Originally Posted by
GlassWolf
Explain why you think it fails? Firstly, a handgun is NOT an offensive weapon. It's called a sidearm for a reason. It's a secondary, or backup weapon if oyur primary/rifle fails, goes empty, or you need something for CQC. That said, the 9mm has nearly the same terminal ballistic stats as other handgun rounds, considering that on the scale of smallest handgun round to largest rifle round, the entirety of the handgun round realm is a small percentage of the graph compared to rifle rounds in velocity, penetration, and terminal ballistics. The 9mm has high magazine capacity, good stopping power with modern ammunition (read HP not ball ammo) good muzzle energy, velocity, and penetration, and, most importantly, it's the NATO standard, meaning you can find it in large quantities nearly anywhere in the world.
That's my pitch. :) I have nothing against .45ACP, and grew up shooting that as well.. I just find it's shortcomings to be muzzle velocity and magazine capacity.