.45 GAP Opinions

[TFOGGER]

If you're looking for .45 ACP punch in a smaller package, why not go for .40? Muzzle energy is within a couple of percent, the ammo is lighter to carry and easier to find than the GAP, and the variety of guns available is greater. The only downsides I see to .40 are that recoil/report/flash are somewhat sharper due to the higher pressures, and the wound track of an unexpanded bullet is slightly smaller(not an issue with expanding bullets, as most manufacturers show similar expanded diameters for .40 and .45). Don't get me wrong, I love my 1911s, but the .40 makes more sense to me as a CCW round in a compact or subcompact pistol.

[iamhunter]

If you're looking for .45 ACP punch in a smaller package, why not go for .40? Muzzle energy is within a couple of percent, the ammo is lighter to carry and easier to find than the GAP, and the variety of guns available is greater. The only downsides I see to .40 are that recoil/report/flash are somewhat sharper due to the higher pressures, and the wound track of an unexpanded bullet is slightly smaller(not an issue with expanding bullets, as most manufacturers show similar expanded diameters for .40 and .45). Don't get me wrong, I love my 1911s, but the .40 makes more sense to me as a CCW round in a compact or subcompact pistol.

I've had and shot a number of glock .40SWs and the recoil/report/flash was always a downside. It always just felt a bit more unwieldy to me than 45 ACP.

[two shoes]

That's my main attraction to it. .45 punch in a 9mm frame.

I wouldn't need to practice that much with it. Maybe once or twice monthly. I'd use a 21 for practice.

I'm still pretty tempted by the 30SF though. It'd be nice to have interchangeable clips and ammunition with a 21... but then again if I got the 39 it'd be almost purely for CCW so does it really matter?

Decisions, decisions.

Really the only decision is which to get first...

[iamhunter]

Really the only decision is which to get first...

i like your style.