{"id":78763,"date":"2017-09-04T20:10:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T00:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=78763"},"modified":"2017-09-04T20:10:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T06:27:39","slug":"9-critical-concealed-carry-lessons-ep-9-ammo-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/9-critical-concealed-carry-lessons-ep-9-ammo-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Critical Concealed Carry Lessons: Ep. 9 Ammo Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Where do you draw the line when it comes to caliber selection?<\/p><\/div>\n

The last thing we’re going to discuss in this series is what caliber<\/em>? And what ammunition<\/em>?<\/p>\n

This is probably the most hotly debated topic amongst concealed carriers, and it is sure to draw the ire of at least half of our audience. No one wants to acknowledge that they made a poor choice — or worse, that their caliber isn\u2019t \u201cmanly enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

To each his own, as they say. But I personally have a floor when it comes to caliber. I don\u2019t go below 9mm. This is usually the part when some rocket scientist chimes in with “.22LR kills millions of people every day\u201d or \u201cMaybe you should stand in front of my .25 Auto and let me shoot you; see how good it feels, tough guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bullets do strange things; so does shrapnel. Just because there is at least one known case of a soldier being killed by a staple, as the result of\u00a0weatherstripping hitting him in the head during an IED attack, doesn\u2019t mean we should all switch to 15-grain bullets.<\/p>\n

Historically, yes, the Mossad has killed a lot of people with .22LR. And yes, a .380 ACP is better than nothing. And, yes, all handgun bullets are underpowered compared to rifles. But what we are looking for is the bullet that has the highest chance of success, balanced with enough capacity to deal with our problem, and controllable enough to shoot well. In concealable-sized autoloaders, this usually comes down to a choice between 9mm, .40 S&W, or .45 ACP.<\/p>\n

Check out all the episodes in this series:<\/h2>\n