is a 9mm a good gun?

Question

i want to get a gun when i am older for protection i have herd alot of u never know when u might need 1 and stuff so is a 9mm good i was thinking of a fns gun

Answer 1

9mm is not a bad round, there are other ones to consider like .40 etc. I think you need to see what brand you like, Springfield Armory Xd's might be a good consideration. Subcompact 3inch if you are doing a conceal carry.

Answer 2

I like Randy C's answer in many respects, but I'm amazed a 1911 specialist says all autos are unreliable. The 1911 is a 45 that goes to war, with all the mud a man can find in some wars. They always go bang.

There is an old saying: never go into a gunfight without a caliber that starts with the number 4. A 9mm is actually a bit smaller than a 38. It will kill a man, certainly, but will it do the job before the man you are trying to kill has the chance to kill you?

There is the obvious tendancy to say the bigger gun, like a 45 is the solution to that problem, but a 45 will do you no good at all if it is too big for you to handle and operate accurately -- and if this is to be a concealed carry weapon, it will do you no good at all if it is so heavy that you decide not to carry it.

Go with the biggest you can handle and carry. Anything less and you will wish it was bigger if you need it. Anything more and you will not have it when you need it.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

The .9mm is a good caliber, it is not a gun. What has given nines a bad rap is poor ammo choice. For the longest time some number-cruncher was promoting the 147 grain .9mm subsonic as the best thing since sliced bread. Extremely poor choice. It was like the old 'widow-maker' 158 grain .38 Special ball ammo that was so ineffective that it was likely to make a widow out of the officer's wife! Yet people who had never, ever fired a shot in self-defense claimed it was the best police round ever!

The .9mm (like the .38 Special) comes into its own with light-weight, high speed semi-jacketed hollow point bullets, not slow moving heavy bullets. The only round that does alright with a heavy, slow moving bullet is the .45 acp. That's because the bullet is so wide that it puts daylight through its target even if it fails to expand. The best manstoppers though, are the medium bore, fast moving, well-designed hollowpoints like the 125 grain, semi-jacketed hollowpoint .357 Magnum.

If you pick a nine just use the right ammo; ball ammo for practice and quality defensive ammo for personal defense. Stay away from subsonic ammo for anything but punching paper.

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Answer 4

with the new bullet types that have come out in the last few years, 9mm is "adequite" as a defense gun. But to be sure, if you can handle the weapon and it's recoil, a .45acp is better. The new .40S&W round is a very good choice. It has more "stopping" power than a 9mm (less than a .45 but not by much) and much less felt recoil. Most law enforcement have gone away from the 9mm for the 40 s&w or it they are lucky a .45 acp. (As has the military special op units) If you are not an experienced handgunner, I always encourage people to go with a revolver. A semi automatic pistol is complicated to operate, must be kept clean to function properly, and still can jam. In fact, on some pistols you can cause a jam simply by relaxing your wrist when fireing. A revolver is basically a point and pull the trigger operation. Problems are rare with a revolver as long as you purchase a name brand like S&W, COLT etc. A good calibur in revolvers is the .357 Magnum. This is because you can fire full power .357 mag loads in it for handgun hunting medium size animals (deer size) and also fire the .38 special round in it for self defense, which has much less recoil. The objective when shooting a person in self defense is to stop that person from hurting you quickly. A 9mm has proven to be a poor performer at best, but the 40 s&w and the .45 to name a couple are darn good at stopping the bad guys quickly.

Answer 5

A gun is only as good as the shot made. You can kill with a .22 and you can miss big time with a 50 cal, which won't do you any good. 9mm's are good beginner hand guns because the recoil is softer than most .45's and you want to become comfortable shooting a gun. If you have a gun that's so powerful you're afraid to fire it, it's also just a waste of money. Also, if you want protection, if you're in your own home, nothing says protection like a 12 ga. pump action shotgun.

Answer 6

A handgun chambered in 9mm is generally regarded as the recommended "minimum requirement". They work fine, but many others prefer a bit more power. I do prefer the .45 ACP, and thus I have a Springfield 1911. I also like a semi-auto instead of a revolver in case I need to reload; changing a magazine is faster for me than opening the cylinder of a revolver and dumping empties and then trying to speedload.

Of couse in addition to caliber, you should be fairly selective about who makes your handgun. You probably won't be happy with a Bryco Jennings or any cheap garbage gun. You could probably locate a nice used Ruger for right around $275-300.

Answer 7

pay attention, this could get me some thumbs down from "experts" however the suited all around handgun era is ANY Glock. it quite is common to maintain, common to get factors, common to deal with, and has an incredible sort of upload-ons for it. the better section is that all the magazines are interchangeable (assuming they use the comparable ammunition) so enable's say you got the Glock 26 which comes customary with the ten around magazine, you may put in different Glock 9mm magazines into it, each of how as much as the 33 around magazine. super function. It gets an incredible sort of hate from "experts" as a results of fact it is not a "extraordinarily" gun. they want you to spend $one thousand or greater on a 1911 like interior the genuine worldwide a extraordinarily gun concerns.

Answer 8

9mm are alright overall, but IMO I would get either a .40cal or 45 since they both have more stoping power than the 9mm. Many enforcement officers have swtiched to 40's and 45's for their stopping power compared to the high velocity of the 9mm. I plan on getting the new S&W sw99 40cal

Answer 9

JT, there are other types of firearms than rifles and revolvers. Learn what you're talking about before you tell others off about their terminology. At least the topic starter lives in a country where he is ALLOWED to own a gun.

To the person who asked the question- I'd look into learning more about guns before you base your future purchases on what you've heard from other people- normally what they say is biased and may not be true for you.

Answer 10

Best advice is to get out to the range and fire numerous weapons to get a feel for them. The 9mm is very popular and is a good round, but there are plenty of others out there that can be a better manstopper with the proper ammunition.

Thank God I live in a country where I have the inalienable right to own as many firearms as I choose and that my government doesn't dictate to me that I don't have the right to protect myself and my family.