This kind of interests me but I have a few questions.

1. Do the 19 and 23 have the same dimensions/weight?

2. What would be the purpose of practicing with 9mm if you were gonna switch over to 40 in real life situations? The two different calibers will shoot differently, doesn't make any sense not to "practice how you play"

3. Is there anybody/thing that you can put down with 13 rounds of 40 that you can't put down with 15 rounds of 9mm especially with the higher rated loads.

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Posted by Dooshay

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Member since Jun 2011

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Posted on 7/1/12 at 9:17 pm to Grunt Actual

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2. What would be the purpose of practicing with 9mm if you were gonna switch over to 40 in real life situations? The two different calibers will shoot differently, doesn't make any sense not to "practice how you play"

I guess it's "neat" to be able to do, but I don't really have any use to do so.

I'm a big fan of the 9mm and have plenty of confidence in my "under-powered" round.

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Posted by Carson123987

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Member since Jul 2011

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Posted on 7/1/12 at 11:00 pm to Grunt Actual

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. Do the 19 and 23 have the same dimensions/weight

Yes. The only difference is the barrel.

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2. What would be the purpose of practicing with 9mm if you were gonna switch over to 40 in real life situations? The two different calibers will shoot differently, doesn't make any sense not to "practice how you play"

True. I'm not saying don't practice with the .40, just let's you shoot more for cheaper if you use 9mm. I'm a .40 guy so it's just a suggestion. I like the idea of having 2 different calipers in one gun that are switchable as fast as you can field strip. And I don't think the .40s recoil is a significant enough difference to warrant required practice with a .40.

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3. Is there anybody/thing that you can put down with 13 rounds of 40 that you can't put down with 15 rounds of 9mm especially with the higher rated loads.