The year of the 9mm?
2010 was the year of the 380. 2011 looks like a bump in 9mm and larger calibers. With everyone making single stack and pocket 9mms, I’m not surprised. Except Glock, who I’ve been saying should do that for a long time.
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July 17th, 2012 at 10:44 am
I’ve looked at pocket pistols ranging from the NAA single action 22 revolvers, through the Jetfires, Seecamps, Tomcats, and into the age of plastic 32s & 380s, and now we get to the ultra small 9s.
At what point does the shortening of the barrel, the thinning and shortening of the grip, the loss of usable sights, the decrease in smoothness and increase in pull of the trigger, lead to making no difference at all in the effect of any of these calibers upon an attacker?
July 17th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
In the Before Times I had a Star alloy-frame smallish 9mm single-stack (a 1911 pattern, I think?).
Thing was whippy and unpleasant to shoot, mainly because of its weight compared to the power of the round, which makes me leery in the extreme of a Tiny 9.
(Mikee: At the ranges such a pistol is meant to be used, grip and sights and trigger – so long as it’s not actively awful – aren’t a huge problem; minute-of-torso at a few yards is not a horribly difficult thing to achieve.
Shortening the barrel has an effect, but I’m pretty sure the difference between .22LR or .25ACP and .380 or 9mm is significant, still, especially when you’re comparing a 2 3/4″ P-32 with a 1 1/8″ NAA Mini; that’s over twice the length!)
July 17th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
It’s still the year of the .45 for me…
July 18th, 2012 at 12:02 am
I guess I could refine my question into two statements:
1. Small handguns can have such anti-ergonomic features that firing them is painful for practice and difficult in time of need.
2. Is a 9mm from a 2.5″ barrel the equivalent in stopping power (or foot pounds, or penetration of ballistic gel, or # of milk jugs in a Box o’ Truth) of a .380 from a 3.5″ barrel, a .32ACP from a 4″ barrel, and a 22LR from a Ruger 10/22? That is, does size matter for a micro/mini handgun?
July 18th, 2012 at 12:09 am
And now that I have read the article, YAY! Huge increase in 22LR revolvers! Over 23,000 more were made this year than last!
Maybe I can finally get one of those 10 shot double action revolvers I’ve long wanted!
Oddly, the second largest revolver increase was .50 cal, which either means S&W is making a lot of anti-bear guns for hunters, or single shot .50BMG Thompson Contenders are making a huge marketing impact! Either way, I expect to be able to pick one of either up in the USED category on Gunbroker shortly after the new owners use them.