At My current Department we are issued M&P 45’s. These are being phased out for Glock 45 9mm with Acro P-2 and streemlight weapon lights. Everyone is thrilled to be dumping the 45. YMMV

I still, although less frequently, carry my 1911 .45acp. It just seems more masculine than the effeminate ( ) 9mm.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
I still, although less frequently, carry my 1911 .45acp. It just seems more masculine than the effeminate ( ) 9mm.

Oh Johnny,you are a bad man. Funny, but a bad man. LOL
Rod

It depends on my mood and weather.

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Originally posted by bcjwriter:
I’ve been tinkering with my Colt 1911 Commander and wondered if people have all gone to 9? I used to carry a 9 Glock 19, a S&W 640-1, and a colt commander. Now all I carry is my 9’s (and the 640 when I’m feeling saucy...). I’m feeling nostalgic for my 1911’s...do you carry one? Or is 9 the king now?

Post pics - I need to feed my 45 envy...

I flip between carrying my P320/9mm, P365/9mm...and my P320/.45 and G30/.45 Sometimes I go crazy and carry my P239/.40

The top one was my old ERT pistol I had just been issued right before we switched over to the P320. I was able to get a basically new pistol at a trade in price.

I carry a 220 sometimes when I’m not carrying a 229 in .40….

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I go back and forth between 45acp and 9X19mm. About 80% of the time, these days, I'm carrying a Lightweight Colt Commander in 45acp. Alternately, it's a Glock 26 in 9mm.

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Originally posted by longjohn:
.45 is obsolete. If you want "more" than 9mm, there is no reason not to go with 10mm….The .45 is kind of a relic.

I will disagree with that. The development of bullets for the 10mm stopped in about 1990. At present, just about every bullet you get in a 10mm cartridge was designed for the 40 S&W and doesn’t get to take advantage of the extra power.

The 45 doesn’t have that disadvantage since some development has been done in the last 30 years (although 9mm got much more attention since pretty much any bonded 45 passes the FBI press protocols).

Today, the differences between 9mm, 40, and 45 are pretty minimal (and by extension 10mm falls in the same range of performance)


I don’t mind 10mm, but I don’t deceive myself that there is some magical difference.

Not the best for concealed carry maybe but my USP45 tactical + KAC silencer has probably been my favorite pistol to shoot.