Message #479583

[rdjustham]

You have to look at what you want to do with it.  I personally don't like a 9mm for anything other than shooting paper.  The round is not very forgiving in meat.  What I mean by that is its a small bullet traveling very fast so there is not much kinetic energy, so your shot placement needs to be better or the round will burn through.

A 40 is still a fast moving round but a slightly larger round so there is more kinetic energy, but there is more recoil than a 9mm.

a 45 is bigger than the other two and a slow moving round at 850 FPS (unless your loading your own rounds) so it has ALOT of kinetic energy and recoil is very manageable.

My department will issue either 40 or 45 if you choose.  I personally like carrying my 40 glock for a couple reasons.  1 the gun fits my hand better than a double stack glock 45, 2 the recoil is not an issue for me and I shoot the gun VERY fast, 3 I have been in a gun fight and no first hand regardless of shot placement people can and will keep coming, and I want the extra rounds that my glock 22 carries over the double stack glock 45.