.45 FMJ vs 9mm JHP

[DaveM55]

Two words...shot placement.

[MMH]

Either Bad Dude or he meant BG for bad guy....I think lol.

Brain fart - I was typing too fast & typed 'BD' for bad guy. Won't win a spelling bee w/ that! Thankfully, my shot placement is better than my spelling.

[West Chester]

Sorry two seperate thoughts in my post. The OP asked about FMJ 45 vs 9 JHP and I was saying that the 9 JHP expanded more than .45 of a FMJ.

In the HP vs HP obviously the .45 is much larger.

[brian]

what are we comparing here?
if you're using hp 9mm why not compare to hp45?
it's they always say, "9mm might expand, but the 45 will never shrink".

[zackattack784]

Sorry two seperate thoughts in my post. The OP asked about FMJ 45 vs 9 JHP and I was saying that the 9 JHP expanded more than .45 of a FMJ.

In the HP vs HP obviously the .45 is much larger.

Ooooo got ya. Idk, they look similar in size to me

[MMH]

...To answer the original question; I think it is probably a wash between .45 FMJ and 9 HPs of the most advanced type. However, why limit oneself to FMJ?
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Good post - thanks for the reply. I generally do keep JHP's in my .45. The reason I posted the question is that I'm beginning to stockpile ammo & .45 is alot more expensive than 9mm. Day may come when ammo is hard to get & I have alot of FMJ ammo, so, it was more of a curiosity/what if question than what I'm carrying now.

[MMH]

Two words...shot placement.

Obviously shot placement important and you got to practice to assure good shot placement. At the same time, I know that shot placement was good enough to put a slug in the middle of the BG's eyeball, I would be overgunned w/ a 22 short. So, to me it's a combination of shot placement and terminal performance.

[Rundownfid]

MMH;
I like the "overgunned w/ a .22 short" ! Yes shot placement, except when you miss somewhat.

For storage, I think money isn't as important as it appears. How many rounds would ever be carried compared to how many used in practice? My guess is a 100 for practice for everyone shot from a carry mag. Hopefully many many thousands more practiced with than actually used in self-defense. So the "answer" is handload. Buy thousands of lead bullets of a weight similar to your carry ammo. A few thousand primers and couple pounds of powder and one can practice with a .45 reasonably cheaply. Only hundreds of hollow point .45s need be purchased, for years of the best combination of speed and power.

Don't forget the back-up in .45, remember; one works great until it doesn't.

[ReconLdr]

Remember two things:
1) The 9mm may or may not open.
2) The .45 will never shrink.

Hope this helps...

[GuyMontag]

Two words...shot placement.

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