[Spok]

I never understood why the military abandoned the .45 acp.
There was a gun fight in Washington state that involved two police officers with high capacity 9mm automatics. When the smoke cleared, the good guys fired 17 (or 19) rounds, with the result of one round slightly wounding the perp. Moral: more isn't necessarily better. When the little boy asked Shane why he didn't carry two guns, Shane said "one gun is enough if you know how to use it". So are 8 rounds.

[eastforker]

I'd like to see a .44 mag autloader although I am not to keen on auto's, much more confident with my hawg leg .44 revolver.

[R. Scott]

Now a lot of cops are taught the Spray and Pray technique.

[USMCBOMBGUY]

Why we left them, (1) inaccurate after a few rounds (2) higher maintenance cycle (3) lots of power, little penetration (4) Low velocity (5) cost of weapon (6) low mag capacity.

Huge money has been spent to develop the perfect pistol and round for it. It will never exist. It all depends on the application. Yes it is true that people have survived being shot with a 9mm. So have many from the .45 You need to look at the 45 in comparison, not just the 9mm by itself. The 45 has huge knock down up close, thats it....9mm is higher velocity and has more penetration on soft targets. Neither one scores very well when put up against even moderate body armor. As for how many rounds, it does matter, I am very fast at Mag changes, but I would rather not, also I can carry about half the mags for the same amount of ammo! Don't get me wrong, I love my 45, but its day is done, I carry mine here at home, where It will do me well. On the job, give me something that I have options with, accuracy, penetration, range, knockdown, high capacity, durability.

Answere SIG 357

The feds are going to it, and I want it.

[PLMerite]

Too heavy for a lot of the women to shoot. Same reason they fiddled with the trigger pull-weight on some police pistols.