Why carry a .40 or.45

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Re: Why carry a .40 or.45

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VMaxer wrote:
baldeagle wrote:That podcast was great. I highly recommend anyone listening to it if you have a hour available to sit down and pay attention. It has me thinking that my next gun will be a P250 in .357 Sig.
FWIW, those ballistics can be pretty closely duplicated in 10mm, pushing a 135-grain JHP out at 1,400 fps. And, IIRC, the Winchester Ranger 9mm 127-grain +p+ is pretty darned speedy, too.

Psssft, change it to a 9x25 Dillon and make a 125gr run at 1700fps.

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Re: Why carry a .40 or.45

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I agree Dan, great post and excellent summary. :iagree:
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