toe-mah-toe.