Originally Posted by
bigbulls
The 38 spl is not nearly as powerful as the 9mm. Even a +P load out of the 38 falls short of the standard 9mm.
It's quite humorous to listen to people bad mouth the 9mm as being weak and ineffective and find out they carry a 38spl.
This is my point exactly, it's pretty obvious that a lot of "gun nuts" are still prone to simply looking at the case size then determining that the .38spcl "certainly must be more powerful than a 9mm", even though the powder load is usually about the same, and the energy/velocity of the 9mm are almost ALWAYS superior with the same bullet weight.
It's almost like it's a conspiracy theory that some guys feel the need to propogate. The LA shootout forever left a scar on the reputation of the 9mm as being "underpowered", and forever onward the 9mm is branded as a poor performer.
It's good to see that at least the guys on here caught the clue that the numbers don't lie.