re: FBI 9MM Justification, FBI Training Division

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I like where your head is at finding some very high powered, light-for-caliber defensive rounds. But I don't like how you give 9mm such a weak offering. That velocity can easily be exceeded in a +P cartridge. A +P Speer Gold Dot is doing 1220fps at the muzzle (straight from Speer's website). That would surely affect the muzzle energy you listed.

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I agree. I was using 9 mm logic which is to use my 9 mm hot rounds vs standard rounds for 40, 45, and sig. But 9 mm fans get angry when this is done to them because it shows a huge gap in performance.

The 9 mm hot rounds will be right at 500. Good but a little short of the other three in the performance category.

I like 9 mm. I think it's a good caliber. It performs well. But I don't see the purpose of bashing the other 3 calibers (40. 45, 357 sig).