Ammunition Breakdown - 9mm vs 30 Super Carry

Perfect reply. No argument or personal critique. I’ll get in line for the carbine. Might perform better than US 30 Carbine.

Why get personal? If I slight the 45 acp I am not criticizing you. You know what they say about data you can make it say what YOU want. Many have gotten away from it for their reasons. Capacity, recoil, cost, weapon sizes, and EFFECTIVENESS, I have witnessed three men shot with the 45 acp and two with 9X19. I was one with the acp. Seemed to be no difference. Some will say it depends where you are hit. EXACTLY! There is the true difference. What else is there? Capacity, recoil, size of weapons, cost and finally personal opinions.

The round was designed for somewhat of a niche role with a limited market. Made for compacts and smaller, for deep concealment or smaller back up pistols. In smaller pistols, it holding 13 rounds is seen as an advantage to only 9 or 10 chambered in 9mm. The round itself is somewhat of a compromise between 9mm and .380ACP; more rounds than 9mm, yet stronger than a 380. Some argue this is a problem we didn't know we needed a solution for, and most never asked. You're right that many full size modern pistols easily carry between 15-19 rounds of 9mm. Those same full size pistols could carry 22 rounds of 30SC. Some argue the more shots in the same sized pistol is always a good choice, regardless of the size. To each their own and we'll see if 30SC catches on at all. Personally, I feel ballistic technology nowadays is advanced enough where 9mm is sufficient for overall self defense needs, so little reason to stray from that. As a disclaimer, I am not an advocate for spending so much effort on finetuning pistolcraft outside of practice and technique. My opinion is that handguns are just means to aid in escape or to obtain a long gun, preferably a rifle.