If I had to pick of the three for me or one of my loved ones... the Glock. And I am not a Glock fan by any means.After looking around a little more, it's come down to Five-seveN, Glock 19, or SW9VE.
Any thoughts on this matchup?
Jason
If I had to pick of the three for me or one of my loved ones... the Glock. And I am not a Glock fan by any means.After looking around a little more, it's come down to Five-seveN, Glock 19, or SW9VE.
Any thoughts on this matchup?
That would be a compliment. Considering I would expect a .22mag with the 5.7 bullet would penetrate ballistics gel more then then a .22mag bullet. Some have suggested that the p90s longer barrel is needed to get the most out of the round, and that the pistol sells the round short. I don't believe that since the performance between the two is very close to the same.Oh, and someone will also come along and claim that the 5.7 round is nothing more than a .22 magnum, which is pure horse hockey.
Gelatin testing with the 5.7 including Elite Ammunition rounds:
http://www.fivesevenforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=57
\However we are talking equal or less then .22 mag out of handgun with factory ammo.
If the 5.7 pistol was 500$ I think it would be better since you would be getting a lot of capacity, low weight, and decent ergos. At the price its at your in HK territory, with a vastly unproven and over hyped proprietary round. It sure beats .25acp by a massive ammount. If they can get the costs down it might be interesting to see what happens.
The round is not ideal. The FBI reccomends it goes through at least a foot of ballistics gelatin.That sounds ideal, to me
What ammunition can you make, without running it over-pressure, that exceeds 9mm preformance?I'm not talking about factory ammo. Just like I don't use standard factory ammo when I carry a 9, 40 or 45.
What ammunition can you make, without running it over-pressure, that exceeds 9mm preformance?
Seems to me like the 5.7 is designed to penetrate armor, clothing, and skin, and then stop inside the target. That sounds ideal, to me. After all, if a round plows straight through and keeps going then that's a lot of energy that's not used up in damaging the target. If the round enters and stops, 100% of the energy is spent on (and within!) the target.
Just because a bullet doesn't pass through does not mean that it has done more damage than a through and through. It just means that it didn't have enough "umph" to exit. "Energy dump" as a wounding factor, at least in this line of thought, is a myth. The two major wounding factors for handgun ammo (assuming proper shot placement is a given) are diameter and depth of penetration, because these are what contribute to the total volume of the permanent cavity.