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Yea rightWell if the government says so it must be true.
Rick
9mm. More officers/agents can pass the qualification that way. More qualified LEOs, more force on the streets. Same agency that used 10mm because of its effectiveness. then came up with the .40 S&W when qual pass rate was low. now 9mm because we want to treat a gun like a hammer, pick it up when you need it. "If its good nuff for our military, its good nuff for us"-FBI. "If its good enough for FBI, its good nuff for me"- Joe CCW. Then comes the internet commandos that justifies their choice. "Faster double taps" "high cap" "just as good as the .45" "softer recoil"
here is a good video of gunshot wounds from a surgeon's perspective
http://youtu.be/wXwPtP-KDNk
the .357 magnum is one of the most effective handgun cartridge because of its penetrating capability. Not because it opens up into a beautiful flower like the "modern 9mm". I do believe that they had it right with the flat point .40 S&W. It is one effective round.
You realize if you get hit in the same spot with either a 9mm, 45, 40, they will all do the samething. If someone gets hit in the lungs with a 9mm 124gr HST and then some gets hit in the same spot with a 45 ACP 230 gr HST it will do they same thing. Both the 9mm, 45, 40 all have close to the same amount of ft lbs of energy. 45 acp 230gr HST produces 404 ft lbs of energy, 9mm 124gr HST produces 364 ft lbs of energy, and a 40 S&W 180gr HST produces 408 ft lbs of energy at the muzzle. The matter of 40 ft lbs of energy is so minute that the 45 or 40 over a 9mm will not make up for a bad shot. A bullet size producing close to the same amount of kinetic energy and the same amount of hyrdostatic shok will not make up for a bad shot.... I am curious to where the requiring of extra hits come from? A caliber will never make up for a bad shot or lack of training. Switching to a 9mm will give the agents the ability to practice for the same dollar and less recoil to be able to get back on target faster.So let's get this straight. You equip your fighting personnel with a round known not to put an enemy down except with good shot placement under high stress conditions, thereby requiring extra hits on said enemy while the soldier is probably being shot at with who knows what type of rounds the enemy is using. So you make your guy have to use more shots than necessary, thus driving up ammo expense to boot. Consider the ammo RBCD: http://rense.com/general45/priva.htm. A friend shot a water-filled milk jug with a Hydra Shok 9mm and then with a RBCD 9mm and the impact results of the bullets were significantly greater with the RBCD than the Hydra Shok.