One of gun folks’ favorite debates is the ever-popular 9mm vs. .45 ACP. Responsible for ending friendships, starting fistfights, and countless divorces, this debate will tear your life apart. So you can tell the old timer at the range that his 1911 wasn’t the reason we won 2 World Wars? What’s been relatively common … Army officials were recently quoted declaring its stock of 200k-plus semi-auto Sig Sauer M11 and Beretta M9 pistols to be outdated. Any for what? So, my solution to the whole 9mm vs 40 S&W vs 45 ACP debate was to carry a 9mm because it’s what I shoot the best. The cartridge called .45 ACP (or .45 Auto) was designed by the great John Browning in 1904. Given the shorter case length, the 9mm Para also has higher chamber pressures. This is the mother of all debates. The U.S. Army has settled the age-old 9mm vs. .45 ACP debate with its latest request for a new service pistol with more “knock down” power.
Ein 9mm ist im Allgemeinen billiger, hat weniger Rückstoß und eine höhere Geschwindigkeit als ein .45 ACP.
ball or jacketed flat point loaded to +P velocities. The 10mm vs. basically anything else comes close. Why, some newbies may wonder, is there such an intense and long-standing argument over the merits of 9mm compared to .45 ACP? That’s 46% more rounds than a .45 carries… and you’re likely to get at least 3 of your rounds into your attacker. The .40 is 113 percent of the diameter of the 9mm, and the .45 bullet is 127 percent of the diameter of the 9mm.
If “Legendary” fits the .45 ACP 1911, then “Popular” is the perfect moniker for the 9mm Luger. That’s a 33% better chance at stopping a violent attacker with a 9mm vs. a .45. The German military wanted a larger caliber military handgun cartridge so Luger took his current 7.65x21mm Parabellum and … History of the 45 ACP vs. 45 Auto Cartridge.
Die .45 ACP-Patrone (Automatic Colt Pistol) fasst Kugeln mit einem Durchmesser von .452 Zoll (11,5 mm), ist also etwas größer als die 9 mm … If you’ve been in the firearms community for more than a few minutes, you’ve heard people argue about what caliber is best, worst or just plain silly. 9mm+P 115 grains: .355.40 S&W 140 grains: .400.45 ACP +P 185 grains: .452. .45 ACP vs. 9mm This is it. Born during the same early years of the 20 th century, the 9x19mm Parabellum was designed by Georg Luger for use in his 1898 Luger Pistol. This is the question that triggered the ongoing debate in the gun world. The bigger the bullet, the bigger the hole it makes in the target.
Then, I picked ammo that allows my 9mm to create a wound larger than a .45 ACP hollowpoint. So don’t get caught in a fair fight. HISTORY: 9MM LUGER. If you find yourself in a fair fight your tactics suck. The difference between .38 ACP and 9mm is that .38 ACP has a longer case (0.9 inches vs 0.754 inches) and is semi-rimmed, whereas the 9mm is rimless. Then there’s .30-06 vs. those who are wrong. Those who prefer the 9mm to the 45 ACP argue that it has higher accuracy and capacity than the .45: hence, the best of handguns. 9mm vs. 45 ACP ballistics: which one is the best? Forced to choose between 9mm & .45 acp for use against (Black) bear attack my choice would be .45 acp with 230 gr.
.45 ACP vs 9mm Vergleich. This would be a "handloading" proposition.
The gunsmith created the round for a new .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol that he was also designing for Colt. That’s what I call a win. The 9mm bullet has the narrowest diameter of the three. If you notice in the above photo, there is little difference between 9mm, 40 S&W and 45 ACP in regards to both temporary and permanent wound cavities, and overall penetration.