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I have to agree. I LOVE my 1911 in .45ACP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.45 in a full size 1911. Doesn't get any better than that.
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I have to agree. I LOVE my 1911 in .45ACP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.45 in a full size 1911. Doesn't get any better than that.
...but the recoil on 45 is greater causing the flinch effect on even seasoned cops...so many police forces use the 40 acp.
According to the stats in Evan "Morgue Monster" Marshall's book "Stopping Power: A practical analysis of the latest handgun ammunition"
9mm
Load Total Stops %
Fed 115gr +P+ 189 172 91
Win 115gr +P+ 150 135 90%
.45
Load Total Stops %
230gr HS 173 166 96
185gr GS 83 80 96%
Both calibers perform well given good shot placement. Which can YOU shoot well?
*The Totals are recorded shootings where only one round was shot into the torso. A Stop is where the BG is incapacitated within a few seconds.
just wondering what you all thought would be better for self defense.
thanks.
ok, I feel that I can confidently shoot 9, 40 and 45 pretty much to the same degree out of the same platform.
I should have said, which is more effective for stopping a threat?? to get real specific, one bullet, same shot placement, distance, angle... the only thing not constant would be caliber. which caliber would work best?
I've fired the 45, 40, and 9mm. I would say the 45 is the easiest recoil of all three. According to some FBI reports, the 40 was chosen because of ballistic performance; I don't recall reading that the recoil of a 45 was ever considered a problem (especially when compared to .357).