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9mm vs. 40 – Is the .40 Caliber a Better Handgun Cartridge?

Fred613 said:
That would be ok for civilians, but for police
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This Was a PD of which l spoke , with 300 -ish Ofc at the time .

Fred613 said:
, in a gunfight where an officer may give a magazine of ammo to another officer,
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While a Theoretical " maybe could happen " , the usual reply is to name any documented instance in USA of LEO throwing each other magazines in the middle of a gunfight ?

Complete guns ? Reasonably common , but not just the mags.
 
My Department was over 700 sworn officers. My point was why take any chances at all. We already had instances of husband and wife teams going out for recreational shooting and having one spouse load the wrong ammo in their spouses gun. As for “theoretical,” why take any chances. Why introduce a possible problem when you don’t have to. My job was to train the officers to survive in a deadly situation where everything can go south in a heartbeat. One thing less to worry about is a bonus.
 
TedB said:
A wise friend and mentor of mine once said "a 9mm may or may not expand.... BUT- a .45 will never compress..."

The same can be said of a .40, even though it is only 1mm in diameter larger than a 9mm, it's still 11.2% larger in diameter...

But to be clear, the average police shooting tends to be more dynamic than a civilian self-defense shooting.

However, in both cases only hits matter- AND every bullet that is fired has an attorney attached to it. So whatever caliber & platform that an individual shoots best is the correct choice for what they carry.
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.355 to .400.
 
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