Law enforcement agencies all over the country adopted the new cartridge, which was sold on being more powerful than a 9mm, which “could bounce off a windshield” while not taking up as much magazine ...

40 S&W handguns. Since the .40 S&W is essentially just a short 10mm round, it features higher breach pressure than both 9mm and .45 ACP. It’s a heavier round. So, .40 S&W has more felt recoil ...

45 Auto was twice as effective as the 9mm. The FBI’s protocol, along with its scoring system that somewhat defies the logic of basic math, gave us the .40 S&W in 1990. But the FBI returned to ...

45 caliber pistols since the adoption of the M9 9mm in 1985. This has some truth to it, but in most cases SOF units use 9mm, experts maintain. The Army’s Delta Force adopted .40 caliber ...

When it comes to self-defense, few debates get people more fired up than 9mm vs. .45 ACP. Some swear by the .45’s bigger bullet and old-school stopping power, while others point to the 9mm’s ...

The SIG Sauer P226, a 9mm DA/SA pistol, became the trusted sidearm of US Navy SEALs (as the Mk.25) for over thirty years ...

Law enforcement agencies all over the country adopted the new cartridge, which was sold on being more powerful than a 9mm, which “could bounce off a windshield” while not taking up as much magazine ...

Springfield Armory XD45 Mod 2 Service Model Originally designed and imported from Croatia as the HS Produkt HS2000, the Springfield XD45 is available in 9mm, .40 Smith & Wesson and .45 ACP calibers.

"We have to do better than our current 9mm." The MHS will be an open-caliber competition that will evaluate larger rounds such as .357 Sig, .40 S&W and .45 ACP. The story also points out that the ...

Springfield Armory XD45 Mod 2 Service Model Originally designed and imported from Croatia as the HS Produkt HS2000, the Springfield XD45 is available in 9mm, .40 Smith & Wesson and .45 ACP calibers.

The .45-caliber round is also more expensive than its 9mm counterpart, Clapperton said. For all of these reasons, the FBI is moving from Smith & Wesson .40-caliber pistols back to 9mm handguns ...