>>64218221
>Ultimately they're similar enough cartridges that any debate turns into a hair splitting contest.
The typical 45 ACP bullet weighs literally twice as much as the typical 9mm bullet (230gr vs 115gr) as well as having double the case capacity (13.3gr vs 26.7gr). 45 ACP is more powerful than 9mm, and anyone shooting both side by side can attest to that. The entire 9fag argument hinges on the idea that 45 is overkill and 9mm is more cost effective, because Hornady and Vista Outdoors created magic bullets to game the bare minimum of the FBI ballistic lab's gel testing protocol (hollow points with resin/polymer plugs to delay expansion). The actual hair-splitting is when 9fags claim 9mm is superior because you can have a gun that holds 17 rounds in the magazine vs one that holds 15.