.45 vs 9mm ?

[XDM45]

I can't belive the 9 vs 45 threads still come up Guess it will always be a debate.......

I like the "get both" argument myself...

Both always works

True...but one works better than the other. That's why you get a .45ACP. After all, size matters

(just being a smarta** and having fun. No harm meant.)

[20mm]

It's not the size of your bullet, but how you use it.

That's what she said!

+1

[Cmezz331]

Without reading any of this thread, I have 2 words.

Grizzly xtreme

[smokintone]

I am a 9mm guy myself, but I am getting the itch for a nice 1911!

[grousemaster]

I am a 9mm guy myself, but I am getting the itch for a nice 1911!

Same here. I'm in the "nine is fine" crowd, but I'm not foolish enough to think it's the equivalent of a .45ACP.

[smokintone]

It always goes without saying but, carry what your comfortable with. A 45 does you no good if you can't get good accurate follow up shots with it. +'s and -'s to both.

I look at it the same way with X brand of pistols, and what I tell students. Even if you go into a gun shop looking for your first carry gun, and everyone you know says GET YOURSELF A GLOCK! And then you go to your LGS and you pick one up and go....MEH! Don't buy it. If it doesn't feel right to you, don't get it. Find what feels right, because if you don't, you'll just end up not carrying, and then, what's the point

[XDM45]

It always goes without saying but, carry what your comfortable with. A 45 does you no good if you can't get good accurate follow up shots with it. +'s and -'s to both.

I look at it the same way with X brand of pistols, and what I tell students. Even if you go into a gun shop looking for your first carry gun, and everyone you know says GET YOURSELF A GLOCK! And then you go to your LGS and you pick one up and go....MEH! Don't buy it. If it doesn't feel right to you, don't get it. Find what feels right, because if you don't, you'll just end up not carrying, and then, what's the point

Such heresy and blasphemy against the holy Glock. You know the tribunal will burn you at the stake for that, right?

Seriously, good advice. Same advice I give people. Find what works for you and use it. Maybe the gun you buy won't work for you down the road, maybe it will, look at the technical side of it, but trust your gut and what feels right to you. You have to fit the gun and the gun has to fit you. Same thing I said in a recent thread when it comes to buying a gun for your wife. You can pay for it, but let her pick it out.

Common sense. huh. Whodathunkit?

[tazdevil]

It always goes without saying but, carry what your comfortable with. A 45 does you no good if you can't get good accurate follow up shots with it. +'s and -'s to both.

I look at it the same way with X brand of pistols, and what I tell students. Even if you go into a gun shop looking for your first carry gun, and everyone you know says GET YOURSELF A GLOCK! And then you go to your LGS and you pick one up and go....MEH! Don't buy it. If it doesn't feel right to you, don't get it. Find what feels right, because if you don't, you'll just end up not carrying, and then, what's the point

Such heresy and blasphemy against the holy Glock. You know the tribunal will burn you at the stake for that, right?

Seriously, good advice. Same advice I give people. Find what works for you and use it. Maybe the gun you buy won't work for you down the road, maybe it will, look at the technical side of it, but trust your gut and what feels right to you. You have to fit the gun and the gun has to fit you. Same thing I said in a recent thread when it comes to buying a gun for your wife. You can pay for it, but let her pick it out.

Common sense. huh. Whodathunkit?

Glock shmock! All I hear is "Glocks are so light and easy to carry!" Yeah, well, a real man wears a gun that is as heavy as a boat anchor, and without proper belts, will pull the pants to the ground showing another hidden....ahem...gun shall we say. Sig P226 stainless, when you run out of rounds, you still have a weapon in your hands, but your a really bad shot then too. Tupperware guns are for storing your food accessories in.




(disclaimer, I never have owned, much less fired a Glock. I just can't get past the uber-ugliness of the thing, all boxey and non-sexy as it is. If you are reading this, you really need to get out more.)

[Evad]

No discussion of these two calibers is truly complete without considering the platform from which they're fired - Glock or 1911- as well as how it will be carried: open or concealed...

I always thought it was "which Glock will you use?", I had no idea there was any other reasonable option.

Pay attention guys, we covered this already.