Being a predominantly revolver cartridge, it offers a platform that’s easy to use and is much more reliable most pistols out there. The cartridge packs more than enough stopping power to be used for self-defense. 38 Special when it comes to ballistics, the. While there is nothing “Special” about the. It’s difficult to compete with a smaller cartridge, packs more of a punch, and is designed to be used in pistols that shoot and reload faster. Having said that, for many, simplicity and inherent reliablity is too appealing to overlook. There are more options, upgrades, and accessories available for 9mm pistols than for. Recoil is also dampened by the moving slide. In addition, 9mm pistols have a much higher capacity, are faster to reload, and follow-up shots are quicker and easier. The 9mm round has more stopping power than the. Modern-day 9mm’s offer many advantages over. With that in mind, I want to look at the advantages of each platform and try to determine if the 9mm is better than the. 38 Special almost always refers to a revolver. For the most part, 9mm’s represent semi-automatic pistols and are the most commonly carried self-defense weapons today.
The “9mm vs.38 Special” debate has more to do with the guns they are fired out of than the actual cartridges themselves. However, this advantage is short-lived because the extra 11 grains of bullet weight barely make up the energy difference gained by the 9mm from its superior velocity. A 9mm is limited to a bullet weight of 147 grains. 38 Special has over the 9mm is that it can shoot a slightly heavier bullet of 158 grains. This is the main contributing factor to why the 9mm has more stopping power than the. The 9mm was specifically designed to be loaded with modern smokeless powder and with cases that are safe to use at pressures almost double that of the. 38 Special case is still limited to the same pressure of 17,000 PSI. 38 Special cartridges are loaded with modern smokeless powder, the design of the. The design of the case was limited by the powder that was being used at that time. 38 Special was designed to be used with black powder, which was slower burning and required more power to propel the bullet. Lastly, I want to establish if all this information makes the good ole. Let’s also consider the firearms that they are shot from and determine the advantages of each cartridge. 38 Special isn’t more powerful than the 9mm. 38 Special is more potent than the 9mm, and I have made this same mistake myself. You are not alone if you assumed that the. This boggles the mind of many and is counterintuitive when comparing the two cartridges side by side. 38 are essentially the same bullets, but what makes the 9mm more powerful is the higher pressure producing a higher velocity. 38 special bullet only produces 306 ft-lbs. The average 124gr bullet produces 465 ft-lbs of energy. 38 Special?Ī 9mm is about 45% more powerful than a. 38 special cartridge, but you’d be making a big mistake with an assumption like that. Bigger is better right? That’s what you might think at first glance when comparing a 9mm to a.
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