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Well I do not really agree with that front sight info. "don't even bother shooting an attacker in the chest with these". Come on, give me a break almost anybody with 2-3 shots of .380 or .32 H&R to the chest are going to be on the ground pretty quick. It might be an old article but I really don't think you can even put a 10mm into the same category as a .50AE or even .44 mag. Has this guy ever shot a 10mm? The recoil of one is far less then a .357 mag, .44mag or .50AE!!! It’s a snappy round more like a .357 sig not a .44mag with hot loads. In fact there was a recent thread by a new Glock 10mm owner who was surprised how controllable the round was. Many on this board conceal a G29 or G30 with few problems. They just dress around it. Go and shoot a Ruger sp-101 with hot .357 mag loads and then shoot a 10mm with hot loads in something like a G29. It won't even be close. Many 10mm guys think the round didn’t get enough credit. I am starting to think it got to much credit and people blew it way out of proportion and started treating it like a .44mag.

If you want to carry a revolver a .357 will be hard to beat. The next step up is the .41 mag and then .44 but I have shot both and I wouldn't carry one unless I was in bear country. It’s kind of like when someone tells me that a 12 gauge is leaps and bounds better then a 20 gauge for home protection. If I can shoot a 200 pound hog or dear dead with one shot from a 20 then will a 12 gauge be that much better against a human? Same as saying a .44 mag is not enough for protection and I should go to the 500 S&W magnum. Both are over kill!! Of course I know I have said this before on other posts but if it’s good enough to kill a 200-300 pound animal with a thicker hide or skin then why would it not be for a human attacker. I have seen .357 mag, .40 S&W, .45acp and 10mm all stop boar and dear in thier tracks. Could a 9mm do it? Of course it could but deer don't usually have guns and shoot back so why chance it.

I think if we did a poll most of us would agree that a 9mm is more then acceptable for personal protection with good hollow points against any non comic book human attacker. Obviously like any gun you have to be able to control it and shot it accurately. I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t carry the biggest fastest round that you can shoot proficiently in a handgun and I think almost all grown men and a lot of women can shot a .40 or better in a semi-auto with proper practice.

A buddy of mine is an Iraq veteran and he is the only person I know who has been shot at and fired back. He has a very interesting view on calibers. Shoot the heaviest gun. He always told me he liked heavy handguns because when you get shot at your adrenaline goes into overdrive and no matter how hard he tried his hands would shake a little. That’s why he loved his rifle and only on a few occasions used or discharged his handgun. He thinks recoil means little or nothing when it comes down to it and that how calm you are and the weight of the gun will help your hands from shaking. That’s why he carries only revolvers and 1911s. The weight!!!

Put it this way. There is a reason almost everybody I know has +P or +P+ in 9mm. They just want more!!! A +P 9mm is still only putting weak .40 cal power down on paper and its still a smaller diameter bullet with less weight! Even if they are wrong, mentally they think they don't have enough power.

This will go on forever. Carry what you want. I own a .380, 9mm, .40, 10mm and .45acp. Some will say they choose the 9mm because they are more accurate with it and it can hold more rounds. I am more accurate with my .40 then any of them but that’s just me. As for power 10mm takes the cake but you get increased recoil. 17 rounds doesn't really mean anything to me unless you think you’re in the movie Heat. My brother is an EMT and he always carried a 9mm until he became an EMT. He said it would probably stop a threat if the rounds were placed well but he responded to many calls were someone was shot 6 times in the torso with a 9mm and lived. Doesn't mean you can't get shot once with a 9mm and die but he said he never saw anybody conscious or alive after 2 shots of .45 to the chest. A 9mm is adequate for personal protection. Same goes for all the calibers bigger. I would just master a larger caliber or more powerful round. To each his own.