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Originally posted by John3200:
There is absolutely no reason to carry anything other than 9mm for EDC and HD against people sized threats.

Not that other handgun cartridges are bad it's just that they don't do anything better and a lot of things worse than the 9mm.

Just research the FBI Protocol.

Long story short, unless you go above a velocity of 2200FPS any bullet is simply going to poke a bullet sized hole in or through a human target. Below 2200FPS the temporary wound cavity doesn't expand fast enough to tear, it just stretches the flesh, which simply collapses. You simply need enough to poke a hole deep enough to poke it through the vitals, which is about 16 inches at the most. And modern 9mm cartridges will do this.

Do the research on your own if you don't believe me.

Now, if you're carrying for defense against something like like large bears, then you need the horse power of 10mm or 44mag to poke that bullet sized hole deep enough to hit the vitals of a bear.

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Originally posted by Clubster:
I EDC a 10mm while in the woods but not in the city. 9mm for that.

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Originally posted by Rexster:

Do the research on your own if you don't believe me.

Now, if you're carrying for defense against something like like large bears, then you need the horse power of 10mm or 44mag to poke that bullet sized hole deep enough to hit the vitals of a bear.