On Saturday, December 29, 2001, at 06:26 PM, david wrote:
On Saturday 29 December 2001 05:00 pm, Faustine wrote:
Hm, whatever works, I guess. Sheer stealth isn't as much a factor for me as is accuracy, reliability and being able to avoid the "woman with a peashooter" image. All rhetoric aside (but with all that in mind) I've actually been thinking of getting a 9mm, something along the lines of a Glock 26, a Kahr P9 or maybe a Sig-Sauer P239. Any thoughts?
I have a Glock M17 and M21. They are both extremely accurate and reliable. Glocks are serious gun fighter's weapons because they have no extra bells and whistles like external safeties and hammer decockers. They also don't have
Um. No, they are serious fighters weapons because they are simple, robust and reliable. But mostly robust and reliable. If you're looking for a firearm, after reliability the most important thing is ergonomics. I've owned a Beretta 92, a Tanfoglio (eaa witness) .45, and a HK P7. I've fired glocks, Sigs, Browning Hi-powers (and clones/redesigns) and a wide variety of 1911s. I can't stand the way the glocks and most of the 1911s fit my hand, they don't feel "right", while the browning Hi-power, the HK P7, Beretta etc. all felt good. The P7 being the best IMO. Just about any contemporary pistol is going to be robust and reliable as long as you don't make too many modifications to it.
I suggest that you consider a .40 instead of a 9mm. You should always carry the largest gun in the in the biggest caliber you can control and conceal.
The real world energy difference between a .40 and a 9mm is not worth talking about. The most important thing with a pistol is accuracy. There are two ways to achieve good accuracy, one is to be born with a natural talent. The other is to practice practice, practice. With 9mm being significantly cheaper than .40, you can practice a lot more for the same dollar. 9mm has been killing and wounding people for many years.
The bigger the gun the easier and faster it is to shoot accurately. The bigger the caliber the more stopping power. The reason the US military switched to .45 caliber handguns is becuause .38 caliber handguns were so ineffective against the Moros in the Phillipines.
Then again, we don't have many scientific studies on the effectiveness of the .45 against them either.
Since 9mm is .36 caliber,
.38
the military has basicially returned to a caliber proven to be not up to the task. Glock offers .40 in each of the frame sizes it offers 9mm in.
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