Please Help a diehard 1911 fan and USMC vet taking polymer plunge
New to THR but been shooting 1911s since the Gipper was Prez an Col. Cooper was middle aged.
I'm looking to buy a nice lightweight, small, under 30oz automatic and have settled on Kahr's PM series (open to any other suggestions but KelTec). Simple question here. I'm *NOT* looking to re-ignite the not so usefule "stopping power", "velocity" etc., debate.
All I'd like to know is, for folks who've done a good bit of shooting with CCW size (i.e., 3.5 inch barrel or less) 9mm and .40 autoloaders, do you feel like the extra recoil snap you get from the .40 is worth the difference when compared against teh 9mm.
Thanks in advance for all thoughtful replies.
New to THR but been shooting 1911s since the Gipper was Prez an Col. Cooper was middle aged.
I'm looking to buy a nice lightweight, small, under 30oz automatic and have settled on Kahr's PM series (open to any other suggestions but KelTec). Simple question here. I'm *NOT* looking to re-ignite the not so usefule "stopping power", "velocity" etc., debate.
All I'd like to know is, for folks who've done a good bit of shooting with CCW size (i.e., 3.5 inch barrel or less) 9mm and .40 autoloaders, do you feel like the extra recoil snap you get from the .40 is worth the difference when compared against teh 9mm.
Thanks in advance for all thoughtful replies.