New Weapon Bans

[Kenyth]

My weapon of choice is the Glock 33 in .357 Sig. With added finger extension on the magazine and Tritium night sights.


Each particular round has it's pro's and con's. .45 caliber is a slower moving heavy hitter with a large slug, but the stubby thick round jams a little easier than others while reducing magazine capacity. It makes a good home defense round. Good stopping power.

9mm auto (or .35 calicber) doesn't have near the power of the .45, but the much higher magazine capacity and negligible recoil in a longer barreled weapon make it perfect for applications needing a high rate of fire. It's great for law enforcement and military applications, where extended firefights are more commonplace. It's the round of choice for sub-machine guns.
.38 Special (which is actually .35 caliber IIRC) is the standard revolver round commonly used in CC handguns. It's low recoil and cost makes it a good round for target practice, women, the elderly, or small framed people in general who may find a heavy recoil uncomfortable. A revolvers simple operation makes it a good choice for people interested in self defense without becoming a firearms enthusiast. These two round's (9mm auto and .38 special) remain the most popular handgun calibers for those reasons.

.40/10mm are all mid-sized compromise's and have approximately equal sized slugs.

The .357 Magnum is basically a .38 special with an obscene amount of powder in the case. As a matter of fact, you can fire .38 special rounds from a .357 magnum revolver.

You've got plenty of other round's with different cases, powder loads, slug weights, etc. Barrel length plays just as important a role as the ammo. The longer a barrel is, the more accurate it is, the lower the recoil, and the more of the powder's energy is transferred to the slug.

I started out liking the .45 in a single action (and still do for target accuracy in a long barelled gun), but was unsatisfied with the feed reliability in compact CC handguns, and I also disliked single action for a CC weapon. Carrying a cocked hammer is worrysome and having to cock it before firing is a waste of valuable time in an emergency. The light double action is really a superior mechanism for the self defense handgun. The Glock is a great weapon. Extremely reliable. It has not jammed on me a single time since owning it. Not ONCE.