In 2009 while sitting in an outdoor Restaurant enjoying a delicious German dinner which happens to be in the City of Pfungstadt, Germany I had the chance to converse with an elderly German man and eventually the conversation evolved discussion of firearms. His opinion was the U.S.A using 45 ACP ammo was rather unfair ( he had served in the German Army ) when I asked him why he said " you got shot by a 45 auto you were killed outright or rapidly bled to death, whereupon the 9 mm would just wound you". My reply was " really, what is the intention of the 9mm para bellum" ?? His reply " para bellum means for wounding"!! Perhaps one or more members of this Forum could clarify these or this word " Parabellum " ????Perhaps a look at Greg Ellifritz's study of
1,700 shootings involving handgun
calibers. Google "Busting Handgun
Caliber Myths" or some such similar
Google sites.
I believe the FBI has used some of this
data.
So, ya'll, stop being silly dillies, cool it
and relax with a brisk lemonade.
In 2009 while sitting in an outdoor Restaurant enjoying a delicious German dinner which happens to be in the City of Pfungstadt, Germany I had the chance to converse with an elderly German man and eventually the conversation evolved discussion of firearms. His opinion was the U.S.A using 45 ACP ammo was rather unfair ( he had served in the German Army ) when I asked him why he said " you got shot by a 45 auto you were killed outright or rapidly bled to death, whereupon the 9 mm would just wound you". My reply was " really, what is the intention of the 9mm para bellum" ?? His reply " para bellum means for wounding"!! Perhaps one or more members of this Forum could clarify these or this word " Parabellum " ????
His opinion was the U.S.A using 45 ACP ammo was rather unfair ( he had served in the German Army ) when I asked him why he said " you got shot by a 45 auto you were killed outright or rapidly bled to death, whereupon the 9 mm would just wound you". My reply was " really, what is the intention of the 9mm para bellum" ?? His reply " para bellum means for wounding"!!
Jackalope 1
I can recall reading somewhere about that very thing; that the 9mm. Parabellum was adopted by the Germans primarily because it was effective in wounding the enemy. Their line of reasoning went something like this: Shoot and kill one enemy soldier and you have taken one soldier out of the fight. However wound one enemy soldier and maybe two of his buddies try to help him. Now you have two more targets of opportunity to shoot at or at the very least you have taken two more soldiers out of the fight as they try to get him off the battlefield to get medical help. Don't know how true this is but it wouldn't surprise me if there was maybe some basis of fact in it.
The .38 Super, being technically better than 9mm, is one of those cartridges that I have “almost” added, for decades, since the 1911 became an early favorite pistol system, as soon as I was able to legally start buying handguns, in late 1982.
I finally shot my first ever .38 Super and my first Commander both at the same time just last week, thanx to a friend. Always wanted one of each. Now, I want my Commander in Super.So if you still have a hankering for a .38 Super I would say "do it" and enjoy shooting a 1911 all over again!
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That's an oft repeated myth about .223 too, I'm doubting it.