Monday, August 13, 2018

Active Self Protection YouTube channel on the caliber debate.

Active Self Protection has a video up on the pistol caliber debates we all like to have. You know, 9mm vs .40 vs .45 and so on. The linked video is a good one, and I agree with all of it, right down to the .380ACP being right on the line between what is acceptable and what isn't.

My current personal choice is 9mm, due to the reduced recoil allowing accurate follow-up shots and the extra magazine capacity.

One important part of the video is when he says that a long gun is more desirable than a pistol if you know you have to shoot at someone. He goes on to say something that I've told many people in nearly the exact same terms that he does: We don't carry pistols because of their "stopping power", of which they have little compared to a rifle. We carry pistols because we can. Open carrying a rifle might be illegal in your area, or it might not be, but either way it's inconvenient and isn't always practical. A pistol is small, light, concealable and convenient.

Someone once said that pistol rounds poke holes, but rifle rounds tear stuff up. That is true.

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