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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3213582" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>You really should partake in some of DocGKR's writings. He's an actual doctor, and he does forensics and ballistic testing for a living. He worked with Martin Fackler. Google them both up.</p><p></p><p> The cliff notes version is that today's modern HP bullets<em><strong> <span style="color: #b30000">in handgun calibers</span></strong></em> all perform about the same through the FBI testing protocol in various barriers (essentially the same penetration into gel after passing through said barrier). It doesn't matter if it's 9mm, .45, .357 SIG, etc. This hasn't always been the case but advancements in bullet construction has leveled the playing field. Why are the FBI and LEO agencies dropping .40 like a hot rock? Is it because evil doers have physiologically changed? Nope. It's because the pipsqueak 9mm is statistically speaking "just as good" as all the others, it's cheaper to issue, and gives several other advantages to boot. </p><p></p><p>This doesn't mean the .40 is bad now, it's just as good as it always was. Same for my personal favorite .357 Sig. I like the Sig round because it's the most accurate handgun round I've ever shot and I have knowledgable friends who have carried it for years that say the same about it. But you know what I carry most? 9mm...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3213582, member: 3099"] You really should partake in some of DocGKR's writings. He's an actual doctor, and he does forensics and ballistic testing for a living. He worked with Martin Fackler. Google them both up. The cliff notes version is that today's modern HP bullets[I][B] [COLOR=#b30000]in handgun calibers[/COLOR][/B][/I] all perform about the same through the FBI testing protocol in various barriers (essentially the same penetration into gel after passing through said barrier). It doesn't matter if it's 9mm, .45, .357 SIG, etc. This hasn't always been the case but advancements in bullet construction has leveled the playing field. Why are the FBI and LEO agencies dropping .40 like a hot rock? Is it because evil doers have physiologically changed? Nope. It's because the pipsqueak 9mm is statistically speaking "just as good" as all the others, it's cheaper to issue, and gives several other advantages to boot. This doesn't mean the .40 is bad now, it's just as good as it always was. Same for my personal favorite .357 Sig. I like the Sig round because it's the most accurate handgun round I've ever shot and I have knowledgable friends who have carried it for years that say the same about it. But you know what I carry most? 9mm... [/QUOTE]
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