More stupid shit. No one wins a caliber war.
The best caliber is the one you have with you when you need it.
I recommend .45acp. That being said, when I carry.....it’s usually a .380.
For young healthy strong military or police I believe a more powerful round should be the round of choice. Though 10mm/40S&W or .357 sig would be preferable........ the .45 ACP is a real thumper.
all of that being said.....I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of a 9mm....or evens 22lr. Like I said I carry a little pocket .380.....because it’s little and fits right in me pocket and doesn’t pull me trousers down.
This thread is gay.
I have a very small light weight Taurus 45 I carry sometimes. Sometimes just the l'il 380 "credit card" gun (KelTec P3AT). The main "keep it around" is an old Glock 40 that's butt ugly and feels like a 2x4 in my hand but hits what I aim at with flawless functionality.
Never really cared for the 9mm's but it works for a lot of peeps.
Get what ya like, keep what works I alluz say. d;^)
A hit with a pellet gun is better than a miss with a 45./s
Just own at least one of each, problem solved.
In the third meme that’s a Browning H-Power not a 1911, 9 mm.
For me, the 1911 hits almost naturally. Something about Gunny’s gentle and melodious coaching stuck, and I’ll hit if I simply pull the trigger - in the black if I look at the sights. But as the weapon comes up, it is already almost perfectly on target.
For me, the Glock 17 has that charming trait that it will never run out of ammo. I fire a couple hundred shots a day with a variety of weapons, including rapid fire, and it’s been months (years?) since I missed the black. The 33rd time I pull the Glock trigger, if I’m not out of enemies, I know I’m in deep trouble!
For home defense, if I’m using a handgun and not the Remington 870, I would start with the 1911 and switch to the Glock rather than reloading. If I need more than 8 shots, I don’t want to have to count my shots.
It’s kinda:
BANG! vs. BANGBANGBANG BANG BANG (reload) BANG BANG!!
Having a half dozen autos of various Caliber I have some observations.
I have the Sig that is now the military’s choice, a striker fired modular design, in 9mm. I changed the grip to small with same barrel, use straight 8 nightsights.
As far as .45acp, I have the best imho one, a Glock 30 S, it was ported, I shortened the grip using 9 rnd mag, with Pearce mag mod, so I have 3 finger hold, I use Tungsten recoil 3 oz. rod. Trigger is lightened to 4lbs. and smoothed out using MP3 and titanium parts.
This Glock 30 S has very low weight, height and slide is from Glock 36 so its slimmer. Makes very concealable and light package. Sure the 9mm ammo is great these days, but there is something intimidating about that big hole at the end of a .45 barrel that makes the bad guy know your packing real heat.
I carry the 13 rnd. mag on my belt so that is 23 rnds of ammo, IMHO more than enough ammo.
With Glock double recoil spring, tungsten weighted guide rod and magna porting the .45 recoil is well tamed.
In a defensive situation, the best caliber is the one you have with you. What? You don’t have a caliber with you? For shame.
The .45ACP was designed to stop Philippine moslem Juramentados when it was found the .38 Colt did not work.
The .38 Colt users ended up dead before the Juramentado bled out.
.25 ACP, baby. It actually goes back in time and kills their grannies too.