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theFallGuy said:
The one thing the guy at Bass Pro kept telling me was that a 9mm has the potential to keep traveling inside your home and that you were better going with a 40 cal because of the velocity factor or some crap.

I don't remember specifically what he said but it was something along those lines. I realize a 40 could definitely stop someone easier than a 9 but it seems to me both would travel through drywall pretty easily if you miss.
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Learn not to trust what someone in a gun store tells you. A .40 will go just as far as a 9mm inside a home.

And modern bullet designs help bring the 9mm up to par with a .40, regardless of what a gun store clerk or internet commandos tells you.
 
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theFallGuy said:
The one thing the guy at Bass Pro kept telling me was that a 9mm has the potential to keep traveling inside your home and that you were better going with a 40 cal because of the velocity factor or some crap.

I don't remember specifically what he said but it was something along those lines. I realize a 40 could definitely stop someone easier than a 9 but it seems to me both would travel through drywall pretty easily if you miss.
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He's talking about penetrating and velocity. 9mm is a good amount of powder behind a small projectile. So it's going to pass through things, like dry wall, if you miss. And possibly if the projectile doesn't hit bone in the target. 40 is just a larger projectile with a little more powder behind it. So it doesn't penetrate as far. However, of you miss your target I don't see drywall stopping a 40 any different than a 9. This is just my opinion though.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Learn not to trust what someone in a gun store tells you. A .40 will go just as far as a 9mm inside a home.

And modern bullet designs help bring the 9mm up to par with a .40, regardless of what a gun store clerk or internet commandos tells you.
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I have a Ruger P95 9mm that goes bang every time you pull the trigger. That, to me, is the most important thing. The 2 Glocks do the same. One 9mm , one .40.
 
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Anybody shoot any of the TulAmmo .223? I am a little leery of Russian ammunition, but the price is pretty reasonable.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Anybody shoot any of the TulAmmo .223? I am a little leery of Russian ammunition, but the price is pretty reasonable.
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The primer is deeper in them. I've heard of some having to get different firing pins for it go bang. Other than that... Clean that bad boy each time you use the Russian stuff.

Edit. It's also steal casing. So if you are shooting quickly some of the casing can get jammed. Happened to my buddy a few times.
 
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