Hk45USP

What's better as a defense round in your opinion? I see that there is now very good high performance ammo from Cor-bon, loading .38 super in +P configurations. I would think that 'super is a better round than a 9mm???? What do you think?

halcon

If your comparing bullets of the same weight the 38 super has a slight edge but nothing to get excited about in my opinion . I used to shoot a friends quite a bit and own two 9mm's myself . Its a very popular round in mexico where he is from .

JagMagMan

Slight edge to the .38 Super. There is probably much more ammo available for the 9MM though.

Mark in NE

Using CorBon loadings as the reference point, the .38 Super has about 150 fps edge with 115 grain bullets. (1450 fps vs. 1300)

NDTerminator

I have carried both for work & off duty ( I use Glock Model 23 40's now, one Dept issue & one mine). I've never had a problem with 9's. I like the readily available & affordable practice ammo, and the wide variety of work loads.My favorite work 9 was a Beretta 92F. Spent quite a few years carrying a Colt Lightweight Commander in 38 Super with a Bar-Sto barrel. It was accurate,reliable, and with Silvertip 125's, roughly had the same oomph as the 357's carried by others on my department. I could accurately shoot 3 mags in the time it took them to shoot a 686's cylinder dry and start to load another, though. That was the beginning of the end for revolvers on our agency. To be honest, were I looking at a new carry gun, I would go straight to the 40 S&W caliber, THEN look for a gun to wrap around it...

Critter Gitter

If you're hung up on 9mm...how about the .357 SIG? Sweet caliber, and SIG is a sweet gun.

Bulzeye

I agree with NDTerminator. Go with the 40.


Keep 'em all in the Bull.

frizzellr

I prefer the 38 Super over the 9mm. As a matter of fact I don't like the 9mm at all. I prefer the 40 S&W over both.

Mark in NE

I prefer the 'ole .45 ACP over all the afforementioned calibers. But I doubt I would feel under-armed with 15+1 rounds of 9mm or even 11 rounds of .38 Super or .40 S&W, etc...:-)

Ruger-Redhawk

The 38 Super does have a slight edge over the 9mm.For the difference in price of ammo I would stick with the 9. I perfer a S&W 40 cal over both rounds mentioned.Ruger Redhawk